Minister of Tourism ku Jamaica pa Kumanga kwathu ku Jamaica

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Hon. Edmund Bartlett, nduna ya zokopa alendo ku Jamaica - chithunzi mwachilolezo cha Jamaica Ministry of Tourism
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Ulendo waku Jamaica Minister Hon. Edmund Bartlett adatseka Mtsutso wa Sectoral Debate for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 ndikulankhula pakufesa mbewu zamtendere, mwayi, ndi chitukuko.

Nazi zomwe ananena zokhudza zokopa alendo.

Madam Speaker, ndiyamba tsopano ndi gawo lazokopa alendo. Unduna wa zokopa alendo ndi mabungwe ake akudzipereka kuti apititse patsogolo kukula kwamakampaniwo kuti awonetsetse kuti zokopa alendo zikupitilizabe kulimbikitsa chuma ku Jamaica pambuyo pa COVID-19. Kufikira izi, Madam Sipikala, tachita zinthu zolimba mtima komanso zotsimikizika kuti timangenso gawo la kukula kwachuma, zambiri zomwe tafotokozazi, pamene ndimalankhula ku Nyumba yolemekezekayi pamene ndimatsegula mkangano wachigawo mu April.

Mwala wapangodya wa malo okhazikika ndi ndondomeko yabwino, mapulani ndi malamulo komanso mgwirizano pakati pa ogwira nawo ntchito. Ntchito za Unduna wa Zokopa alendo ndi mabungwe ake aboma zikuwonetsa izi.

Mayi Sipikala, kuyambira pomwe ndidapereka ndemanga pa Epulo 2022/2023, pakhala zochitika zazikulu pazantchito zokopa alendo zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti bizinesiyo ichira msanga pambuyo pa mliri. Zotukuka, Madam Speaker, zomwe sizikungopititsa patsogolo kusiyanasiyana; akukhazikitsanso maziko a zomangamanga zokhazikika, zokhazikika zomwe zimapindulitsa osewera onse omwe ali mgulu lazachuma.   

Madam Speaker, ziwerengero zobwera kuchokera ku Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) zikuwonetsa kuti gawoli likuwonetsa kulimba mtima kwake komanso kuti kubwerera ku mliri usanachitike kuli pafupi. Kumapeto kwa Meyi, tidapitilira chiwerengero cha alendo miliyoni chaka chino, ndipo tili panjira yoti tikwaniritse zomwe tikuyembekezera mu 2022 za alendo okwana 3.2 miliyoni ndi ndalama zonse zokwana US $ 3.3 biliyoni. Komabe, Madam Sipikala, ngati tikufuna kukhalabe ndi chiyembekezochi, ngati tikufuna kukwaniritsa zomwe tikuyembekezera mu 2024 za alendo obwera 4.5 miliyoni ndi US $ 4.7 biliyoni pazachuma chonse chakunja, ndiye kuti tiyenera kuyala maziko kuti tibwererenso mwamphamvu.

Madam Speaker, tikuwona kale zinthu zabwino zomwe zikuyenda bwino pomwe ntchito zokopa alendo zikupitiliza kupititsa patsogolo chuma cha Jamaica pambuyo pa COVID-19.

Madam Speaker, bungwe la Planning Institute of Jamaica's (PIOJ) laposachedwa kwambiri pazachuma kuyambira Januware mpaka Marichi 2022 likuwonetsa kuti "mtengo Weniweni Wawonjezedwa Pamahotela & Malo Odyeramo wakwera ndi pafupifupi 105.7 peresenti."

PIOJ inanenanso kuti "makampani akupitilizabe kupindula ndi maulendo ochulukirapo, chifukwa chotsitsimula zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa kale za COVID-19."

Zambiri zidawonetsa kuti ofika poyima adakwera ndi 230.1 peresenti mpaka 475,805 alendo, ndipo ofika apaulendo adakwana 99,798 poyerekeza ndi nthawi yomweyi chaka chatha. 

Madam Speaker, kutengera data ya PIOJ kuyambira Januware mpaka February 2022, ndalama zonse zogwiritsidwa ntchito kwa alendo zidakwera mpaka US $ 485.6 miliyoni poyerekeza ndi US $ 169.2 miliyoni munthawi yomweyi mu 2021.

Madam Speaker, kuyika maziko owonetsetsa kuti kuchira kwamtunduwu kupitirire ndi lingaliro lomwe lidapangitsa kuti misika yathu yapadziko lonse ikhale yopambana kwambiri pomwe ndidatsogolera gulu lapamwamba la zokopa alendo ku United Kingdom, United States kenako ku Dubai. kuti mufufuze mwayi wopeza ndalama komanso kukwera ndege komanso kulimbikitsa maulendo oyendera alendo ku Jamaica.

Malo athu oyamba, London, adatiwona titatsekedwa m'masiku asanu ndi limodzi obwerera-kumbuyo ndi okhudzidwa kwambiri monga Virgin Atlantic komanso zoyankhulana ndi ma TV akuluakulu ndi olemba maulendo. Madam Speaker, UK ndi msika wachitatu waukulu kwambiri wopezera alendo obwera kumene ndipo ulendowu unali wofunikira kuti tiyambitse zokambirana zomwe cholinga chake ndi kulimbikitsa omwe akubwera komanso phindu la magawo. 

Panthawi yaku UK ya blitz, tidalumikizana ndi mnzanga wa Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia "Babsy" Grange, pazochitika ziwiri zoyambitsa Jamaica 60 ku London ndi Birmingham. Madam Speaker, mndandanda wa zochitika zokumbukira zaka 60 chilumbachi chili pa ufulu wodzilamulira ukhala ndi misonkhano ya mpingo, nyimbo ndi magule ovina, zionetsero, maphwando a m’minda ndi zikondwerero zanyimbo, zonse zidzachitika pansi pa mutu wakuti ‘Kulamulira Mtundu Waukulu’ .

Zochitika zotsegulira za J60 zidapereka mwayi wabwino kwambiri wolumikizana ndi akuluakulu athu aku UK Diaspora, omwe amakhala ndi opitilira "mabanja ndi abwenzi" omwe akufuna kukhalabe ndi chidziwitso komanso kulumikizana kwawo. Diaspora ndi gawo la msika lomwe lingathe kulimbikitsa mgwirizano kuti tiyendetse ntchito zokopa alendo, malonda ndi mwayi wopeza ndalama. Madam Speaker, awa ndi gawo la msika lomwe lingapindule bwino, litha kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo.

Nkhondo yaku US ya blitz idachita bwino chimodzimodzi ndi gulu la zokopa alendo omwe adakumana ndi othandizana nawo kuti alimbikitse kuyenda kuchokera ku US North-eastern Seaboard, kuphatikiza New Jersey ndi Connecticut, mpaka ku Boston. Madam Speaker, tikugwira ntchito molimbika kuti achire; komabe, sitingathe kuchita popanda kuthandizidwa ndi omwe timagwira nawo ntchito kwanthawi yayitali ngati JetBlue ndi Flight Center Travel Group Limited (FLT), limodzi mwamagulu akuluakulu oyenda padziko lonse lapansi.

Potuluka pamsonkhano wapamwamba ndi gulu la utsogoleri wa JetBlue ku likulu lawo ku New York City, ndegeyo idalengeza kuti pofika Julayi chaka chino, ichulukitsa mipando pakati pa US ndi Montego Bay ndi 40 peresenti poyerekeza ndi July 2019. Kulimbikitsa kwakukulu ku Jamaica!

Iyi ndi nkhani yabwino pamene tikugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti tichite bwino ku US, yomwe ndi msika wathu waukulu kwambiri. Kutengera ziwerengero zosungitsa izi Jamaica ikuyembekeza kukhala ndi chilimwe chabwino kwambiri kuyambira mliriwu.

Madam Speaker, gawo la US pa msika wa blitz lakhala sabata yothandiza kwambiri yomwe idalola kulimbikitsa mgwirizano ndi omwe akuchita nawo ntchito zokopa alendo komanso othandizana nawo mayiko.

Kufuma apo, tikalutilira ku msika uphya wa ku Middle East uko Jamaica yikeneranga kuwoneka makora apo caru cikacita nawo malonda gha Arabian Travel Market (ATM) ku Dubai, apo tikalutilira ncito yithu yakujura misewu ya Middle East na Africa. .

Madam Speaker, chotsatira china chachikulu cha ulendo wa ku Dubai chinali mgwirizano wosasunthika, womwe tsopano ukuwona Emirates Airlines, ndege yaikulu kwambiri ku Gulf Coast Countries (GCC), ikugulitsa mipando ku Jamaica. Dongosololi, lomwe ndi mbiri yakale ku Jamaica ndi Caribbean, limatsegula zipata zochokera ku Middle East, Asia ndi Africa kupita kuchilumba chathu ndi madera ena onse.

Aka ndi koyamba kuti Destination Jamaica alowe mumayendedwe a matikiti a ndege ya Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ndipo amapatsa JTB mwayi wokwanira kukambirana maulendo apandege opita komwe akupita.

Onse a Norman Manley ndi Sangster International Airports tsopano alembedwa mumayendedwe apandege, ndipo mitengo yamatikiti ikupezeka moyenerera. Ndege zimaperekedwa ndi zosankha kuphatikiza JFK, New York, Newark, Boston ndi Orlando. Njira imodzi imadutsa ku Malpensa, Italy, kulola mwayi wopita ku msika waku Europe.

Mneneri, ngakhale tikuyesetsa kukopa osunga ndalama ambiri ochokera kumayiko ena, timayang'anabe kwambiri pakupanga malo oti athe kulimbikitsa kukula ndi chitukuko cha ogwira nawo ntchito zokopa alendo, kuphatikiza ma Enterprise ang'onoang'ono ndi apakatikati (SMTEs), kuti tikhazikitse gawo lophatikizana.

Ndikufuna kukumbutsa mamembala ndalama zokwana $1 biliyoni zomwe bungwe la Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) limapereka kuti lipereke ndalama kwa ma SMTE mu gawo la zokopa alendo ndi Linkages Network komanso opanga ndi ogulitsa kumakampani.

Malowa akuyendetsedwa ndi banki ya EXIM yomwe, mpaka pano, yavomereza ndikupereka ngongole pafupifupi zana limodzi ndi makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu ziwiri (162) za mtengo wake wa JA$1.56 biliyoni kwa anthu makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu awiri (72).

Madam Speaker, ndondomeko yobwereketsayi yakhala yofunika kwambiri m’miyezi makumi awiri ndi inayi yapitayi ya mliri wa COVID-19 pomwe unduna wa zaumoyo ndi mabungwe oyendera alendo, pamodzi ndi banki ya EXIM, adagwira ntchito molimbika komanso mwakhama popereka chithandizo kwa omwe akuchita nawo ntchito zokopa alendo. unyolo. Izi zidatenga mawonekedwe a nthawi yayitali yolipira komanso kukonzanso ngongole. Nthawi zina, pomwe EXIM yotheka idakwanitsa kuthandizira kukonza ndalama panthawi yotsika. EXIM pakadali pano ikukonza ndalama zoonjezera zokwana $100 miliyoni pakufunsira ngongole pomwe gawo la zokopa alendo likuyambiranso.

Tikukhulupirira kuti kudzera mundondomekoyi yathandiza kwambiri pakukula kwachuma ku Jamaica kudzera mu ndalama zakunja kuchokera ku mabizinesi omwe akuchita nawo ntchito zokopa alendo ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ntchito pafupifupi 1,300 zikukhazikika. 

Madam Speaker, pamene tikugwira ntchito yomanga chilengedwe chotukuka komanso chophatikizana cha ma SMTE athu, ndili wokondwa kulengeza kuti TEF ikupita patsogolo ndi Tourism Incubator. Gulu logwira ntchito lakhazikitsidwa ndi anthu osiyanasiyana okhudzidwa kuti atsogolere kukhazikitsidwa kwa chofungatira ndi cholinga chokhala ndi kuyitana koyamba kwa malingaliro kumapeto kwa chaka chandalama.

Madam Speaker, ndife onyadira kugwirizana ndi Development Bank of Jamaica pa ntchito yofunikayi. Kuphatikiza apo, TEF yayamba kukambirana ndi omwe angakhale othandizana nawo ku ICT popeza ukadaulo udzakhala ndi gawo lalikulu pantchito ya chofungatira komanso kukulitsa gawo lonse.

Mgwirizanowu ukuyembekezeka kupitilira pa chofungatira choyendera alendo ndipo uphatikiza njira zogwiritsidwira ntchito ukadaulo m'mahotela am'deralo ndi zokopa alendo, komanso mgwirizano wamtengo wapatali wazokopa alendo kuti apangitse zokumana nazo zosangalatsa komanso zogwira mtima kwa osewera onse omwe ali mgululi. Mumva zambiri pazaukadaulo wa chofungatira m'masabata akubwerawa.

Pamene tikupitiliza kuyika patsogolo kukulitsa kuchuluka kwa ma SMTE akumaloko, TEF posachedwapa idachita Msonkhano Wachidziwitso Zachitukuko cha Bizinesi pamabizinesi ofunikirawa omwe amayendetsa 80 peresenti ya phindu la zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi.

Gawoli linasonkhanitsa akatswiri odziwa bwino chitukuko cha bizinesi mogwirizana ndi TEF, ndipo adawonetsa malonda ndi mautumiki omwe akupezeka kwa SMTEs kuti apititse patsogolo kukula kwawo, monga ngongole zamalonda zampikisano; GOJ ndalama zothandizira; ma voucha othandizira ma SMTE ndi zosowa zaukadaulo; malonda ogwira ntchito; ndalama zothandizira bizinesi; ntchito zoyezera zinthu ndi ntchito zoyezera zinthu (kuwonetsetsa kuti zinthu zikukwaniritsa zofunikira zamsika).

Gawo lachidziwitso cha chitukuko cha bizinesi cha ma SMTEs chinali choyambira cha Tourism Linkages Network ya TEF, mogwirizana ndi mabwenzi akuluakulu, kuphatikizapo Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ); EXIM Bank; Jamaica Manufacturers & Exporters Association (JMEA); Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC); Jamaica National Bank Ngongole Zamakampani Ang'onoang'ono; ndi Ofesi Yamakampani aku Jamaica.

Madam Speaker, tikupitiriza kugwira ntchito molimbika kulimbikitsa mgwirizano pakati pa ntchito zokopa alendo ndi mabungwe ena kuti opanga, alimi, opanga katundu ndi ntchito, ndi ogwira ntchito m'mahotela agwire ntchito limodzi kuti agwiritse ntchito mwayi wochuluka womwe ulipo mu gawo lochereza alendo.

Kuti izi zitheke, Boma la Jamaica likupita patsogolo kuti litukule dziko la Jamaica ngati malo opangira zinthu zogwirira ntchito zokopa alendo komanso mayiko ena omwe amadalira zokopa alendo mderali. 

Madam Speaker, izi zipatsa mabungwe aku Jamaica minyewa yofunikira kuti ikule mdera lanu, madera ndi mayiko ena.

Mwezi wa May, Bambo Wilfred Baghaloo, PwC Jamaica's Deals Partner for the Southern Caribbean, adasankhidwa kukhala wapampando watsopano wa malo atsopano opangira zinthu. Lingaliro la malo opangira zinthu ku Jamaica ndi zilumba zina za ku Caribbean adachokera ku Tourism Recovery Task Force yomwe Baghaloo adatsogolera pakati pa Marichi 2020 ndi Seputembara 2020. Zolemba (TOR) za polojekitiyi zikupangidwa ndi Ministry of Tourism. Madam Speaker, pamene tikupita ku njira yoyendetsera ntchito zokopa alendo komanso kuyang'ana kwambiri magawo amsika apadera, zifunika kuteteza kwambiri chuma chathu chachilengedwe chomwe chili chofunikira pazachuma chotukuka. Chiyambireni, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) yapereka chuma chambiri pokonzanso ndi kuteteza zachilengedwe za ku Jamaica ndi zomanga ndipo, pochita izi, yapanga chinthu cholemera komanso chamitundumitundu kuti nzika ndi alendo azisangalala nazo.

Kumayambiriro kwa mwezi wa June, Ministry of Tourism ndi TEF, mogwirizana ndi Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, inayambitsa Restoration of Holland Bamboo Scenic Avenue Project, yomwe timaidziwa kuti Bamboo Avenue. Malo odziwika bwino awa a St. Elizabeth, omwe ali pamsewu waukulu waku South Coast Highway, pakati pa Middle Quarters ndi Lacovia, ndi amodzi mwa malo athu okopa zachilengedwe. Tsoka ilo, zochitika zachilengedwe ndi zopangidwa ndi anthu zasokoneza kwambiri nsungwi ndipo zidapangitsa kuti ziwonda kwambiri. TEF yapereka $8.5 miliyoni pa kubzalanso ndi kubwezeretsanso Holland Bamboo, yomwe ndi imodzi mwa mapulojekiti angapo omwe adasaina nawo pachilumbachi pokonzanso malo athu olowa.

Madam Speaker, mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri zomwe ndidazifotokoza munkhani yanga, ndi kupanga Sustainability Framework and Strategy kuti zithandizire kulimbikitsa kulimba kwa ntchito zokopa alendo komanso kukulitsa kukhazikika kwake munthawi yamavuto. Ntchito pa pulogalamuyi ili pamlingo wapamwamba pomwe tikufuna kulimbikitsa chitukuko chokhazikika cha gawoli ndikuwonjezera ndalama zakunja. Kuti izi zitheke, sabata yatha, Madam Speaker, tidapereka zida zothanirana ndi ngozi kwa nthumwi zochokera ku Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association ndi Association of Jamaica Attractions Limited.

Izi zinali ndi zolemba zitatu zofunika kwambiri zokonzedwa ndi Unduna wa Zokopa alendo ndi Fund of Tourism Enhancement Fund, zomwe ndi:

1. Disaster Risk Management Framework for Tourism Sector

2. Disaster Risk Management Plan Template and Guidelines for Tourism Sector

3. Bukhu Laupangiri wa Business Continuity Plan for the Tourism Sector

Madam Speaker, zikalatazi zikulongosola ndondomeko yathu yoyika mfundo zoyendetsera masoka mu ndondomeko, ndondomeko ndi ndondomeko za gawo la zokopa alendo. Kuphatikiza apo, zofalitsazi zimapereka chitsogozo chomveka bwino kwa mabungwe azokopa alendo pazoyambira zoyambira ndi njira zogwirira ntchito zomwe zimafunikira kuchepetsa, kukonzekera, kuyankha ndi kuchira ku zochitika zoopsa kapena zochitika zadzidzidzi. Mayi Sipikala, kudzera mukugawana uthenga ndi kuphunzitsa unduna wa zokopa alendo ndi mabungwe ake akuyesetsa kulimbikitsa ntchito zokopa alendo kudzera mu mgwirizano ndi mabungwe omwe timagwira nawo ntchito zokopa alendo.

Izi ndi zina mwazinthu zambiri zomwe Unduna wathu ndi mabungwe ake akutsatiridwa zomwe zidzapereke chikhazikitso cha chitukuko cha ntchito zokopa alendo zopindulitsa komanso zokhazikika.

Madam Speaker, pogwiritsa ntchito mwayi wochuluka wokhudzana ndi zokopa alendo, titha kukonzanso gawo lophatikiza anthu onse, lokhazikika komanso lokhazikika pomwe tikulimbikitsa chuma cha dziko mozama, pamene tikuchira ku mliri wa COVID-19. Chifukwa chake, tipitilizabe kupitiliza kumanga tsogolo labwino komanso dziko lotukuka lomwe limapindulitsa munthu aliyense waku Jamaica.

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