Secretary General wa CTO: Udindo wofunikira wa Pacific pakukopa alendo

Lachisanu, Okutobala 5, 2018, ku Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, ku Bahamas, Secretary General wa Caribbean Tourism Organisation, Hugh Riley, adayamika tebulo lamutu ndi akuluakulu ena komanso atolankhani kuti abwera ku State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) ndikupereka mawu otsegulira pamsonkhano wa atolankhani:

Ndiloleni ndiyambe kuthokoza poyera amzanga omwe ndagwira nawo ntchito chifukwa chondikhulupirira pondisankha Lachiwiri kukhala wapampando wa Caribbean Tourism Organisation. Ndadzicepetsa ndikulimba mtima kwawo, komabe ndili wokondwa ndi mwayi wothandizira kutsogolera malo ofunikira azaka ziwiri zikubwerazi.

Ndine wokondwa ndi chiyembekezo cha CTO komanso gawo lalikulu lomwe lingatengepo pakuphatikiza Pacific, osati monga zokopa alendo, koma monga anthu omwe akuyenera kukhala opambana.

Ndine wotsimikiza kuti CTO yothandizidwa bwino, yomwe ingalandiridwe ndalama zambiri imatha kutenga malo ake limodzi ndi mabungwe ena olemekezeka kukweza anthu aku Caribbean kukhala mapiri osaneneka omwe akwaniritsidwa koma sanakwaniritsidwebe.

Utsogoleri wa bungweli pankhani zokopa alendo komanso zomwe akuthandizira pakukweza anthu athu zithandizira kuyendetsa bwino chuma ndikumanga ogwira ntchito odalirika, oyenerera komanso opindulitsa ndi anthu aku Caribbean omwe ali okonzeka kukumana ndi chilengedwe chosintha padziko lonse lapansi.

Utsogoleri wa CTO udawonekera sabata ino kudzera mwa akatswiri omwe tidawasonkhanitsa kuti afotokozere za momwe tingapangire bwino gawo lokhalitsa lokhalitsa lomwe lingapindulitse aliyense, dera lililonse, mayiko aliwonse m'derali.

Tidayesetsa kutsutsa derali kuti limange bwino, osati zomangamanga zokha, koma makampani onse. Tidasanthula malingaliro omwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo, osati kungopititsa patsogolo zomwe alendo akudziwa, komanso gawo lathu monga anthu. Tidalimbana molimba mtima ndi mikangano monga kusinthitsa zikhalidwe zathu osazipondereza ndikuphatikizanso nyanja ya Caribbean ngati dera la mizu.

Tidabweretsa izi patsogolo osati chifukwa chakuti ndizotchuka, koma chifukwa tikukhulupirira kuti ziyenera kuthandizidwa posachedwa, ngati tikufuna kupanga bizinesi yokopa alendo ku Caribbean mtsogolo.

Ndipo palibe njira ina yabwino yopangira tsogolo kuposa kuphatikizira achinyamata athu. Palibe munthu m'modzi pakati pa omwe anali mchipinda chamsonkhano wachinyamata dzulo, kapena mwa anthu pafupifupi zikwi zitatu omwe adaziwona zikupezeka patsamba la Facebook la CTO, yemwe sangatsutsane nane ndikanena kuti tili ndi ambiri Achinyamata opanga, olingalira komanso anzeru kwambiri kulikonse.

Ndiwo omwe adzalimbikitsidwe kupitiliza kumanga ntchito zokopa alendo pamaziko omwe akhazikitsidwa ndi atsogoleri amakono komanso apainiya dzulo. Kutengera ndimphamvu zomwe achita dzulo, ndili ndi chidaliro kuti tsogolo la zokopa alendo ndi lowala.

Poterepa, ndiloleni ndiyamikire wopambana pamsonkhano wachinyamata, a Bryanna Hylton aku Jamaica, komanso a Kiara Meyers a St. Maarten ndi a Caroline Pain aku Martinique, omwe adayika pamwamba atatu.

Ndikudziwa kuti mungakonde zosintha pamsonkhano wathu wa The Rhythm Never Stops; Ndine wokondwa kulangiza kuti kampeni iyambitsidwa Lolemba likubwerali, chifukwa cha omwe akhudzidwa ndi boma komanso mabungwe omwe abweretsa gawo lofunikira ili.

Pazomwe zokopa alendo mderali zakhala zochitika ziwiri. Kumbali imodzi, tili ndi kukula kwamphamvu m'maiko omwe sanakhudzidwe ndi mphepo zamkuntho za chaka chatha.

Kumbali ina, tawona kuchepa kwakukulu kwa obwera kwa iwo omwe akhudzidwa ndi namondwe, ngakhale momwe machitidwe a mayiko awa akukhalira bwino.

Mwa malo 22 omwe amapita kukalemba malipoti, 13 mwa iwo adalembetsa kukwera kwa alendo pakati pa theka la chaka, kuyambira 1.7 peresenti mpaka 18.3, pomwe zisanu ndi ziwiri zidatsika pakati pazochepa -0.3% ndi 71%.

Omwe adachita bwino kwambiri panthawiyi anali Guyana pa 18.3 peresenti, Belize ndi 17.1%, zilumba za Cayman pa 15.9 peresenti, ndi Grenada ku 10.7 peresenti ndi Bahamas pa 10.2 peresenti.

Zotsatira zamtunduwu zimatsimikizira kutumizirana mameseji kwotsegulira malo opita kubizinesi komanso kudalira kopita kukapereka zokumana nazo zabwino.

Zomwe misika yayikuluyi idasiyanasiyana mosiyanasiyana, malo ena omwe amalemba ndikukula kwamphamvu, pomwe ena adalembetsa.

Mwachitsanzo, kumsika waku US, pomwe Jamaica idanenanso zakukula kwa 8.4%, Dominican Republic idakwera ndi 6.3% ndipo madera ena 11 adakwanitsa kukula, asanu ndi m'modzi mwa magawo awiri, ma Caribbean adachezeredwa ndi Miliyoni asanu ndi awiri kuchokera ku US nthawi ya theka loyamba la chaka.

Uku kunali kutsika kwa 15.8 peresenti poyerekeza ndi nyengo yofananira chaka chatha, makamaka chifukwa cha kugwa kwa 54.6% kwa omwe amafika ku Puerto Rico ndikuchepa pofika ku Cuba.

Kumbali inayi, panali mbiri yatsopano yobwera kuchokera ku Canada munthawi ino yachaka, pomwe pali 2.4 miliyoni padziko lonse lapansi oyendera mayiko, akuimira kuchuluka kwa 4.7 peresenti.

Ofika ochokera ku Europe nawonso adakulirakulira, ngakhale pang'ono ndi pang'ono peresenti, ndi alendo mamiliyoni atatu omwe amapita ku Caribbean kumapeto kwa chaka.

Belize idatsogola ndi kukula kwa 24.3%, ndikutsatiridwa ndi Guyana pa 9.4%, Curaçao 6.2% ndi Saint Lucia ndi 4.5%. Komabe, kukula kwathunthu kudakhudzidwa ndikugwa kwakanthawi kofika anthu ku Anguilla, Puerto Rico ndi Bermuda.

Panalinso kuchepa kwapakati pa 0.5% pamaulendo oyenda panyanja, ngakhale pali zizindikiro zakusintha. Mwa malipoti 23, 15 adazindikira kusintha pamasewera awo a 2017 ndi Trinidad & Tobago yolembetsa kuwonjezeka kwa 166%, St. Vincent & Grenadines okwera ndi 84% ndipo Martinique ndi 54.7%, zomwe zikubweretsa kukula.

Komabe, izi zidatsutsidwa ndikuchepa kwa pafupifupi 90% kuzilumba za British Virgin, Dominica idatsika ndi 88.4 peresenti, St. Maarten yotsika ndi 27.5%, ndipo zilumba za Virgin za ku America zidatsika ndi 22.5%. Puerto Rico, ngakhale idakhudzidwa ndi mphepo yamkuntho, idalemba kuchuluka kwa 1.1 peresenti panthawiyi.

Ubwino wampikisano wadzikoli pazinthu zosiyanasiyana zokopa alendo komanso chitetezo ndi chitetezo zidakalipo. Malo omwe akumangidwanso akumangidwanso, ndipo malonda ndi ntchito zatsopano zokopa alendo zikukonzanso tsiku ndi tsiku m'malo omwe anakhudzidwa ndi mphepo zamkuntho za chaka chatha.

Dipatimenti yathu yofufuza ikuyembekeza kuchepa kwapakati pa atatu ndi anayi peresenti chaka chino, koma ikulosera kuti chiwonjezeko cha 4.3% chaka chamawa.

Sitima yapamtunda, kumbali inayo, akuti ikukula ndi XNUMX% mpaka XNUMX% chaka chino.

Ndiloleni nditenge mwayi kuthokoza Minister Dionisio D'Aguillar, director general a Joy Jibrilu ndi gulu ku Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, komanso ogwira ntchito ku CTO chifukwa chogwira ntchito molimbika kuti atulutse msonkhano wabwino kwambiri wa State of the Tourism Industry, komanso Ndikukuthokozani chifukwa chotenga nawo mbali.