Tourism Boom: Bartlett Akuti TEF Records Yamphamvu 13.54% Kukula kwa Zolowera

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Written by Linda Hohnholz

Minister of Tourism ku Jamaica, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, walengeza kuti kuyambira chaka chachuma mpaka pano, pafupifupi $5.6 biliyoni yatoleredwa ndi Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF).

Izi zikuyimira kukula kochititsa chidwi kwa 13.54% poyerekeza ndi nthawi yomweyi chaka chatha komanso chiwonjezeko chodabwitsa cha 15.68% poyerekeza ndi nthawi yofananira mu 2019. Ndalamazi zimapangidwa kudzera mu chindapusa cha US $ 20 kwa okwera ndege omwe akubwera komanso chindapusa cha US $ 2 kwa apaulendo. , yopereka mwachindunji ku Consolidated Fund.

Zoyembekeza za chaka chonse chandalama, kuyambira Epulo 2023 mpaka Marichi 2024, ndizolimbikitsanso chimodzimodzi. TEF ikuyerekeza zosonkhetsa zokwana pafupifupi $9.3 biliyoni, zomwe zikuwonetsa chiwonjezeko champhamvu ndi 14.98% mchaka chandalama chathachi komanso kukwera kwakukulu kwa 14.89% poyerekeza ndi 2019.

"TEF ili m'njira yodziwika bwino m'chaka chino chandalama ndipo ikuyembekezeka kubweretsa $9.3 biliyoni ku ndalama zathu, zomwe ndi 1.2 biliyoni kuposa chaka chatha chandalama. Izi zikuyimira pafupifupi 15% kuposa chaka chathu chabwino kwambiri cha 2019, "adatero Bartlett.

Nkhani yabwinoyi ikugwirizana ndi lipoti laposachedwa la zachuma kuchokera ku Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), yomwe idawonetsa kukula kwachuma kwa 1.9% mkati mwa Julayi-Seputembala 2023 kuyerekeza ndi nthawi yomweyi chaka chatha. Makamaka, makampani opanga mahotela ndi malo odyera adakula kwambiri ndi XNUMX peresenti mu kotala.

Makampani okopa alendo, omwe akuthandizira kwambiri pakukula kwachuma kumeneku, akupitilizabe kuyenda bwino chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa alendo ochokera kumayiko ena. Pa kotala yomwe yatchulidwayi, obwera omwe adayima adakwera ndi 5.5% mpaka 682,586 alendo. Pomwe ofika apaulendo adatsika pang'ono ndi 20.5%, okwana pafupifupi 178,412 alendo poyerekeza ndi kotala yofananira mu 2022.

"Bizinesi yokopa alendo ikupitilizabe kuthandiza pakukulitsa GDP pazachuma. Gawo la 10 motsatizana la kukula lidakwaniritsidwa, kwenikweni, mu gawo lachitatu la chaka chino, pomwe zopereka za zokopa alendo ku GDP zinali 3%. Njira yabwinoyi sikuti imangopereka mwachindunji ku GDP monga momwe zikuwonekera mu malipoti a PIOJ komanso ndi ndalama zomwe zimapita ku consolidated fund, "adatero Bartlett.

Dr. Carey Wallace, Executive Director wa Tourism Enhancement Fund, adawonetsa chidwi chake panjira yabwinoyi. "Kupitilirabe kukula m'magulu athu ndi umboni wa kulimba mtima komanso kukopa kwa Jamaica monga malo oyamba oyendera alendo. Ndalama zomwe zapezeka zithandizira kwambiri pakukula komanso kupititsa patsogolo gawo lathu la zokopa alendo komanso ku Jamaica konse. ”

TEF, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa pansi pa TEF Act, imatenga ndalama zake makamaka kuchokera ku Tourism Enhancement Fee, yomwe ndi US$20 kwa okwera ndege omwe akubwera ndi US $ 2 kwa apaulendo. Mu 2017, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) idasintha kuchoka ku bungwe lodzipangira ndalama kupita ku bungwe lopeza ndalama, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale kusintha kosiyanasiyana pamachitidwe azachuma.

Bungwe la TEF lili ndi udindo wotolera ndalama zolipiridwa kwa anthu onse okwera ndege kapena panyanja ndikuwonetsetsa kuti zaperekedwa mwachindunji ku Consolidated Fund. Kuonjezera apo, TEF imayang'aniranso ndalama zomwe zimaperekedwa ku bungwe lomwe limaperekedwa kudzera mu kuyerekezera kwa ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito zomwe zimayang'aniridwa ndi Unduna wa Zachuma & Utumiki wa Boma. Ndalamazi zimaperekedwa kuti zithandizire ndikuthandizira ntchito zosiyanasiyana zokopa alendo zomwe cholinga chake ndi kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo ku Jamaica.

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