US Virgin Islands imapeza kuwala kobiriwira pa mgwirizano wapanyanja

Mgwirizanowu uthandiziranso zochitika zatsopano zoperekera makampani oyenda panyanja ndikuthandizana ndi mabungwe aboma kuti awonjezere mwayi uliwonse. Kuphatikiza apo, mgwirizanowu udzayika zilumba za US Virgin Islands (USVI) pachiwonetsero cha mapulogalamu a Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) omwe amayang'ana pa kulemba ndi kugula katundu kwa nzika zakomweko.

Zina mwazinthu zina zaubwenzi wamaluso ndi monga kulimbikitsa maulendo anthawi yachilimwe, othandizira apaulendo, kupanga kufunikira kwa ogula ndikupanga kuwunika kofunikira komwe kudzafotokozere mphamvu, mwayi ndi zosowa.

FCCA - bungwe lazamalonda lomwe limayimira zofuna za komwe akupita komanso okhudzidwa ku Caribbean, Central ndi South America, ndi Mexico, pamodzi ndi Member Lines omwe amagwira ntchito yopitilira 90 peresenti yapadziko lonse lapansi - adalengeza kuti agwirizananso ndi USVI. pa mgwirizano wachitukuko. Mgwirizanowu ukukonzanso womwe udasainidwa kale mu 2022, ndikuyikanso zaka zopitilira khumi za USVI kukhala "Presidential Partner" wa FCCA.

"Mgwirizanowu ndi mawu ena olankhula za mgwirizano womwe ukupitilira pakati pa US Virgin Islands ndi FCCA," atero a Micky Arison, Wapampando wa FCCA ndi Carnival Corporation & plc. "Malowa awonetsa chikhulupiliro chake ku FCCA komanso ntchito zapamadzi munthawi yabwino komanso yoyipa kwambiri, ndipo ndili ndi ulemu kuti izi zathandiza kuti miyoyo ya anthu ambiri kumeneko ikhale yabwino."

"Dipatimenti yowona za Tourism ku USVI ndiyokonzeka kuyambiranso mgwirizano wathu ndi FCCA," atero a USVI Commissioner of Tourism a Joseph Boschulte. "Pamodzi tipitiliza kuwonetsa USVI kwa anthu odziwika bwino omwe FCCA imatithandizira kufikira, komanso mwayi waukulu wamisonkhano yabwino pamakampani oyenda panyanja."

Nditakhala nkhani yopambana pazambiri zokopa alendo ku Caribbean pambuyo pa COVID-19 - kukumana ndi chaka chochezera alendo mu 2021 ndikuphwanya mbiri yambiri ndikulandila ulemu wambiri mu 2022, kuphatikiza Bronze HSMAI Adrian Awards ndi Caribbean Journal kutchula Commissioner. Joseph Boschulte 'Caribbean Tourism Executive of the Year' komanso kuyika USVI mu 'The Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2023' ndi owerenga kuvota USVI monga wopambana pa 'Caribbean Travelers' Choice Awards 2022 - USVI mwamsanga analemba motsatira. kusuntha ulendo wapamadzi wadzaza patsogolo.

Tsopano USVI ikukonzekera kubwezeretsanso chaka chino, ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe akuyembekezeka kubwerera ku 2019 komwe akupita. USVI idzalandiranso alendo ena okwana 440,000 ochokera ku Royal Caribbean International ku 2023 - ndi St. Croix amalandira 140,000 mwa alendowa, pafupifupi katatu pachaka, ndipo St. Thomas akukhala ndi 300,000 otsala, kuwonjezeka kwa 70 peresenti.

Kuwonjezera apo, USVI ikupitiriza kulandira zombo zatsopano, kuphatikizapo Celebrity Beyond kupanga ulendo wake waukazi wopita ku St. Thomas mu November 2022. Zonsezi zikukonzekera kutanthauza phindu lachindunji kwa chuma cha m'deralo ndi nzika, ndi zokopa alendo zomwe zimapanga $ 184.7 miliyoni mu ndalama zonse, kuphatikiza $77.9 miliyoni pamalipiro onse ogwira ntchito, mchaka cha 2017/2018, malinga ndi lipoti la Business Research & Economic Advisors "Economic Contribution of Cruise Tourism to the Destination Economies."

Mgwirizanowu umayang'ana kwambiri kukulitsa maubwino awa. Kuchokera ku chilangizo cha FCCA Executive Committee, yopangidwa ndi purezidenti komanso pamwamba pa FCCA Member Lines, mgwirizanowu umakhala ndi mwayi wopeza zisankho zazikulu komanso zoyesayesa zawo zonse ndi FCCA kuti akwaniritse zolingazo, kuphatikiza kuchuluka kwa maulendo apaulendo, zokumana nazo zatsopano ndi zinthu, mgwirizano. ndi mabungwe apadera amderalo, mwayi wochuluka wa ntchito ndi kugula, kutembenuka kwa alendo oyenda panyanja kuti akhale alendo otsalira, kupititsa patsogolo maulendo a chilimwe, kupanga zofuna za ogula, kufalitsa maulendo ndi zina.

"Ndife othokoza chifukwa cha thandizo lakale la US Virgin Islands, ndipo sitingakhale okondwa kubwezera chikhulupiriro chomwe asonyeza mwa ife ndi makampani powonjezera phindu lawo kuchokera ku gawoli," adatero Michele Paige, CEO, FCCA. "Kupyolera mu mgwirizanowu, US Virgin Islands ilinso ndi kudzipereka kwathunthu kwa FCCA kuti ikwaniritse zomwe akupita, kuphatikizapo kuthandiza mabungwe abizinesi ndikuthandizira anthu onse akumaloko kuchita bwino pazachuma zomwe zimabweretsa."