Akabata nzvimbo dzakawanda nemabasa ehushumiri; pano tinogovana zvaakataura zvakananga nezve tourism.
Madam Speaker, varemekedzwa vadikani, ndamira pamberi penyu nhasi kuti ndisvitse Debate yeSectoral Debate yeGore reMari ra2023-2024. Iropafadzo uye iropafadzo kuita basa iri. Ndinoda kuratidza kutenda kwangu nemoyo wese, ndakamiririra hurumende, kune vese vakapira nguva yavo nesimba ravo kuti vabatsire zvine mutsindo mugakava iri.
Taongorora zvinhu zvakawanda zvinomanikidza zvinoda kuti titarise uye tiite mukufunga uku. Takakurukura nezvekudiwa kwekuvandudzwa kwehutano hwehutano kuti tive nechokwadi chekugara zvakanaka kwevagari vedu.
Takazeya mazano ekusimudzira budiriro yeupfumi hwenyika uye kugadzira mikana yemabasa kuvanhu vedu. Takaongorora nzira dzekusimbisa hurongwa hwedu hwedzidzo uye kushongedza vechidiki vedu nehunyanzvi hwavanoda kuti vabudirire munyika inokurumidza kubuda. Takaongorora kuchengetedzwa uye matanho emutemo ane chinangwa chekusimudzira kuchengetedzwa kwevanhu vedu uye zvakakosha kuchengetedza kodzero dzevanhu vedu. Iyi ingori mienzaniso mishoma yenyaya dzakakosha dzakaunzwa pamberi pegakava iri.
Ndinotenda nemoyo wese vanoremekedzwa vandinoshanda navo muparamende nerubatsiro rwavakaita mugakava rose regore rino. Ndinoda kutenda Mutungamiriri weHurumende anoremekedzwa Andrew Holness nehutungamiriri hwavo hwakasimba uye Amai Mutauriri, ndinokutendai nemoyo wese, nekuzvipira kwenyu kusingazununguki mukufambisa mabasa eParamende yenyika nehunyanzvi uye nekuzvipira. Ndinoda kutaurawo kutenda kwangu kuMutevedzeri weMutungamiriri weBusiness reHurumende, Honourable Olivia Babsy Grange nekugara vakaisa maoko avo pavhiri nekunaMabharani nevashandi vanehushingi veImba ino Inokudzwa, avo vakaramba vachipa basa rakakosha kune House.
Patinopedzisa Gakava reSectoral Debate iyi zvakakosha kuti titarise nekusimbisa dzimwe dzenyaya dzakakosha dzakasimudzwa.
Kunyangwe zvisingaite kutaura pfungwa yese zvakadzama, ndinoda kubvuma kunaka kwakasarudzika kwemharidzo uye kurumbidza vatauri nekuzvipira kwavo kwechokwadi uye hunyanzvi. Hudzamu hweruzivo uye mweya wenhaurirano dzinovaka zvakapinda gakava iri zvakapfumisa zvikuru kunzwisisa kwedu kwematambudziko nemikana iri pamberi pedu.
Amai Mutauriri, ndisati ndanyura mune dzimwe dzenyaya dzakakosha dzakasimudzwa muSectoral Debate, ndinoda kukurumidza kupa pfupiso pane dzimwe dzenyaya huru. kusimukira muindasitiri yezvekushanya, kupfuura zvandakatotaura nezvazvo muSectoral presentation yangu.
Tourism Portfolio
Zhizha Tourism Boom - mamirioni maviri vashanyi kusvika zvino gore rino
Amai Mutauriri, vasati vatombopedza mwedzi mitanhatu yegore rino vakatowana mamirioni maviri ekuzorora uye vashanyi vekufamba nechikepe vane rekodhi mari yeUS$2 bhiriyoni, iyo yakawedzera 2 muzana pamusoro pemihoro ya18 panguva imwe cheteyo. Madam Speaker, hazvifanire kushamisa ipapo Jamaika arikutsvagira zvakanakisa mwaka wevashanyi wezhizha ever. Ichi chokwadi chakasimbiswazve nekubatana kwandakatungamira muNew York City, Miami neAtlanta mwedzi uno.
Zvisungo izvi zvaisanganisira nhevedzano yemisangano uye nhaurirano nevatambi vanotungamira zvekushanya mundege, rwendo rwekufamba uye vashanyi vanoshanda zvikamu zvinosanganisira Delta Airlines, Royal Caribbean Group uye Expedia. Yakawedzerwa kune iyo yaive raft yeterevhizheni mhenyu, redhiyo, dijitari uye kudhinda nhaurirano dzenhau dzakabatanidzwa nepamusoro-soro kudyidzana neCaribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), World Bank neGeorge Washington University.
Madam Speaker, Jamaica iri kusanganawo nekukwira muzhizha 2023 kubhuka kwekufamba kwendege ne33% kana zvichienzaniswa nechirimo cha2022 maererano nedata rakapihwa neimwe yepasirese inotungamira data data analytics femu, ForwardKeys.
Madam Speaker, izvi zvinosimbiswa chete nenyaya yekuti zvigaro zvendege zvinosvika miriyoni imwe chete nemazana mana zvakachengeterwa mwaka wekufamba kwechirimo, zvichimiririra kuwedzera kwe1.4% pamusoro pezvakanakisa zvakapfuura muna 16. Musika mukuru weJamaica, United States of America, wakavharirwa mukati. 2019 mamiriyoni ezvigaro izvi. Madam Mutauriri, zvinhu zvinoremerwa zvendege idzi muzhizha zviri kutenderera padyo ne1.2 muzana!
Amai Mutauriri, Bazi rezvekushanyirwa kwenyika pamwe nemasangano aro everuzhinji vari kuramba vachiita zvirongwa zvine hungwaru uye zvekutanga kuona kuti tave nechikamu chezvekushanyirwa chakazara, chakasimba uye chakachengetedzeka munguva yeCovid-19.
Ndinofara kupa rumwe ruzivo pane zvishoma zvezvirongwa izvi zvakakosha, sezvinotevera:
• Tinofara kuva neInter-American Development Bank (IDB) semubatsiri wehunyanzvi sezvo Bazi rangu riri kugadzira hurongwa hwakasimba uye hwakanyatsotsanangurwa Tourism Strategy & Action Plan, iyo ichashanda segwara rebudiriro mune remangwana rekushanya. Iri sarudzo rinotarisa nyaya dzakakosha dzekukura kwehupfumi nekubatanidzwa, kuchengetedza kwezvakatipoteredza, kuchengetedza tsika, kukura kwevanhu, nekuchengetedza kuenzanisa pakati pehutano hwechiitiko chevashanyi uye hupenyu hwehupenyu hwevagari vedu.
• Iyi Tourism Strategy yakanaka chete sekudyidzana kwayo. Naizvozvo, kushanda pamwe nevatambi vakakosha uye vanodyidzana vekushanya kwakakosha pakuedza uku. Kuti izvi zviitike, takatanga nhevedzano yemusangano wezvitsuwa zvakakura kuti tiwane mhinduro dzakakosha uye maonero anozobatsira kuumba gwara rezvirongwa zvekushanya mune ramangwana. Takatoita maworkshops akabudirira muMontego Bay nePort Antonio nekubvunzana kuri kuitika muOcho Rios. Maworkshops mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzekutandarira achaitika pakati pezvino naGunyana.
• Nhamburiko dzekupedzisa Hurongwa hweSimbidzo yeKunoenda neChirongwa (DAFS) dzinoenderera mberi. Amai Mutauriri, DAFS ine nzira dzekushanya dzinoita kuti tikwanise kuita vimbiso yemhando kuvaenzi vedu yekushanya kwakachengetedzeka, kwakachengeteka uye kusina musono, uko kunoremekedza nharaunda nenharaunda. Yakatenderwa neCabinet seGreen Paper kuti ienderere mberi nekutaurirana uye kupedzisa seWhite Paper.
• Taita nhaurirano nevatori vechikamu nechinangwa chekupedzisa Gwaro neChirongwa seWhite Paper kuti zvipinzwe muParamende mugore razvino rezvemari. Amai Mutauriri, misangano yevatori vechikamu yapera nechikamu che95% nemisangano mitanhatu yehoro yemudhorobha yave kutoitwa muNegril, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Treasure Beach, Mandeville neKingston. Vachaenderera mberi svondo rino nekutaurirana muPortland uye St. Thomas.
• Amai Mutauriri, boka rekutanga reTourism Enhancement Fund's (TEF) Tourism Innovation Incubator rasara nemwedzi chete kuti chirongwa chavo chipere. Vatori vechikamu makumi matatu nevanomwe vanomiririra zvikwata gumi nerimwe zvine gumi nerimwe akasarudzika mazano ebhizinesi parizvino vari kutora chikamu muchirongwa ichi.
• Purogiramu yemwedzi gumi ichapera nechiitiko chinotarisirwa zvikuru apo vatori vechikamu vachakwira kune boka revanoda kushamwaridzana navo mune zvebhizimisi, vanoisa mari uye masangano anopa mari. Chinangwa chechiitiko ichi ndechekuwana mhindu yakakwana kubva kune ava vanonyanya kubatanidzwa, izvo zvinozokonzera hurongwa hwebhizinesi. Chiitiko chePitch chakarongerwa kuitika munaGunyana 10.
• Pakupera kwechirongwa, vatori vechikamu vanenge vasimbisa pfungwa dzebhizimisi ravo, vaona kuti voenderera mberi sezvakarongwa here kana kuti pivot, uye, pane dzimwe nguva, vakagadzira mabhizimisi avo kuti ashande zvizere. Panguva ino, Madam Speaker, vatori vechikamu vaizowana imwe kana musanganiswa wezvirongwa zvemari zvinotevera:
1. Equity kudyidzana
2. Kutora (bhizinesi rinotengwa kubva kune vanotora chikamu (va))
3. Wana mari kuburikidza neTourism Innovation Facility
• Madam Speaker, kubva pazvakazivisa kugoverwa kwemamiriyoni zana emadhora kuvatori vechikamu vakabudirira kupedza makwikwi eTourism Innovation Challenge, chikwata cheTEF changa chichishanda nesimba kuti chiwane kudyidzana kunodiwa uye mvumo kuti hurongwa uhu hushande. Ichi chichava musanganiswa wechikwereti uye wekupa. Chikamu chechikwereti chinenge chiri pamutengo wakaderera zvakanyanya.
• Chibvumirano chinodiwa chakanyorwa uye chichaendeswa kudare reCabinet kuitira kuti chitenderwe kwekupedzisira. Nzvimbo iyi ichatanga kushanda nechikamu chetatu chegore rino remari.
Tourism Economic Impact Study
Amai Mutauriri, vachive neruzivo rwekutonga indasitiri yezvekushanya kuburikidza nedenda iri, Hurumende ichaita hunyanzvi hwekuunganidza humbowo hwekuita sarudzo dzekugadzirisa hupfumi, magariro, zvakatipoteredza uye zvivakwa zvekushanya.
Mugore rinouya, Ministry yangu ichaitisa Tourism Economic Impact Study, iyo inoda kuona hupfumi, hupfumi, magariro uye nharaunda kukanganisa kwekuvandudzwa kwemamwe makamuri zviuru gumi nezvishanu kusvika makumi maviri ekuwedzera makamuri eJamaica aripo.
Madam Speaker, zvinangwa chaizvo ndezvi:
• Kuona uye kuongorora zvingangoitika zvezvirongwa zviri kurongwa paGross Domestic Product, Foreign Exchange Earnings, Investment, uye Government Revenue and Expenditure;
• Kuona uye kuongorora zvingangokonzeresa hurongwa hwebudiriro pamari nemabasa (zvakananga kana zvisina kunanga);
• Kuona nekuwongorora zvingangoitwa nebudiriro dziri kurongwa pazvikamu zvakakosha zvine chekuita nekurima, kuvaka, kugadzira nekuvaraidzwa;
• Kuona nekuwongorora zvingangokonzeresa budiriro iri kurongwa pazvido zvezvivakwa, zvakatipoteredza nevanhu (kunyanya dzimba, zvifambiso nemafaro);
• Ipa mazano ekudzikisa zvingangove zvakashata zvinokonzeresa asi uchiisa mari pane zvinovaka; uye
• Ipa humbowo hunovimbika, hwakasimba hwekuzivisa ruzivo rweruzhinji rwekukosha kweindasitiri yekushanya kuJamaica.
Madam Mutauriri, uku ndiko kuwedzera kwakanyanya mumakamuri emakamuri, munguva pfupi pfupi munhoroondo yeJamaica. Inomiririra nguva yekushandura yakasiyana. Tinofanira kubata nguva yacho kuti tiwane rubatsiro rwakanyanya rwemagariro evanhu nehupfumi.
Kusimbisa Kubatana
Madam Speaker, Tourism Linkages Network, pasi pehomwe yeTourism Enhancement Fund, yawedzera kusanganisa maindasitiri akasiyana anobatsira mukukura kwechikamu chedu. Zvekurima zvine basa rakakosha mukutsigira kushanya. Kuburikidza neyedu Agri-Linkages Exchange (ALEX) application, varimi vadiki vanobatana zvakananga nevatengi muindasitiri yekushanya, vachibatsira munharaunda yezvekurima.
Mumwedzi mishanu yekutanga yegore rino, varimi vakawana chinhanho chinoshamisa kuburikidza nekuita mari inosvika mamiriyoni mazana matatu nemakumi maviri nemashanu emadhora kuburikidza nechirongwa cheALEX. Ichi chiitiko chakakosha chinoratidza kushanda kwepuratifomu mukubatanidza varimi nevanogona kutenga uye kugadzira mikana yakabudirira. Zvakare, mugore rakapfuura ra325, ALEX portal yakafambisa kutengeswa kwezvinhu zvekurima zvinodarika mazana matatu nemakumi matatu emamiriyoni emadhora. Kubudirira uku hakusi kungoburitsa budiriro yepuratifomu chete asiwo kunoratidza kushanda zvakanaka kwayakaita pakurarama kwevarimi vanosvika chiuru nemazana manomwe ane makumi matatu nevatatu nevakanyoresa kutenga zvinhu 2022.
Madam Speaker, takagadzira Agricultural Food Safety Manual tikaita misangano yekukurudzira varimi vanodarika mazana mana. Kuburikidza neTourism Linkages network, kushomeka kwemvura uye nguva yekusanaya kwemvura zvakaonekwa sezvipingamupinyi kuvarimi venharaunda vanopa chikamu chekushanya. Kuti tigadzirise izvi, takapa matangi emvura kuvarimi muSt. Elizabeth, St. James, St. Ann, neTrelawny. Muchikamu chekutanga, matangi makumi mashanu akapihwa varimi vekuSt. Elizabeth uye makumi maviri kuvarimi vekuSt. Muchikamu chechipiri, matangi mazana maviri akapihwa kuvarimi vekuSt Ann neTrelawny. Tichaenderera mberi nechirongwa ichi muna 400 chekutsigira varimi vadiki vakawanda, tichiparadzira pundutso kubva mukushanya.
Chirongwa Chekugadzirira Basa Kwekushanya
Madam Speaker, chikamu che tourism chiri kuramba chichivhiringwa nematambudziko evashandi.
Bazi rekudzidzisa reBazi, Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation (JCTI), maererano nemamiriro ezvinhu aya, riri kuronga zano rekukwezva vatsva nekuvabatsira kugadzirira mabasa aripo. Madam Speaker, nerutsigiro kubva kune vanodyidzana navo, JCTI iri kufamba ichitsvaga nhengo dzetimu kubva pavadzidzi vanenge vapedza chikoro chesekondari muna Chikumi naChikunguru 2023. Chinangwa ndechekukwezva zviuru zviviri kusvika kuzviuru zvitatu.
Tourism Enhancement Fund, iyo JCTI inova chikamu, saka yakakumbira HEART NSTA Trust kuti igadzire Chirongwa Chekugadzirira Basa chakanangana nevatsva kupinda muchikamu chekushanya. Vakabudirira kukwikwidza vachawana NCTVET Chitupa.
Amai Mutauriri, pamusoro pezvirongwa izvi zvakabudirira, chirongwa cheHospitality & Tourism Management (HTM) chimwe chikamu chakakosha muchirongwa cheHurumende cheHuman Capital Development. Muna Chikumi wegore rapfuura vadzidzi makumi mapfumbamwe nevapfumbamwe vechikoro chesekondari vakapedza chirongwa chemakore maviri uye vakagashira zvitupa zvavo kubva kuAmerican Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute. Mumwe wevana ivavo vekuAnchovy High School muSt. James aive nenhamba dzakakwana- 99 kubva pa100! Vese vave nemabasa muchikamu.
Cohort 3 ine vadzidzi mazana matatu nevatatu muzvikoro gumi nezvina zvepamusoro munyika yose. 303 vevadzidzi ava, vane makore gumi nemasere zvichikwira, vari kuita zvidzidzo zvavo muSandles, Altamont Court, AC Marriott neGolf View Hotel. Vemahotera vakafara kusangana nevechidiki ava uye vese vakaiswa mubazi ravanosarudza. Tine chivimbo chekuti kana vadzidzi ava vapedza kudzidziswa, vachapinda muzvirongwa zvekusimudzira vechidiki kana kutora mabasa pazvivakwa izvi.
Nharaunda Zvinokwezva - Trench Town's Vin Lawrence Park
Amai Mutauriri, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) yakazvipira kushanya kwenharaunda, izvo zvinopfuura nzvimbo dzechinyakare dzevashanyi uye kupinda mukati memwoyo wenharaunda dzinoverengeka. Nekudyara mukusimudzira kushanya kwenharaunda, TPDCo inoziva mukana wekusimudzira hupfumi, kuumba mabasa, nekuchengetedza nhaka yetsika.
Zvino Madam Mutauriri, apo isu tichiramba tichishanda nenharaunda kuwedzera kutora kwavo kutora chikamu mukushanya, ndinofara kugoverana newe chiitiko chinoshamisa chinovimbisa kushandura chimiro cheTrench Town uye kukwezva vashanyi vanobva pedyo nekure. Iyo Vin Lawrence Park, yaimbova nzvimbo isingashandiswe, yakagadziridzwa kuti ive hubhu yekunyudzwa kwetsika uye kuwanikwa. Shanduko iyi inodarika kuvandudzwa kwemuviri; inomiririra kupemberera nhoroondo yeTrench Town, kusika, uye kusimba. Vashanyi vanozove nemukana wekupinda mukati memoyo nemweya wenharaunda ino, vachiona mimhanzi yayo, hunyanzvi, chikafu, uye nyaya dzinonakidza ivo pachavo. Sezvo vashanyi vanodzungaira munzira dzepaki, vanozobatwa kune inoyevedza murals inoratidzira mifananidzo yakabuda muTrench Town, saBob Marley naPeter Tosh. Aya madhizaini makuru-kupfuura-hupenyu anopa rukudzo kune yakapfuma nhaka yemimhanzi yakazvarirwa munharaunda ino.
Madam Speaker, kuwanda kwevashanyi kunokwezva vimbiso dzekupinza hupenyu muhupfumi hwenyika, kutsigira mabhizinesi madiki, uye kukurudzira kudada pakati pevagari venharaunda.
Ramangwana Rekushanya
Madam Speaker, ini ndinodonhedzawo muchidimbu kumharadzano yetekinoroji nekushanya. Kufambira mberi kwetekinoroji kuri kushandura indasitiri yekufambisa. Sevagadziri vemitemo, tinofanira kutambira shanduko iyi kuti tiwedzere ruzivo rwemufambi. Ramangwana rebasa mukushanya richashandurwa nehungwaru hwemuchina uye Internet yezvinhu. Mukubatana neWorld Bank, tichaitisa ongororo yedunhu pamusoro pe “Ramangwana Rekushanya muCaribbean.” Ichi chidzidzo chichatitungamirira mukugadzira inogadzikana uye yakabatanidzwa yeCaribbean tourism nzvimbo.
Kuvharwa
Mukupedzisa, Hon. Minister Bartlett vakati: Madam Speaker, chiono chedu cheJamaica kufambira mberi, budiriro, uye kubatanidzwa. Isu tinoramba takazvipira kuona kuti hapana anosiiwa, kuti munhu wese weJamaican awane mikana, uye kuti nyika yedu inobudirira mumakwikwi epasirese ari kuwedzera. Pamwe chete, ngatimbundirei matambudziko ari mberi, takabatana mukutsunga kwedu kuvaka ramangwana rakajeka reJamaica.
Ndinopa kutenda kwangu kunhengo dzese dzeimba ino inoremekedzwa, vashandi vehurumende, uye vanhu veJamaican nerutsigiro rwavo rusingaperi uye kuzvipira kune zvinangwa zvedu zvatakagovana. Nekuedza kwedu pamwe chete, ndine chivimbo chekuti tichabudirira zvikuru mugore riri kuuya.
