Gurukota rezvekushanyirwa kweJamaica paKuvaka Yedu Jamaica

Jamaica Tourism Minister Hon. Edmund Bartlett akavhara iyo Sectoral Debate yeFiscal Year 2022-2023 nehurukuro yekudyara mbeu yerunyararo, mukana, uye budiriro.

Hezvino zvaaida kutaura nezve tourism.

Madam Speaker, ndotanga manje chikamu chekushanyirwa. Bazi rezvekushanya pamwe nemasangano aro eruzhinji rinoramba rakazvipira kusimudzira kukura muindasitiri kuitira kuti ive nechokwadi chekuti kushanya kunoramba kuri iko kuri kukonzera kudzoreredza hupfumi hweJamaica mushure meCOVID-19. Nekuda kwaizvozvi, Amai Mutauriri, tatora matanho akasimba uye akasimba ekuvaka patsva chikamu chebudiriro iyi, mazhinji acho ataurwa, pandakataura nedare rino rinoremekedzwa pandakavhura dare reSectoral Debate muna Kubvumbi.

Hwaro hwepakona yenzvimbo yakatsiga igwara rakanaka, kuronga uye masisitimu emitemo pamwe nekushandira pamwe pakati pevatambi. Basa reMinistry of Tourism nemasangano aro eruzhinji rinoratidza izvi.

Amai Mutauriri, kubva zvandakaita pakuvhurwa kwaKubvumbi kwe2022/2023 Sectoral Debate, pave nebudiriro huru munyaya dzekushanyirwa kwadzo dzakavamba mukuita kuti indasitiri igadzirise kumuka kwedenda. Budiriro, Madam Speaker, idzo dzisiri kungofambisa kupatsanurwa; vari kuisawo hwaro hwechivakwa chakasimba, chisingachinjiki icho chinobatsira vatambi vese vari muchikamu cheukoshi hwekushanya.   

Amai Mutauriri, nhamba dzekusvika kubva kuJamaica Tourist Board (JTB) dzinoratidza kuti chikamu ichi chiri kuratidza kusimba kwaro uye kudzoka mukuita pre-denda kwave pedyo. Pakupera kwaChivabvu, takapfuura miriyoni imwe-yemuenzi mucherechedzo wegore rino, uye tiri munzira yekuzadzisa fungidziro yedu ye2022 yevashanyi vese vanosvika miriyoni 3.2 uye yakazara mari inosvika US$3.3 bhiriyoni. Zvakadaro, Madam Speaker, kana tichida kuchengetedza danho rakanaka iri, kana tichida kuona fungidziro yedu ye2024 yevaenzi vanosvika 4.5 miriyoni uye US$4.7 bhiriyoni pamari yemari yekunze, tinofanira kuisa hwaro hwekudzoka kwakasimba.

Amai Mutauriri, tave kutoona zviratidzo zvakanaka zvekupora sezvo indasitiri yekushanya iri kuramba ichifambisa hupfumi hweJamaica mushure meCOVID-19.

Madam Speaker, Planning Institute of Jamaica's (PIOJ) ichangoburwa mashandiro ehupfumi muna Ndira kusvika Kurume 2022 inoratidza kuti "Kukosha Kwechokwadi Kwakawedzerwa Kwemahotera & Maresitorendi akawedzera ne105.7 muzana."

PIOJ yakataurawo kuti "indasitiri inoramba ichibatsirikana nekuwedzera kwekufamba, tichifunga nezvekuzorora kwezvakamboitwa zveCCIDID-19."

Yekutanga data yakaratidza kuti kumira kwakamira kwakawedzera ne230.1 muzana kusvika 475,805 vashanyi, uye vafambi vanosvika 99,798 kana vachienzaniswa nenguva yakafanana gore rapfuura. 

Madam Speaker, zvichibva padata rePIOJ raNdira kusvika Kukadzi 2022, kushandiswa kwese kwevaenzi kwakawedzera kusvika paUS$485.6 miriyoni kana zvichienzaniswa neUS$169.2 miriyoni panguva inoenderana muna2021.

Amai Mutauriri, kuisa hwaro hunodiwa kuona kuti kupora kwakasimba uku kunoramba kuchienderera mberi ipfungwa iri shure kwechikamu chichangobva kuitika chemisika yedu yepasi rose apo ndakatungamira chikwata chepamusoro chekushanya kuUnited Kingdom, United States uye kuDubai. kutsvaga mikana yekudyara uye yekufambisa nendege uye kusimbisa rwendo rwekushanya kuenda kuJamaica.

Kumira kwedu kwekutanga, London, kwakationa takakiyiwa mumazuva matanhatu ekudzokera shure-kumashure kubatanidzwa nevakakosha vane chekuita seMhandara Atlantic pamwe nekubvunzurudza nevenhau huru nevanyori vekufamba. Madam Mutauriri, UK ndiyo yedu yechitatu yakakura sosi musika wevashanyi vanomira uye rwendo urwu rwakakosha kutanga nhaurirano dzine chinangwa chekusimudzira vanosvika uye mihoro yechikamu. 

Munguva yeku UK gumbo reBlitz, takabatana nemumwe wangu Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia "Babsy" Grange, pazviitiko zviviri zvekutanga zveJamaica 60 muLondon neBirmingham. Madam Speaker, zvirongwa zvekucherechedza makore makumi matanhatu echitsuwa ichi chawana kuzvitonga zvichange zvichisanganisira minamato yechechi, mimhanzi nemitambo yekutamba, mashoo, mabiko emabindu pamwe nemitambo yemimhanzi, zvose zvichaitwa pasi pedingindira rinoti ‘Kutonga Nyika nokuda kwehukuru’. .

Zviitiko zvekutanga zveJ60 zvakapa mukana wakanaka wekudyidzana nevedu UK Diaspora yakakura, iyo inosanganisira zvinopfuura "mhuri neshamwari" dzinoshuvira kuchengetedza chiziviso chavo uye kubatana kumba. Diaspora chikamu chemusika chinoshanda chatinogona kusimbisa kudyidzana kufambisa kushanya, kutengeserana nemikana yekudyara. Madam Speaker, chikamu chemusika chinoshanda icho, kana chikashandiswa nemazvo, chinogona kusimudzira kushanyirwa kwenyika.

Gumbo reUS reblitz rakabereka zvibereko zvakaenzana neboka revashanyi rakasangana nevatambi vakakosha kukurudzira kufamba kubva kuUS North-East Seaboard, kusanganisira New Jersey neConnecticut, kusvika kuBoston. Madam Speaker, tiri kushanda nesimba kuti tiwane kupora; zvisinei, hatigone kuzviita tisina kutsigirwa nevatinoshanda navo vendege kwenguva refu vakaita seJetBlue uye Flight Center Travel Group Limited (FLT), rimwe remapoka makuru ekufamba pasi rose.

Vachibuda mumusangano wepamusoro-soro nechikwata chevatungamiri veJetBlue pamuzinda wavo weNew York City, kambani yendege yakazivisa kuti panosvika Chikunguru gore rino, ichange ichiwedzera huwandu hwezvigaro pakati peUS neMontego Bay ne40 muzana zvichienzaniswa naChikunguru 2019. Kukurudzira kwakakosha kuJamaica!

Idzi inhau dzakanaka apo isu tinoshanda nesimba mukudzoreredza muUS, inova ndiyo yakakura sosi musika wedu. Zvichienderana nenhamba dzekubhuka idzi Jamaica inotarisira kuona zhizha rakanakisa kubva padenda.

Amai Mutauriri, danho reUS remisika blitz rakaratidza kuve svondo rinobudirira iro rakabvumira kusimbaradzwa kwemibatanidzwa nevane chekuita nekushanya uye vanodyidzana vekunze.

Kubva ipapo, takananga kumusika mutsva weMiddle East uko Jamaica yairatidzwa zvizere panguva yekutanga kutora chikamu munyika muArabian Travel Market (ATM) tradeshow muDubai, apo takaenderera mberi nekuedza kwedu kuvhura Middle East uye Africa mafambiro ekufamba. .

Madam Speaker, chimwe chakabuda murwendo rweDubai chaive chibvumirano chepasi, icho zvino chaona Emirates Airlines, iyo huru ndege muGulf Coast Countries (GCC), ichitengesa zvigaro kuJamaica. Urongwa uhwu, hwenhoroondo yekutanga kuJamaica neCaribbean, hunovhura magedhi kubva kuMiddle East, Asia neAfrica kuenda kuchitsuwa chedu nedunhu rose.

Aka ndekekutanga kuti Destination Jamaica ipinzwe muhurongwa hwematikiti endege yeGulf Cooperation Council (GCC) uye inopa JTB mukana wakakura wekutaurirana nendege dzakananga kwainoenda.

Ose ari maviri Norman Manley uye Sangster International Airports ave kunyorwa muhurongwa hwendege, nemitengo yetikiti iripo. Ndege dzinopihwa nesarudzo dzinosanganisira JFK, New York, Newark, Boston neOrlando. Imwe sarudzo inoenda neMalpensa, Italy, ichibvumira kupinda kumusika weEurope zvakare.

Amai Mutauriri, kunyangwe tichitsvaga kukwezva vanoisa mari munyika dzakawanda, tinoramba takatarisa mukugadzira nharaunda inogonesa kukurudzira kukura nekusimudzira kwevanoda kushanya, vanosanganisira Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs), kuitira kuti pave nechikamu chinosanganisa.

Ndinoda kuyeuchidza nhengo bhiriyoni imwe yemadhora yakarongerwa neTourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) kuti ipe mari kumaSMTEs mukati mechikamu chezvekushanya uye Linkages Network pamwe neVagadziri neVatengesi kuindasitiri.

Nzvimbo iyi iri kutungamirwa nebhanga reEXIM iro kusvika pari zvino, rakabvumidza nekubhadhara zvikwereti zvinosvika zana nemakumi matanhatu nembiri (162) zvinoita JA$1.56 bhiriyoni kune makumi manomwe nevaviri (72).

Amai Mutauriri, chirongwa ichi chekukweretesa chakanyanya kukosha mukati memwedzi makumi maviri nemina yadarika yedenda reCOVID-19 sezvo Bazi rezvekushanyirwa kwenyika, pamwe chete nebhanga reEXIM, vakashanda nesimba uye neushingi kubatsira vatambi vari muhukoshi hwekushanya. cheni. Izvi zvakatora nzira yekuwedzera kubhadhara moratoria uye kugadzirisa chikwereti. Mune zvimwe zviitiko, apo EXIM inogoneka yakakwanisa kutsigira kuvandudzwa kwemari panguva yekuderera. EXIM parizvino iri kugadzirisa imwe madhora zana emamiriyoni ekukumbira chikwereti sezvo chikamu chekushanya chiri kukwira.

Isu tinotenda kuburikidza nechirongwa ichi chechikwereti mupiro wakakura wakaitwa mukusimudzira hupfumi hweJamaica kuburikidza nemari yekunze kubva kumabhizinesi ari muchikamu chekushanya uye nekuona kuti mabasa anosvika chiuru nemazana matatu akachengetedzwa. 

Amai Mutauriri, apo tiri kushanda kuvaka nharaunda inosimukira uye inosanganisirwa ecosystem yemaSMTE edu, ndinofara kuzivisa kuti TEF iri kufambira mberi neTourism Incubator. Pane boka rebasa rakaumbwa rine vanhu vakasiyana-siyana vanokosha kuti vatungamire kugadzwa kweincubator nechinangwa chekuti pave nekudaidzwa kwekutanga kwemazano gore remari risati rapera.

Madam Speaker, tinodada nekubatana neDevelopment Bank yeJamaica pachirongwa chakakosha ichi. Pamusoro pezvo, TEF yatanga nhaurirano nevanogona kudyidzana navo veICT sezvo tekinoroji ichaita basa rakakosha mukushanda kweincubator nekusimudzira chikamu chose.

Kudyidzana uku kunotarisirwa kuwedzera kunze kweiyo tourism incubator uye kuchasanganisira zvirongwa zvekushandisa tekinoroji mumahotera emuno uye zvinokwezva, pamwe neketani yekukosha kwekushanya kugadzira zviitiko zvinonakidza uye zvinoshanda kune vese vatambi vari muchikamu. Iwe uchanzwa zvakawanda pamusoro peiyo incubator's tekinoroji shamwari mumavhiki anouya.

Sezvo isu tichiramba tichiisa pamberi pakuwedzera kugona kwemaSMTE emuno, TEF nguva pfupi yadarika yakaita Business Development Information Session yemabhizinesi akakosha aya anofambisa 80 muzana yekukosha kwezviitiko zvekushanya pasi rese.

Chikamu ichi chakaunza pamwe nyanzvi dzakakosha dzekusimudzira bhizinesi mukubatana neTEF, uye yakasimbisa zvigadzirwa nemasevhisi aripo kune maSMTEs kufambisa kukura kwavo, sekukwikwidza zvikwereti zvebhizinesi; GOJ mari zvivako; mavhocha ekubatsira maSMTE nezvido zvehunyanzvi; kushambadzira kwebhizinesi kunobudirira; rubatsiro rwekusimudzira bhizinesi; Zvigadzirwa zvekuyedza masevhisi uye zvigadzirwa zvakamira masevhisi (kuona kuti zvigadzirwa zvinosangana nemusika zvinodiwa).

Chikamu cheruzivo rwekusimudzira bhizinesi cheSMTEs chaive chirongwa cheTEF's Tourism Linkages Network, mukubatana nevadyidzani vakakosha, kusanganisira Development Bank yeJamaica (DBJ); EXIM Bank; Jamaica Manufacturers & Exporters Association (JMEA); Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC); Jamaica National Bank Zvikwereti zveBhizinesi Diki; uye Hofisi Yemakambani eJamaica.

Madam Speaker, tiri kuramba tichishanda nesimba mukusimbaradza hukama huripo pakati pe tourism nemamwe mapazi kuitira kuti vagadziri vedu, varimi, vanogadzira zvinhu nemabasa, nevemahotera vashande pamwe chete kuti vashandise mikana yakawanda iripo muchikamu chehospitality.

Kuti izvi zviitike, Hurumende yeJamaica iri kufamba kusimudzira Jamaica senzvimbo yekupa zvinhu zvebazi rekushanya kwenzvimbo uye kune dzimwe nyika dzinovimba nekushanya mudunhu iri. 

Madam Speaker, izvi zvichapa masangano eJamaican mhasuru dzinodiwa kuti akure munharaunda, mudunhu uye nepasirese.

Muna Chivabvu, VaWilfred Baghaloo, PwC Jamaica's Deals Partner for the Southern Caribbean, vakadomwa kuva sachigaro mutsva wenzvimbo itsva yezvirongwa. Pfungwa yenzvimbo yekugovera zvinhu zveJamaica nezvimwe zvitsuwa zveCaribbean yakabuda muTourism Recovery Task Force iyo VaBaghaloo vakatungamira pakati paKurume 2020 naGunyana 2020. Matemu ereferensi (TOR) echirongwa ichi ari kuvandudzwa ne Ministry of Tourism. Amai Mutauriri, apo isu tave kuenda kune imwe nzira yakagadzikana yekushanya uye takatarisana nezvikamu zvemusika zvakasiyana, zvinoda kuchengetedzwa kwakanyanya kwemari yedu yakasikwa iyo yakakosha kuhupfumi hwekushanya huri kusimukira. Kubva pakatanga, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) yakapa zviwanikwa zvakakura mukudzoreredza nekuchengetedza nhaka yeJamaica uye nekuita izvi, yakagadzira chigadzirwa chakapfuma uye chakasiyana kuti vagari veko nevashanyi vafare.

Mukutanga kwaChikumi, Ministry of Tourism neTEF, yakabatana neBazi rezvekurima neFisheries, yakatanga Kudzoreredzwa kweHolland Bamboo Scenic Avenue Project, yatinoziva seBamboo Avenue. Iyi premier St. Elizabeth landmark, iri mumugwagwa mukuru weSouth Coast Highway, pakati peMiddle Quarters neLacovia, ndechimwe chezvinhu zvedu zvinokwezva eco. Nehurombo, zviitiko zvechisikigo uye zvakaitwa nevanhu zvakatora mukana wekuvhara bamboo uye zvakaita kuti iite mutete zvakanyanya. TEF yakapa madhora 8.5 miriyoni mukusima patsva nekudzoreredza kweHolland Bamboo, inova imwe yemapurojekiti akati wandei aakaita muchitsuwa ichi kudzorera nzvimbo dzedu dzenhaka.

Amai Mutauriri, pakati pezvirongwa zvakakosha zvandatsanangura mumharidzo yangu, kugadzirwa kweSustainability Framework and Strategy yekubatsira kusimudzira kusimukira kwekushanya uye kuwedzera kusimba kwayo munguva dzenhamo. Basa pachirongwa ichi riri mugiya repamusoro apo tiri kutsvaga kusimudzira budiriro yechikamu uye kuwedzera mari yekunze. Kuti izvi zviitike, svondo rapfuura, Mai Mutauriri, takapa maturusi ekugadzirisa njodzi kuvamiriri kubva kuJamaica Hotel & Tourist Association uye Association of Jamaica Attractions Limited.

Izvi zvinosanganisira zvinyorwa zvitatu zvakakosha zvakagadzirirwa neBazi reKushanya neTourism Enhancement Fund, zvinoti:

1. Iyo Disaster Risk Management Framework yeTourism Sector

2. Disaster Risk Management Plan Template uye Nhungamiro yeTourism Sector

3. Bhuku Rekutungamira reBusiness Continuity Plan yeBato reKushanya

Amai Mutauriri, magwaro aya anodonongodza gwara redu rekuisa pfungwa dzekutarisana nenjodzi mumitemo, nzira nezvirongwa zvebazi rezvekushanyirwa. Pamusoro pezvo, zvinyorwa zvinopa gwara rakajeka kumasangano ekushanyirwa pamusoro pezvivakwa zvekutanga uye maitiro ekushanda anodiwa kudzikisira, kugadzirira, kupindura uye kupora kubva kune zvine njodzi kana mamiriro enjodzi. Amai Mutauriri, kuburikidza nekupanana ruzivo pamwe nekudzidzisa Bazi rezvekushanyirwa kwenyika pamwe nemasangano aro ehurumende vari kuda kuvaka budiriro yezvekushanya kuburikidza nekushanda pamwe nevatinodyidzana navo mune zvekushanyirwa.

Izvi ndezvimwe zvezvirongwa zvakawanda zviri kuitwa neBazi redu nemapazi ehurumende zvinova zvinopa hwaro hwekusimudzira indasitiri yezvekushanya ine mari yakawanda uye inoshingirira.

Amai Mutauriri, nekushandisa mikana yakawanda yekushanyirwa kwenyika tichakwanisa kuvaka chikamu chechokwadi chinosanganisirwa vanhu, chakasimba uye chinoramba chichienderera mberi tichisimbisa hupfumi hwenyika zvakanyanya, apo tiri kupora kubva mudambudziko reCOVID-19. Naizvozvo, isu ticharamba tichisunda kumberi kuvaka ramangwana rakabudirira uye nyika inobudirira iyo inobatsira munhu wese weJamaica.