Mista Reid, wanda ya rasu a safiyar yau, ya sadaukar da shekarun rayuwarsa wajen bunkasa masana'antar yawon bude ido ta Jamaica, inda ya yi aiki a muhimman ayyukan jagoranci a Jamaica Vacations Limited (JAMVAC), kungiyar jama'a ta ma'aikatar yawon shakatawa.
Da yake yin la'akari da gudunmawar da ya bayar, Minista Bartlett ya yaba wa Mista Reid a matsayin mai hangen nesa kuma mai himma a fannin yawon shakatawa na Jamaica. “Yawon shakatawa ya yi rashin babban jigo. Mutumin kirki, ɗan birni, kuma ƙwararru. Hankalinsa na daidai da kwazonsa ba ya misaltuwa," in ji Minista Bartlett.
sabis na Mr. Reid zuwa Bangaren yawon shakatawa na Jamaica an yi masa alama ta hanyar jagoranci mai canzawa. Ya fara zama shugaban kungiyar Jama'a Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) daga 1993 zuwa 1997 kafin ya zama babban darakta na JAMVAC daga 2008 zuwa 2012. Daga baya ya koma shugaban JAMVAC daga 2016 zuwa 2018, yana taka rawar gani wajen tsara dabarun jigilar jiragen sama na Jamaica.
Daga cikin irin gudunmawar da ya bayar akwai gagarumin rawar da ya taka wajen tabbatar da alakar Jamaica da Amurka bayan dakatar da ayyukan Air Jamaica.
Minista Bartlett ya jaddada tasirinsa, yana mai lura da cewa "zuwa gadonsa na har abada za a danganta shi da karfin tsaron jiragen sama na Jamaica. A matsayinsa na shugaba da Babban Darakta na JAMVAC, tare da John Lynch, shugaban zartarwa na JTB na lokacin, Lionel ya taka rawar gani a tattaunawar da kamfanin jiragen sama na Amurka don tabbatar da haɗin kai tsakaninmu da Amurka, kasuwa mafi mahimmanci. Ba za a taɓa goge wannan ba.”
Minista Bartlett ya mika ta'aziyyarsa a madadin Ma'aikatar Yawon shakatawa da hukumominta na jama'a, da kuma fa'idar yawon buɗe ido ga dangin Mista Reid, abokai, da abokan aikinsa. “Mafi ta’aziyyata ga ƙaunatacciyar matar sa Vonnie da yara, da kuma babban dangin yawon buɗe ido. RIP abokina Lionel."
