Ministan yawon bude ido na Jamaica akan Gina Jamaican mu

Jamaica Yawon shakatawa Ministan Hon. Edmund Bartlett ya rufe Muhawarar Bangaren Kasafin Kudi ta 2022-2023 tare da jawabi kan shuka iri don zaman lafiya, dama, da wadata.

Ga abin da ya ce game da yawon shakatawa.

Madam Speaker, yanzu na fara da yawon shakatawa. Ma'aikatar yawon shakatawa da hukumominta na jama'a sun ci gaba da jajircewa wajen dorewar ci gaba a masana'antar domin tabbatar da cewa yawon bude ido ya kasance kan gaba wajen farfado da tattalin arzikin Jamaica bayan COVID-19. Don haka, Madam Speaker, mun ɗauki matakai masu tsauri don sake gina wannan fanni na ci gaba, wanda yawancin su an bayyana su, kamar yadda na yi jawabi ga wannan majalisa mai girma lokacin da na bude muhawarar sassan a watan Afrilu.

Tushen makoma mai tsayin daka shine ingantacciyar manufa, tsare-tsare da tsarin dokoki gami da haɗin gwiwa tsakanin masu ruwa da tsaki. Ayyukan ma'aikatar yawon shakatawa da hukumominta sun nuna wadannan.

Madam Speaker, tun lokacin da na ba da jawabi a watan Afrilu na buɗe muhawarar Bangaren 2022/2023, an sami ci gaba mai mahimmanci a cikin yawon shakatawa da ke da kyau ga masana'antar ta murmure bayan barkewar annobar. Ci gaba, Madam Speaker, wanda ba kawai sauƙaƙewa ba; Har ila yau, suna aza harsashi na ɗorewar ababen more rayuwa, masu juriya waɗanda ke amfanar da duk 'yan wasa tare da ƙimar darajar yawon buɗe ido.   

Madam Speaker, alkalumman isowa daga Hukumar Kula da Balaguro ta Jamaica (JTB) sun nuna cewa sashin yana tabbatar da juriyarsa kuma dawowar aikin kafin barkewar cutar yana kan gaba. A karshen watan Mayu, mun zarce maki miliyan daya na maziyartan wannan shekara, kuma muna kan hanyarmu ta cimma hasashen mu na shekarar 2022 na yawan bakin da suka isa zuwa miliyan 3.2 da jimillar kudaden shiga na dalar Amurka biliyan 3.3. Duk da haka, Madam Shugaban Majalisar, idan har muna da niyyar ci gaba da wannan kyakkyawan ci gaba, idan har muna da niyyar tabbatar da hasashenmu na 2024 na masu shigowa baƙi miliyan 4.5 da kuma dalar Amurka biliyan 4.7 a cikin manyan kudaden shiga na musayar waje, to dole ne mu shimfiɗa ginshiƙi don dawowa mai ƙarfi.

Madam Speaker, mun riga mun ga kyawawan alamun murmurewa yayin da masana'antar yawon shakatawa ke ci gaba da haifar da farfadowar tattalin arzikin Jamaica bayan COVID-19.

Madam Speaker, Cibiyar Tsare-tsare ta Jama'a (PIOJ) ta sabunta ayyukan tattalin arziki na Janairu zuwa Maris 2022 tana nuna cewa "Haƙiƙan Ƙimar da aka Ƙara don Otal-otal & Abincin Abinci ya karu da kimanin kashi 105.7."

PIOJ ta kuma bayyana cewa "masana'antar na ci gaba da cin gajiyar karuwar tafiye-tafiye, dangane da annashuwa da matakan dakile COVID-19 da aka aiwatar a baya."

Bayanai na farko sun nuna cewa bakin haure ya karu da kashi 230.1 zuwa 475,805 masu zuwa, kuma adadin fasinjojin da suka isa bakin teku ya kai 99,798 idan aka kwatanta da makamancin lokacin bara. 

Madam Speaker, bisa bayanan PIOJ na Janairu zuwa Fabrairu 2022, jimlar kashe kuɗin baƙo ya karu zuwa dalar Amurka miliyan 485.6 idan aka kwatanta da dalar Amurka miliyan 169.2 a daidai lokacin a cikin 2021.

Madam Speaker, aza harsashin da ake buƙata don tabbatar da cewa wannan nau'in farfadowa mai ƙarfi ya ci gaba da kasancewa ra'ayin da ya haifar da kyakkyawan yanayin da kasuwanninmu na duniya suka samu a kwanan nan inda na jagoranci wata babbar tawagar yawon shakatawa zuwa Birtaniya, Amurka da kuma Dubai. don bincika saka hannun jari da damar jigilar jiragen sama da ƙarfafa balaguron balaguro zuwa Jamaica.

Tasharmu ta farko, London, ta ganmu a kulle cikin kwanaki shida na yin hulɗa da juna tare da manyan masu ruwa da tsaki kamar Virgin Atlantic da kuma tattaunawa da manyan kafofin watsa labarai da marubutan balaguro. Madam Speaker, Burtaniya ita ce babbar kasuwar mu ta uku don tsayawa baƙi kuma wannan balaguron yana da mahimmanci don fara tattaunawa da nufin haɓaka masu shigowa da kuma samun kuɗin shiga. 

A lokacin gasar bilicin ta Burtaniya, mun hadu da abokin aikina ministan al'adu, jinsi, nishadi da wasanni, Hon. Olivia “Babsy” Grange, a abubuwan ƙaddamarwa guda biyu don Jamaica 60 a London da Birmingham. Madam Speaker, jerin ayyukan bikin cika shekaru 60 da samun 'yancin kai na tsibirin, za su kunshi hidimomin coci, kade-kade da kade-kade na raye-raye, nune-nune, shagulgulan lambuna da bukukuwan kade-kade, wadanda za a gudanar da su a karkashin taken 'Mallakar Kasa don Girma'. .

Abubuwan ƙaddamar da J60 sun ba da kyakkyawar dama don yin hulɗa tare da ƙwararrun ƴan ƙasashen waje na Burtaniya, wanda ya ƙunshi fiye da "iyali da abokai" waɗanda ke son riƙe haƙƙinsu na ainihi da alaƙa da gida. Kasashen waje wani yanki ne mai inganci na kasuwa wanda za mu iya karfafa hadin gwiwa da shi don samar da damar yawon bude ido, kasuwanci da zuba jari. Madam Speaker, su ne sashin kasuwa mai inganci wanda, wanda aka yi amfani da shi yadda ya kamata, zai iya haifar da farfadowar yawon shakatawa.

Ƙafar Amurka ta blitz ta kasance mai amfani daidai da ƙungiyar yawon shakatawa tare da manyan abokan hulɗa don ƙarfafa balaguro daga Tekun Arewa maso Gabashin Amurka, gami da New Jersey da Connecticut, har zuwa Boston. Madam Speaker, muna aiki tukuru don samun cikakkiyar lafiya; duk da haka, ba za mu iya yin hakan ba tare da goyon bayan abokan aikinmu na dogon lokaci kamar JetBlue da Flight Center Travel Group Limited (FLT), ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin balaguro na duniya.

Da yake fitowa daga wani babban taro da tawagar shugabannin JetBlue a hedkwatarsu ta birnin New York, kamfanin ya sanar da cewa a watan Yulin bana, za su kara yawan kujeru tsakanin Amurka da Montego Bay da kashi 40 cikin dari idan aka kwatanta da Yulin 2019. Babban haɓakawa ga Jamaica!

Wannan babban labari ne yayin da muke aiki tuƙuru don murmurewa a cikin Amurka, wanda shine babbar kasuwar tushen mu. Dangane da waɗannan lambobin ajiyar Jamaica na fatan samun mafi kyawun lokacin rani tun bayan barkewar cutar.

Madam Speaker, kafa na Amurka na kasuwanni blitz ya tabbatar da kasancewa mako mai fa'ida sosai wanda ya ba da damar karfafa kawance da masu ruwa da tsaki na yawon shakatawa da abokan hulda na kasa da kasa.

Daga nan ne muka nufi sabuwar kasuwa ta Gabas ta Tsakiya inda kasar Jamaica ta cika baje koli a wajen halartan farko na kasar a kasuwar balaguro ta Larabawa (ATM) a Dubai, yayin da muka ci gaba da kokarin bude kofofin balaguro na Gabas ta Tsakiya da Afirka. .

Madam Speaker, wani babban sakamakon tafiyar ta Dubai shi ne yarjejeniyar da aka cimma, wanda a yanzu haka kamfanin jiragen sama na Emirates, wanda shi ne kamfanin jirgin sama mafi girma a kasashen Gulf Coast (GCC), ya sayar da kujeru ga Jamaica. Wannan tsari, mai tarihi na farko ga Jamaica da Caribbean, yana buɗe ƙofofin Gabas ta Tsakiya, Asiya da Afirka zuwa tsibirin mu da sauran yankin.

Wannan dai shi ne karo na farko da Destination Jamaica ke shiga cikin tsarin tikitin tikitin jirgin sama na Majalisar Hadin Kan Kasashen Gulf (GCC) kuma yana ba JTB gagarumin damar yin shawarwarin jigilar jirage kai tsaye zuwa inda za a nufa.

Dukansu Jiragen Sama na Norman Manley da Sangster International Airport yanzu an jera su a cikin tsarin jirgin sama, tare da farashin tikitin da ake samu daidai da haka. Ana ba da jiragen sama tare da zaɓuɓɓuka ciki har da JFK, New York, Newark, Boston da Orlando. Ɗayan zaɓi ya wuce ta Malpensa, Italiya, yana ba da damar shiga kasuwar Turai kuma.

Madam Speaker, ko da yake muna neman karin masu zuba jari na kasa da kasa, mun ci gaba da mayar da hankali kan samar da yanayi mai dacewa don bunkasa ci gaba da ci gaban masu ruwa da tsaki na yawon shakatawa, ciki har da kanana da matsakaitan yawon shakatawa (SMTEs), domin samar da wani bangare mai hade da juna.

Ina so in tunatar da membobin dala biliyan 1 da Asusun Haɓaka Balaguro (TEF) ya ware don ba da kuɗi ga SMTEs a cikin ɓangaren yawon shakatawa da hanyar sadarwa tare da masana'antu da masu ba da kayayyaki ga masana'antu.

Ana gudanar da wannan wurin ne ta hannun bankin EXIM wanda ya amince da bayar da lamuni kusan dari da sittin da biyu (162) wanda kudinsu ya kai kimanin dalar Amurka biliyan 1.56 zuwa saba’in da biyu (72).

Madam Speaker, wannan shirin bayar da lamuni na musamman ya kasance mai matukar muhimmanci a cikin watanni ashirin da hudu da suka gabata na annobar COVID-19 yayin da ma'aikatar da abokan huldar yawon bude ido, tare da bankin EXIM, suka yi aiki tukuru da himma wajen bayar da agaji ga 'yan wasa kan darajar yawon bude ido. sarkar. Wannan ya ɗauki nau'i na tsawaita biyan kuɗi da sake fasalin bashi. A wasu lokuta, inda EXIM mai yuwuwa ya sami damar tallafawa haɓaka babban birni yayin lokacin faɗuwa. A halin yanzu EXIM yana sarrafa ƙarin dala miliyan 100 na aikace-aikacen lamuni yayin da ɓangaren yawon shakatawa ke sake dawowa.

Mun yi imanin ta hanyar wannan shirin lamuni an bayar da gagarumar gudunmawa ga bunƙasar tattalin arziƙin Jamaica ta hanyar samun kuɗin musaya daga kasuwancin da ke cikin sarkar darajar yawon buɗe ido da kuma tabbatar da cewa kusan ayyuka 1,300 sun dore. 

Madam Speaker, yayin da muke aiki don gina ingantacciyar yanayin muhalli ga SMTEs, Ina farin cikin sanar da cewa TEF na samun ci gaba tare da Incubator na Yawon shakatawa. An kafa wata tawaga mai ma’ana da masu ruwa da tsaki iri-iri don jagorantar kafa na’urar incubator da nufin samun farkon kiran ra’ayi kafin karshen shekarar kudi.

Madam Speaker, muna alfahari da kasancewa tare da Bankin Raya Jama'a akan wannan muhimmin shiri. Bugu da ƙari, TEF ta fara tattaunawa tare da masu haɗin gwiwar ICT kamar yadda fasaha za ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin ayyukan incubator da kuma inganta fannin gaba ɗaya.

Ana sa ran wannan haɗin gwiwar za ta zarce na'urar yawon buɗe ido kuma za ta haifar da yunƙurin amfani da fasaha a cikin otal-otal da wuraren shakatawa na gida, da kuma sarkar darajar yawon buɗe ido don ƙirƙirar ƙwarewa da ƙwarewa ga duk 'yan wasa a wannan fanni. Za ku ji ƙarin kan abokan fasahar incubator a cikin makonni masu zuwa.

Yayin da muke ci gaba da ba da fifiko kan haɓaka ƙarfin SMTEs na cikin gida, kwanan nan TEF ta gudanar da taron Ci gaban Kasuwanci don waɗannan mahimman masana'antu waɗanda ke haɓaka kashi 80 na ƙimar ƙwarewar yawon shakatawa a duk duniya.

Taron ya haɗu da manyan ƙwararrun masana ci gaban kasuwanci tare da haɗin gwiwar TEF, kuma sun ba da haske game da samfurori da ayyuka da ke akwai ga SMTEs don sauƙaƙe haɓaka su, kamar rancen kasuwanci na gasa; GOJ kudi wuraren; baucoci don taimakawa SMTEs tare da buƙatun fasaha; tallan kasuwanci mai tasiri; tallafin ci gaban kasuwanci; sabis na gwajin samfur da sabis na daidaita samfuran (don tabbatar da samfuran sun cika buƙatun kasuwa).

Zaman ci gaban bayanan kasuwanci don SMTEs wani yunƙuri ne na Cibiyar Sadarwar Yawon shakatawa ta TEF, tare da haɗin gwiwar manyan abokan tarayya, gami da Bankin Raya Ƙasa na Jamaica (DBJ); Bankin EXIM; Jamaika Manufacturers & Exporters Association (JMEA); Kamfanin Ci gaban Kasuwancin Jamaica (JBDC); Lamunin Kananan Kasuwanci na Bankin Jamaica; da Ofishin Kamfanoni na Jamaica.

Madam Kakakin Majalisar, muna ci gaba da yin aiki tukuru don karfafa alakar yawon bude ido da sauran fannoni ta yadda masana’antunmu, da manoma, masu samar da kayayyaki, da masu aikin otal za su yi aiki tare don cin gajiyar damammakin da ake da su a bangaren karbar baki.

Don haka, Gwamnatin Jamaica tana yunƙurin haɓaka Jamaica a matsayin cibiyar samar da kayayyaki ga ɓangaren yawon shakatawa na gida da kuma sauran ƙasashe masu dogaro da yawon buɗe ido a yankin. 

Madam Speaker, wannan zai ba wa ƙungiyoyin Jamaican abubuwan da ake buƙata don girma a cikin gida, yanki da kuma na duniya.

A watan Mayu, an nada Mista Wilfred Baghaloo, Abokin Hulɗar Kasuwanci na PwC Jamaica don Kudancin Caribbean, a matsayin sabon shugaban sabuwar cibiyar dabaru. Tunanin cibiyar samar da kayan aiki na Jamaica da sauran tsibiran Caribbean sun fito ne daga cikin Task Force Farko na Yawon shakatawa wanda Mista Baghaloo ya jagoranta tsakanin Maris 2020 da Satumba 2020. A halin yanzu ana haɓaka sharuɗɗan (TOR) na aikin ta hanyar Ma'aikatar yawon bude ido. Madam Speaker, yayin da muka matsa zuwa wani tsari mai dorewa na yawon shakatawa da kuma mai da hankali kan sassan kasuwa na musamman, zai yi kira da a kara ba da kariya ga babban birnin mu wanda ke da mahimmanci ga bunkasar tattalin arzikin yawon shakatawa. Tun da aka kafa, Asusun Haɓaka Yawon shakatawa (TEF) ya ƙaddamar da albarkatu masu yawa don maidowa da adana abubuwan al'adun gargajiya na Jamaica da kuma, ta yin hakan, ya ƙirƙiri samfuri mai arziƙi kuma iri-iri don mazauna gida da baƙi su ji daɗi.

A farkon watan Yuni, ma'aikatar yawon shakatawa da TEF, tare da haɗin gwiwar ma'aikatar noma da kamun kifi, sun kaddamar da Restoration of Holland Bamboo Scenic Avenue Project, wanda muka sani da Bamboo Avenue. Wannan alama ta farko ta St. Elizabeth, wacce ke kan babbar babbar hanyar Kudu Coast, tsakanin Tsakiyar Quarters da Lacovia, ɗaya ce daga cikin manyan abubuwan jan hankali na mu. Abin takaici, abubuwan da suka faru na dabi'a da na mutum sun yi tasiri a kan murfin bamboo kuma sun sa ya yi bakin ciki sosai. TEF ta sadaukar da dala miliyan 8.5 don sake dasa da kuma dawo da Bamboo na Holland Bamboo, wanda daya ne daga cikin ayyukan sa hannun da dama da ta gudanar a fadin tsibirin don dawo da wuraren tarihi na mu.

Madam Speaker, daga cikin muhimman tsare-tsare masu yawa da na zayyana a cikin gabatarwata, akwai samar da Tsari da Dabaru masu dorewa don taimakawa wajen bunkasa juriyar yawon bude ido da kuma kara dawwama a lokutan rikici. Aiki a kan wannan shirin yana cikin babban aiki yayin da muke neman ci gaba mai dorewa a fannin da kuma kara samun kudaden waje. Don wannan karshen, kawai makon da ya gabata, Madam Speaker, mun mika kayan aikin kula da hadarin bala'i ga wakilai daga Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association da Association of Jamaica Attractions Limited.

Waɗannan sun ƙunshi mahimman littattafai guda uku waɗanda ma'aikatar yawon buɗe ido da asusun haɓaka yawon buɗe ido suka shirya, wato:

1. Tsarin Gudanar da Hadarin Bala'i na Bangaren Yawon shakatawa

2. Samfurin Tsarin Gudanar da Hadarin Bala'i da Sharuɗɗa na Bangaren Yawon shakatawa

3. Littafin Jagoran Ci gaba da Kasuwanci don Bangaren Yawon shakatawa

Madam Kakakin Majalisa, waɗannan takaddun sun zayyana dabarun mu don daidaita la'akarin kula da haɗarin bala'i a cikin manufofin, dabaru da tsare-tsare na ɓangaren yawon shakatawa. Bugu da ƙari, wallafe-wallafen suna ba da jagora mai haske ga ƙungiyoyin yawon bude ido kan muhimman abubuwan more rayuwa da hanyoyin aiki da ake buƙata don ragewa, shiryawa, amsawa da murmurewa daga al'amura masu haɗari ko yanayi na gaggawa. Madam Speaker, ta hanyar musayar bayanai da horar da ma’aikatar yawon bude ido da hukumominta na neman karfafa gwiwar yawon bude ido ta hanyar hadin gwiwa da abokan huldar mu na yawon bude ido.

Wadannan kadan ne daga cikin dimbin tsare-tsare da ma’aikatarmu da hukumominta ke aiwatarwa wadanda za su samar da tsarin bunkasa sana’ar yawon bude ido da za ta samu riba mai karfin gaske.

Madam Kakakin Majalisa, ta hanyar yin amfani da damammaki masu yawa a cikin yawon shakatawa za mu sami damar gina wani sashe na gaske, mai juriya da dorewa tare da karfafa tattalin arzikin kasa ta hanya mai mahimmanci, yayin da muke murmurewa daga tasirin cutar ta COVID-19. Don haka, za mu ci gaba da yunƙura don gina makoma mai albarka da kuma al'umma mai ci gaba wadda za ta amfanar kowane ɗan Jamaica.