Led by Jamaica Yawon shakatawa Ministan, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, ma'aikatan da suka yi aiki a fannin yawon shakatawa na tsawon shekaru 50 ko fiye sun sami karbuwa a lambar yabo ta Golden Tourism Day Awards.
"A daren yau, na ba ma'aikatan yawon shakatawa 14 da suka sadaukar da shekaru 50 ko fiye don yin aiki a masana'antar yawon shakatawa da muke ƙauna tare da lambar yabo ta Zinariya," in ji Minista Bartlett a wurin taron.
"Na yi matukar farin ciki da samun damar amincewa da kuma yaba wa shekaru da dama da suka yi na sadaukarwa da sadaukar da kai ga wannan bangare mai matukar muhimmanci wanda ke ba da gudummawa sosai ga tattalin arzikin kasarmu."
Minista Bartlett ya ce "Ina so in gode wa kowannenku saboda kwazon ku, sadaukarwa, da kuma babban matakin ƙwararrun ku waɗanda suka kafa shingen ka'idojin baƙi da mafi kyawun ayyuka a yau," in ji Minista Bartlett.
"Lokacin da kwakwalwan kwamfuta suka yi ƙasa kuma iyakokinmu sun rufe, duk kun yanke shawarar tsayawa kan yawon shakatawa kuma ku koma cikin sha'awar ku kamar ba ku taɓa barin ba."
"Hakika kuna da kima wajen nuna matafiya abin da ya sa Jamaica da jama'ar Jamaica su zama bugun zuciya na Duniya. A madadin ni kaina, da gwamnatinmu da ma kasarmu baki daya, ina mika godiya ta musamman ga irin wannan muhimmiyar rawar da ta taka wajen bunkasa fannin yawon bude ido.”
Kyautar yabon yawon buɗe ido ta bana ta karrama mutane 20 waɗanda suka yi hidima na shekaru 50 ko fiye a fannin yawon buɗe ido na tsibirin. Biyu daga cikin waɗannan mutane sun sami karɓuwa ta musamman don yin aiki a fannin sama da shekaru 60: Inez Scott da James “Jimmy” Wright.
Inez Scott ta sadaukar da shekaru 61 ga aikin da take so, ƙirƙira da siyar da samfuran fasahar Jamaica na musamman. Takan yi jakunkuna da dinka kwanduna da ta kan yi ado da tsuntsaye, bishiyar ayaba da sauran abubuwa masu daukar ido, wadanda ta ke yi tun tana matashiya har zuwa yau.
Sunan "Jimmy James" Wright ya yi kama da ɗaya daga cikin manyan otal-otal na Montego Bay shekaru da yawa. Sha'awar Jimmy na aikinsa, ba tare da la'akari da alhakinsa ba, ya kasance tare da shi tsawon shekaru 61 a cikin masana'antar yawon shakatawa kafin kwanan nan ya yi ritaya a matsayin Daraktan Ayyuka na otal.
Gaba ga awards da kansu, taron na bana ya baiwa wadannan fitattun ma'aikata damar jin dadin kayayyakin yawon bude ido da suka bayar da irin wannan muhimmiyar gudunmawa. Tun da da yawa daga cikinsu ba su sami damar samun gogewar hutu ba, an kai waɗanda aka ba da lambar yabo kowannensu zuwa abokin zama inda za su huta da cin duk abubuwan more rayuwa ta hanyar tafiya ta musamman.
