Tare da fiye da shekaru 40 na hidimar jama'a da kuma suna a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu dabarun yawon shakatawa na Caribbean, Ministan Yawon shakatawa na Jamaica, Edmund Bartlett, zai dauki mataki na tsakiya a Makon Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) a New York (Yuni 1-6) tare da sako mai karfi: yawon shakatawa na Caribbean na gaba yana dogara ne akan jagoranci mai karfi.
"Shugabanci ba kawai sha'awar zama mai mulki ba," in ji Minista Bartlett. "Ikon hada karfi da karfe da samar da dama ga sakamako mai kyau." Kalmominsa ba wai kawai falsafar ba ne, amma rikodin ayyuka - wanda ya sanya shi a matsayin mai jagoranci wajen tsara sashin yawon shakatawa mai juriya, haɗaka, da tattalin arziki mai fa'ida ga yankin.
Minista Bartlett, wanda ya kafa Cibiyar Resilience Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center, ta ƙunshi hangen nesa mai tushe a cikin abubuwan da suka faru bayan barkewar cutar, inda haɗin gwiwa da haɗuwa da ra'ayoyi ke da mahimmanci. "Ko da yake muna so mu gaya wa duniya cewa mu Caribbean daya ne, hakika ba mu da yawa - Caribbean daya. Kuma yawancin su ne ke bukatar haduwa ba tare da wata matsala ba ... Wannan hangen nesa ya ƙunshi zurfin haɗin gwiwar yanki, daidaita manufofin yawon shakatawa da kuma faɗaɗa tafiye-tafiye masu yawa - yankin da Jamaica ta jagoranci kai tsaye.
Jagorancinsa ya kai ga gyare-gyaren tsari kamar tsarin fansho na Ma'aikatan yawon shakatawa na Jamaica da yunƙurin danganta fannin da noma, masana'antu da nishaɗi. Waɗannan gyare-gyaren, in ji minista Bartlett, suna da mahimmanci don riƙe ƙarin dalar yawon buɗe ido a cikin Caribbean. "CTO, cibiyar cibiyar yawon bude ido ta Caribbean, ta sami damar hada karfi da karfe na siyasa a cikin yankin tare da ba da fifikon yawon bude ido…
Yayin da Jamaica ke ci gaba da taka muhimmiyar rawa a jagorancin yawon bude ido na yankin, Minista Bartlett kuma babban mai ba da shawara ne ga farfado da CTO a karkashin jagorancinta na yanzu. Ya ba da yabo ga Sakatare-Janar Dona Regis-Prosper, shugabar mata ta farko ta kungiyar. "Hasken da hangen nesa da Dona ke kawowa ga CTO a wannan lokacin yana da amfani. Ina tsammanin yana da ban sha'awa," in ji shi, yana ambaton ikonta na "hada abokan hulɗa tare" da kuma ba da damar "aiki tare" a kusa da burin da aka raba.
"Sake tunanin yawon shakatawa na Caribbean a wannan lokacin yana da mahimmanci. Haƙiƙa ba daidai ba ne - abin da ake buƙata a cikin wannan lokacin bayan COVID," in ji Minista Bartlett, wanda, ban da jawabin jagoranci, zai shiga cikin "CTO Reimagine Plan Launch" zaman a ranar Talata yayin makon Caribbean.
Tare da mayar da hankali kan farfadowa, daidaito, da dorewa, ya ci gaba da yin kambin tsarin yawon shakatawa da ke hidima ga mutanen yankin, ba kawai baƙi ba. Yayin da ake bude makon Caribbean a birnin New York ranar Lahadi, sakon minista Bartlett a bayyane yake: mai karfi, jagoranci mai hangen nesa ya kasance ginshikin makomar yawon shakatawa na Caribbean.
Kungiyar yawon bude ido ta Caribbean (CTO), mai hedikwata a Barbados, ita ce hukumar raya yawon bude ido ta Caribbean, wacce ta kunshi mambobin kasashe da yankuna mafi kyawu a yankin, da suka hada da Dutch-, Ingilishi- da Faransanci, da kuma wasu kamfanoni masu zaman kansu. Manufar CTO ita ce ta sanya Caribbean a matsayin mafi kyawawa, duk shekara, wurin dumin yanayi, kuma manufarsa ita ce Jagorar Yawon shakatawa mai dorewa - Teku ɗaya, Murya ɗaya, Caribbean ɗaya.
Daga cikin fa'idodin ga membobinta, ƙungiyar tana ba da tallafi na musamman da taimakon fasaha don ci gaban yawon buɗe ido, tallatawa, sadarwa, bayar da shawarwari, haɓaka albarkatun ɗan adam, tsara taron & kisa, da bincike & fasahar bayanai.
Hedkwatar CTO tana Baobab Tower, Warrens, St. Michael, Barbados BB 22026.
