Jamaica Yawon shakatawa Minista, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, ya bayyana cewa lokacin bazara na 2022/23 ya fara farawa mai ban mamaki yayin da Jamaica ta sami fiye da baƙi 40,000 tun lokacin da aka fara kakar a ranar 15 ga Disamba, tare da baƙi sama da 11,000 da suka tashi zuwa yawon buɗe ido Mecca na Montego Bay ranar Asabar. , Disamba 17.
"Wannan farkon 2022/23 lokacin yawon shakatawa na hunturu shine mafi karfi a tarihin Jamaica. Mun sami damar maraba a ƙarshen mako, daga Disamba 15 zuwa 18 jimlar baƙi 42,000. Wannan ya haɗa da tsayawar 37,000 da baƙi 5,000 na balaguro, ”in ji Ministan Bartlett.
Mista Bartlett ya ce: “Sama da maziyartan tsayawa 11,000 sun yi balaguro zuwa Montego Bay ranar Asabar, a wasu jirage 61. Wannan rikodi ne ga fannin kuma yana kara nuna kwarin gwiwar farfadowa bayan barkewar annobar da masana'antar yawon bude ido ke ci gaba da morewa."
“Mun gamsu cewa fannin yawon bude ido ya farfado yadda ya kamata. Mun gamsu daidai da cewa kasuwa yana mayar da martani ga Jamaica. Littattafan gaba na sauran kakar wasan suna da ƙarfi daidai. Mun san cewa kasuwa ta fahimci Jamaica kuma mun san cewa kasuwa tana godiya da ingancin samfurin da kyawun kwarewar da muke bayarwa, ”in ji shi.
Ya nanata cewa, kwarin guiwar maziyartan, shi ne sakamakon aikin jajircewa a bangaren masu ruwa da tsaki na yawon bude ido.
"Gaba ɗaya, alkaluman masu zuwa a ƙarshen mako sun kasance masu ban mamaki kuma shaida ce ta aiki tuƙuru da Ma'aikatar Yawon shakatawa, ƙungiyoyin jama'a, da abokan yawon shakatawa suka sanya a cikin tallan Destination Jamaica."
Ministan ya kara da cewa, "Lokacin yana shirin zama mafi kyawun lokacin hunturu da Jamaica ta taba samu, tare da masu zuwa na tsawon lokacin," in ji Ministan.
Ministan ya kara da cewa yawon bude ido na yawon bude ido kuma yana kara habaka. “Sama da kashi 80% na fasinjojin jirgin ruwa daga Carnival Sunrise, wanda ya tashi a St. Ann a ranar 15 ga Disamba sun sauka. Jirgin yana da fasinjoji kusan 3,000 da ma’aikata 1,200, kuma sun kasance a duk faɗin Ocho Rios kuma sun shagaltu da kashe kuɗi da kuma jin daɗin abubuwan da muke bayarwa na yawon buɗe ido. Haka abin ya faru yayin da fasinjoji ke sauka daga cikin jiragen ruwa da suka tsaya a Falmouth, ciki har da jiragen ruwa na Royal Caribbean Cruise."
Da yake lura da cewa alkaluman masu zuwa sun kuma kara kaimi da babban wasan kwaikwayo na Burna Boy da aka gudanar a Kingston a karshen mako, Minista Bartlett ya jaddada cewa tsibiri ya kasance mai jan hankali ga baƙi.
"Jamaica ta kasance kan gaba a cikin mutane a cikin kasuwar balaguro kuma ƙoƙarin da muke yi na haɓaka kayan yawon buɗe ido namu yana ci gaba da samun 'ya'ya. Muna ci gaba da yin duk abin da za mu iya don inganta tsaro, tsaro da rashin kwanciyar hankali a inda muka nufa," in ji Minista Bartlett.
Ministan ya yi nuni da cewa, kasar Jamaica za ta samu wani tarihi na dalar Amurka biliyan 1.4 na kudaden shiga na yawon bude ido a lokacin bazara. Adadin da aka yi hasashe ya dogara ne akan kujerun iska miliyan 1.3 waɗanda aka tabbatar da su na tsawon lokacin da kuma dawo da cikakken jigilar jigilar ruwa. "Saboda haka muna sa ran lokacin sanyi mai ƙarfi wanda zai ba da damar shekara mai ƙarfi ga tattalin arzikin Jamaica," in ji Mista Bartlett.
