Bikin Babban Jigon Gaggawa
A wani gagarumin biki da ya zo daidai da ranar yawon bude ido ta duniya, jirgin sama na cika shekaru 25 a hukumance ya isa filin jirgin saman Grantley Adams ba tare da wani mai hangen nesa na Virgin Atlantic, Sir Richard Branson, a cikinsa. Isowar ta samu tarba mai kyau da ban sha'awa karkashin jagorancin Firayim Minista na Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley da Shugabar Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI), Shelly Williams.
"Mun yi farin ciki da bikin cika shekaru 25 na hidimar Virgin Atlantic kai tsaye ga tsibirin mu. Wannan babban ci gaba shaida ce ga ƙaƙƙarfan haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Virgin Atlantic da Barbados, kuma yana nuna jajircewar da muke yi ga matafiya daga ko'ina cikin duniya. Muna sa ran ci gaba da wannan tafiya mai nasara tare, muna maraba da baƙi zuwa gaɓar tekunmu, da kuma nuna jin daɗi da kyan Barbados na tsawon shekaru masu zuwa," in ji Shelly Williams.
Don tunawa da wannan nasara, an gudanar da taron manema labarai na musamman a ranar Talata, 26 ga Satumba a Sea Breeze Hotel, wanda ya samu halartar manyan wakilai daga duka Virgin Atlantic da BTMI.
"Haɗin gwiwarmu da Virgin Atlantic ya tabbatar da cewa Barbados yana samun dama ga baƙi na Burtaniya, wanda shine kasuwar mu ta farko."
“Mun yi aiki tuƙuru don samar da ingantattun abubuwan da ke jan hankalin matafiya su sake dawowa tsibirin mu. Shi ya sa muke matukar farin cikin maraba da sabon Airbus A330neo na Virgin Atlantic zuwa Barbados. An ƙera wannan jirgin ne don samar da ƙima da ƙwarewa wanda ba za mu iya jira matafiya da ke kan hanyar zuwa Barbados su ji daɗi ba,” in ji Marsha Alleyne, Babban Jami’in Haɓaka Samfura.
Gudanar da Balaguro na Yanki
Dangantakar Barbados da Virgin Atlantic ta fara ne a cikin 1998, wacce ta ci gaba da karfafa a cikin shekaru ashirin da suka gabata. A cikin shekaru da yawa, mun ga karuwa a iya aiki da samar da sababbin jiragen ruwa wanda ya taimaka wajen mayar da Barbados cibiyar balaguro na Gabashin Caribbean.
"Kamar yadda muka sani yawancin haɗin jirgin suna da iyaka tsakanin Gabashin Caribbean, don haka muna farin cikin ba da sabis na aminci ga Grenada da Saint Vincent da Grenadines. Mun yi imanin cewa bayar da waɗannan zaɓuɓɓukan tsibirai da yawa na gida zai ƙara haɓaka tattalin arzikin Barbados kuma. Mun kasance a nan tsawon shekaru 25 kuma ba za mu iya jira don gina shekaru 25 masu zuwa a wannan kyakkyawan tsibiri ba,” in ji Babban Jami’in Kasuwanci, Juha Järvinen.
Haɓaka Abokan Hulɗa na Dorewa
A yau, kamfanin jirgin sama yana ba da sabis na yau da kullun na shekara zuwa Barbados daga London, Heathrow mai karfin kujeru 264 da babban matsayi wanda ya karu daga kujeru 16 zuwa kujeru 31. Har ila yau, kamfanin jirgin yana ba da jiragen sama sau uku a mako daga Manchester.
Virgin Atlantic da BTMI sun ci gaba da yin aiki tare don haɓaka Barbados a matsayin babban wurin yawon buɗe ido, suna ba wa matafiya sabis na duniya, shimfidar wurare masu kyau, da abubuwan da ba za a manta da su ba. Yayin da ake ci gaba da bikin, ƙungiyoyin biyu suna farin ciki game da makomar da kuma damar da ke gaba.
Game da Barbados
Tsibirin Barbados babban dutsen Caribbean ne mai albarka a cikin al'adu, al'adun gargajiya, wasanni, kayan abinci da gogewar yanayi. An kewaye ta da rairayin bakin teku masu farin yashi kuma ita ce tsibirin murjani kawai a cikin Caribbean. Tare da gidajen cin abinci sama da 400 da wuraren cin abinci, Barbados ita ce Babban Babban Culinary na Caribbean. Ana kuma san tsibirin a matsayin wurin haifuwar rum, samar da kasuwanci da kuma yin kwalliya mafi kyawun gauraya tun shekarun 1700. A gaskiya ma, mutane da yawa za su iya samun jita-jita na tarihin tsibirin a bikin Barbados Food and Rum Festival na shekara-shekara. Tsibirin kuma yana karbar bakuncin abubuwan da suka faru kamar bukin noman amfanin gona na shekara-shekara, inda ake yawan hange masu jerin gwano kamar namu Rihanna, da Marathon Run Barbados na shekara-shekara, mafi girma marathon a cikin Caribbean. A matsayin tsibirin motorsport, gida ne ga manyan wuraren tseren da'ira a cikin Caribbean na Ingilishi. An san Barbados a matsayin makoma mai dorewa, an nada Barbados ɗaya daga cikin Manyan Makarantun yanayi na duniya a cikin 2022 ta Kyautar Zaɓar Matafiya' kuma a cikin 2023 ta sami lambar yabo ta Green Destinations Story for muhalli da yanayi a 2021, tsibirin ya sami lambobin yabo na Travvy guda bakwai.
Wuraren kwana a tsibirin suna da faɗi da bambanta, kama daga kyawawan ƙauyuka masu zaman kansu zuwa otal-otal masu ban sha'awa, Airbnbs masu jin daɗi, manyan sarƙoƙi na duniya da wuraren shakatawa na lu'u-lu'u biyar. Tafiya zuwa wannan aljanna iskar iska ce kamar yadda filin jirgin saman Grantley Adams ke ba da sabis iri-iri marasa tsayawa da kai tsaye daga girma US, UK, Kanada, Caribbean, Turai, da ƙofofin Latin Amurka. Zuwan jirgin ruwa kuma yana da sauƙi kamar yadda Barbados tashar jirgin ruwa ce ta marquee tare da kira daga manyan jiragen ruwa na duniya da na alatu. Don haka, lokaci ya yi da za ku ziyarci Barbados kuma ku dandana duk abin da wannan tsibiri mai murabba'in mil 166 zai bayar.
Don ƙarin bayani kan tafiya zuwa Barbados, ziyarci www.visitbarbados.org, ku biyo mu a Facebook http://www.facebook.com/VisitBarbados, kuma ta Twitter @Barbados.
