Umphathiswa Wezokhenketho eJamaica, Hon. U-Edmund Bartlett, wabelane ngombono wezokhenketho welizwe kwintetho eyenziwe namhlanje.
KwiNtetho yeNgxoxo yeNgxoxo yezeCandelo ngo-Epreli 4, 2017, uMphathiswa uBartlett wenza intetho ethetha ngemeko yezokhenketho kweli lizwe. Umxholo walo msitho ibisithi “uKhenketho oluZinzileyo- Eyona nto ibalulekileyo ekudaleni imisebenzi nokukhula okubandakanyayo.”
UKUQWALASELWA KWILIZWE LONKE
Mnu. Somlomo, ukhenketho luye lwamkelwa kwihlabathi liphela njengoyena nobangela wokukhula koqoqosho olomeleleyo nokudala imisebenzi nanjengecandelo elinempembelelo ebanzi nefanelekileyo kubomi beebhiliyoni kwihlabathi liphela.
Travel and Tourism generated 1 in 11 of the world’s jobs in 2016, translating to a total of 292 million jobs, as the sector grew by 3.3 percent, outpacing the global economy for the sixth year in a row, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Economic Impact Report 2017, conducted in conjunction with Oxford Economics.
Ingxelo iphawula ukuba uKhenketho noKhenketho luvelise i-US $ 7.6 trillion kwihlabathi liphela, emele iipesenti ezili-10.2 ze-GDP yomhlaba xa iimpembelelo ezithe ngqo, ezingathanga ngqo kunye neempembelelo zithathelwa ingqalelo.
Ukongeza, ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kubatyeleli, okuyimali echithwe ziindwendwe zangaphandle, kubalwa iipesenti ezi-6.6 zezinto ezithunyelwa kumazwe angaphandle, kwaye phantse iipesenti ezingama-30 zeenkonzo zizonke ezithunyelwa ngaphandle. Idatha yokusebenza kweenkwenkwezi ithetha ngefuthe loqoqosho lwezokhenketho kunye namandla alo okuguqula uqoqosho.
UKUQWALASELWA KWECARIBE
Somlomo, sonke siyayazi into yokuba ukukhula kwezokhenketho kubonisa eyona ndlela ibaluleke kakhulu yezoqoqosho kwiCaribbean namhlanje ngengeniso engaphezulu kwe-US $ 27 yezigidigidi, ukubonelela ngemisebenzi umntu omnye kwabahlanu abaqeshiweyo kwaye utsala ngaphezulu kweendwendwe ezizizigidi ezingama-30 ngonyaka. Ewe, Somlomo, singoyena mmandla uxhomekeke kubakhenkethi kwihlabathi liphela, urekhodishe umyinge we-4.2 pesenti yokukhula kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Ezokhenketho lelona lizuza lukhulu kunaniselwano lwangaphandle kumazwe ayi-16 kwayi-28 kwiCaribbean kwaye necandelo lifumana elona FDI. Ummandla unenani eliphezulu lengqesho kunye nepesenti ye-GDP ethathwe kukhenketho kunayo nayiphi na enye indawo emhlabeni kwaye ishishini lenza iipesenti ezingama-41 zazo zonke izinto ezithunyelwa ngaphandle kunye neenkonzo kulo mmandla kunye neepesenti ezingama-31 zayo yonke iMveliso yaseKhaya.
UKUQWALASELWA KWENGINGQI
Ngoku, Mnu. Somlomo, ezokhenketho ziya kuba zezona zinto ziqhubela phambili kuhlumo lwezoqoqosho nokuchuma eJamaica kwiminyaka ezayo kwaye kunyanzelekile ukuba waziswe ngomsebenzi ebesiwenza kulo nyaka uphelileyo ekumiseni icandelo kwakhona. ukufikelela kwinqanaba eliphezulu lokukhula kwaye, okona kubaluleke kakhulu, kukuphuculwa kokuhanjiswa kwezibonelelo zokhenketho kuye wonke umntu waseJamaican kunye nonxibelelwano olomeleleyo ngokusebenzisa imeko yezoqoqosho yesi siqithi sihle.
Idatha yethu yezoqoqosho ibonisa ukuba icandelo lezokhenketho lande ngama-36pesenti kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo xa kuthelekiswa nokukhula koqoqosho lweepesenti ezi-6. Ukhenketho luhlala lelinye lamacandelo asebenza kakhulu eJamaica kwaye asebenzise ngokuthe ngqo ngaphezulu kwe-106,000 yamaJamaica, ngelixa ivelisa imisebenzi engathanga ngqo kuma-250,000 amaJamaica (okanye enye kuwo amaJamaica amane) kumacandelo adibeneyo afana nezolimo, amashishini okuyila kunye nenkcubeko, imveliso, ezothutho, ezezimali neinshurensi, umbane, amanzi, ulwakhiwo nezinye iinkonzo.
Igalelo ngqo lezokhenketho kwi-GDP liqikelelwa kwi-8.4 yepesenti ngelixa igalelo lilonke liqikelelwa kwi-27.2percent ye-GDP. Ezokhenketho ikwangoyena mvelisi ubalulekileyo otshintshiselwano lwangaphandle kuqoqosho lwaseJamaican njengoko yeyona ndlela ikhawulezayo yokudlulisa ubutyebi usuka kwelinye ilizwe uye kwelinye.
