Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Jamaica i 4.1 miliona mau malihini kipa a me US $ 4.3 biliona i 2023

ʻOiai e hāʻawi ana i kahi mea hou i ka ʻāpana i ka Hale o nā Lunamakaʻāinana ma mua o kēia ahiahi, ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Ua wehewehe ʻo Kuhina Bartlett i nā manaʻo kuhi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia "pono ​​ka mokupuni e hoʻopaʻa i ka huina o 4,122,100 mau malihini kipa no ka manawa o Ianuali a Dekemaba 2023. E hōʻailona kēia i ka piʻi ʻana o 23.7% ma luna o ka huina o nā malihini i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 2022."

Ma ka hōʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ka ulu nui ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett: "Ma loko o kēia helu 2,875,549 e manaʻo ʻia he poʻe malihini kipa, ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi ʻana he 16% ma mua o ka helu o nā mea hoʻomaha i hōʻea ʻia ma 2022. Eia kekahi, manaʻo mākou e hoʻopau i ka makahiki me ka huina. o 1,246,551 mau kaʻa holo moku, e hōʻike ana i kahi piʻi 46.1% ma luna o ka tally no 2022.

Ke hoʻoikaika nei ʻo ia e hoʻomau ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka moʻolelo o ka ʻāpana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ke hoʻomau nei kēia ʻano ulu nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi, me 10 mau hapaha o ka ulu nui ʻana mai ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19. Ma muli o nā helu hōʻea a hiki i kēia lā, ʻo nā hōʻailona āpau e loaʻa iā mākou kahi hapaha 11 o ka hoʻonui nui.

Ma ke ʻano o ka loaʻa kālā o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ua hoʻolaha ke Kuhina "ua manaʻo ʻia kēia komo ʻana o ka poʻe kipa e hoʻonui i ka US $ 4.265 biliona no 2023, e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi ʻana o 17.8% ma mua o ka loaʻa kālā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 2022, a he 17.2% ka piʻi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā ma luna o ka pre-pandemic makahiki o 2019."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett:

"Inā mākou e hoʻomau i kā mākou huakaʻi ulu nui, e hele mākou ma ke ala e ʻoi aku i kā mākou kuhi ʻana o 4 miliona mau malihini kipa a me ka loaʻa kālā o nā haole he US $ 4.1 biliona ma ka hopena o ka makahiki."

Eia hou, ua hāʻawi ke Kuhina i ka haʻihaʻi i manaʻo ʻia o kēia mau loaʻa, e hōʻike ana i nā loaʻa pololei i ka waihona kālā o ke aupuni. ʻO kēia nā haʻawina i ka Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) uku, Departure Tax, Airport Improvement Fee, Airline Passenger Levy, Passenger fees and charges, a me ka Guest Accommodation Room Tax (GART), he $336 miliona a i ʻole JA $52 ​​biliona. .

Ua hōʻike aku ʻo Kuhina Bartlett i ka mahalo no ke kākoʻo a me ka hāʻawi maikaʻi ʻana o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi āpau i ka holomua o ka ʻoihana, me nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi, ka Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) a me nā hoa pili kūloko a me ka honua. Ua hōʻoia hou ke kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ke Kuhina, kona mau lehulehu a me nā hoa mākaʻikaʻi āpau e hoʻomau i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ulu hoʻomau a me ke kūpaʻa i hiki ai iā Jamaica ke hoʻomau i kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi huakaʻi mua ma ka honua.