Ma mua o nā helu 2019
IāmekaʻO Kanada ka lua o ka mākeke malihini kipa nui loa. “I kēia manawa, ua kūleʻa mākou i nā hana e ʻike ai i ka nui o nā noho mokulele ma kahi moʻolelo 283,000 mai Kanada a i Jamaica i kēia hoʻoilo; He 26,000 mau noho ma mua o ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 2019, pre-COVID-19, "i hoʻolaha ai i kēia ahiahi. No nā hoa huakaʻi nui e like me Air Canada Vacations, WestJet, Transat a me Sunwing.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana mai Kanada, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett, "ʻO ka papahana kūʻai aku no Kanada i kēia manawa i ka lako piha” a kākoʻo ʻia e ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Donovan White, a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Papa Hoʻokele ʻo Jamaica no Kanada, ʻo Angella Bennett, "e hālāwai ana mākou me kā mākou mau hoa mokulele a me nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi."
ʻO ka huakaʻi hana a Mr. Bartlett i Kanada me kekahi mau luna mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe e ʻike iā lākou e hana ana i nā hana ma waena o nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka mākeke e lawe ana ma Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg, Montréal, a me Ottawa a, ua hōʻike ʻo ia:
"Ua ʻoluʻolu mākou ua hoʻi hou ka mākeke ma hope o COVID."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻo nā noho 283,000 "e hele lōʻihi i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana iā mākou i ko mākou pae o ka 300,000 mau malihini kipa i loaʻa iā mākou i ka wā ma mua o COVID akā ʻo ka pahuhopu ke kiʻi i 400,000 ma kahi o mākou i 2010."
Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ka huakaʻi e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻolaha hou o ka JTB "Come Back" a ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett "me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā waihona e hele mai ana i Jamaica a me kahi manaʻo hou e pili ana i ka huahana maikaʻi a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka manaʻo waiwai a Jamaica e hāʻawi nei, ʻo mākou. Manaʻo maikaʻi i ka 2023/24 e ʻike mākou i ka hoʻihoʻi piha ʻana o ka mākeke Kanada i nā pae i loaʻa iā mākou i nā manawa maikaʻi loa ma 2010.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The visit is also being used to launch the JTB's new “Come Back” campaign and Minister Bartlett contends that “with added inventory coming in Jamaica and a new thrust in terms of the quality product and recognition of the value proposition that Jamaica offers, we are optimistic that in 2023/24 we will see a full recovery of the Canadian market to the levels that we were in the best of times in 2010.
- He said the 283,000 seats “will go a long way in bringing us back to our levels of over 300,000 visitors that we had during the immediate pre-COVID period but the objective is to get to 400,000 where we were in 2010.
- Bartlett's working visit to Canada with a number of senior tourism officials will see them engaged in a series of activities between various segments of the market that take in Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal, and Ottawa and, he has reported.
