Ua loaʻa iā Jamaica he $ 1.2 biliona kālā mai 1.1 miliona mau hōʻea kipa mai ka hoʻomaka o ka makahiki.
E like me ka UNWTO, Ua loaʻa iā Jamaica ma kahi o 4.23 miliona mau malihini kipa i hōʻea i 2019, a 800,000 wale nō i nā 2020 āpau.
1.1 miliona mau malihini kipa i 9 mau mahina i kēia makahiki he hopena maikaʻi loa ia, hoʻouka hou i ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Jamaica i nā manawa hiki ʻole.

Ua hōʻike ʻia e nā Kuhina Hoʻokele, Hon. ʻO Edmund Bartlett, ma ke Keʻena ʻIoʻike ʻo Jamaica, “Think Tank,” ma ke keʻena poʻokela o ka ʻoihana i Kingston i ka Pōʻalua.

"Ke ʻike nei kēlā hana i ka 22 pākēneka e hoʻonui nei i kā mākou loaʻa kālā, i piʻi aʻe ma kahi o US $ 212 miliona, a ʻo kā mākou hōʻea ʻana mai 800,000 i ka makahiki i hala a 1.1 miliona i kēia makahiki," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka hapa nui o nā malihini kipa mai ka mokupuni mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (US), ʻoiai nā mākeke ʻē aʻe e like me United Kingdom (UK) a me Kanada he mau ʻano coronavirus (COVID-19) i pāpā ʻia, ka mea i ālai i ka poʻe mai ka huakaʻi.

Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Kuhina Bartlett me ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā a me ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka poʻe malihini kipa, ke hana nui nei kēia ʻoihana i ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o ka ʻāina ma hope o ka pandemia.

"Ua hoʻihoʻi mākou i nā limahana ma mua o 60,000 i kā lākou mau hana, a ua nalowale ma muli o ke ahulau," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua "ʻeleu" ka ʻoihana ma ke kaʻina hana hoʻōla COVID-19 a ua kia i ka hoʻomau ʻia ʻana "ma ke kikowaena o ke ala i mua."

"No laila, ʻaʻohe ʻoihana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e hoʻonui i nā loaʻa kālā no Jamaica, hoʻihoʻi i nā hana, a hoʻonui i nā manawa hou i nā kaiāulu o ka ʻāina ma mua o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa," wahi a Kuhina Bartlett.

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Minister Bartlett pointed out that with the increase in earnings and visitor arrivals, the industry is playing a pivotal role in the country's post-pandemic recovery.
He said that the industry has been “shrewd” in the COVID-19 recovery process and is focused on sustainability “as the centerpiece of the way forward.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka hapa nui o nā malihini kipa mai ka mokupuni mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (US), ʻoiai nā mākeke ʻē aʻe e like me United Kingdom (UK) a me Kanada he mau ʻano coronavirus (COVID-19) i pāpā ʻia, ka mea i ālai i ka poʻe mai ka huakaʻi.