Ua hōʻike aku nā limahana o kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi alakaʻi o Jamaica i ka mahalo no ka hiki ke hoʻi i ka hana a haʻi aku. ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Kuhina Hon. Edmund Bartlett ua makemake nui lākou e hoʻi i kā lākou kuleana i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Mr. Bartlett i nā wahi hoʻokipa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Ocho Rios, ma ke alanui ʻo North Coast Resilient Corridor i hala aku nei. Ua lohe mua ʻo ia i nā ʻōlelo mahalo nui mai nā limahana, ka poʻe i hoʻokipa i ka hoʻoholo hou e wehe hou i nā mea hoʻokipa COVID-19 ma ka lā 21 Iulai 2020. Ke loaʻa nei kekahi mau hui i ke kākoʻo ikaika mai nā mea kūʻai kūloko.
ʻOiai e kali ana i ka ʻae ʻana o ka ʻAha Kuhina no nā mea hoʻokipa i hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 e wehe hou i nā poʻe kūʻai honua, ua kipa ʻo Kuhina Bartlett a me nā luna o ke Kuhina i Mystic Mountain, Dolphin Cove a me Chukka Caribbean Adventures e nānā i ko lākou pae o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā protocols a me nā lako hana e mālama ai i ka laha o ka ma'i.
Ma nā ʻekolu, ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia e nā limahana e hōʻike ana i ko lākou hauʻoli no ka hiki ke hoʻi i ka hana. Ua hoʻopili ʻia ko lākou mau manaʻo e ke alakaʻi hui ma Chukka, ʻo Alicia Green. "Makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻihoʻi i kā mākou mau hana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, i kākoʻo ʻia e kona mau hoa hana. "Ke hoʻohiki nei mākou e hahai i nā protocol āpau e noho ʻole COVID-free a loaʻa kahi manawa maikaʻi," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett: "Ua wehe mākou i ka ʻoihana ma kahi ala i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia a hoʻolālā ʻia" a "makemake mākou e hōʻoia i ka hoʻi ʻana o nā hana."
Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka hauʻoli nui i nā mea āna i ʻike ai, me ka hoʻohui ʻana o ka hui ʻana ma waena o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ke olakino ka mea nui i ka lanakila ʻana i ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19. ʻOiai e hōʻike ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka palekana olakino i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, ua koi ʻo ia i ka pono o ka mākaʻikaʻi e ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano o ka hopena.
ʻIke ʻo ia "ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ka puʻuwai puʻuwai o ka ʻāina", ua hōʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole hele mai nā malihini i ʻaneʻi e inu a laila e neʻe akā e hoʻonui i ka mākeke Jamaica a hiki i nā mea hana ke loaʻa i kahi hui nui o nā kānaka e hānai a e hoolako i na waiwai a me na lawelawe no. "Hoʻonui ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka noi no nā waiwai a me nā lawelawe a hiki i nā hana, nā hana a me nā hana hou aku ma muli o ka hopena," i hoʻolaha ai ke Kuhina Bartlett.
Hoʻokipa ʻia ka wehe hou ʻana o nā mea hoʻokipa e nā mea hana, nā limahana a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi liʻiliʻi e like me Beverley Creary-Green (ʻākau), ka mea hauʻoli i hiki iā ia ke kūʻai hou aku i kāna mau mea hana lima ma Mystic Mountain. Ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka hōʻike ʻana i kāna hana lima i ke Kuhina o ka Hoʻokele, ʻo Hon Edmund Bartlett (waena), aʻo ka Luna Hoʻokele o Jamaica Vacations (JAMVAC), ʻo Joy Roberts (hema).
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he mea nui e hoʻokūpaʻa i kēlā manaʻo "no ka mea ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au aia kahi 'disconnect' i loko o ka noʻonoʻo o ko mākou poʻe e pili ana i kēia ʻoihana" i kēia manawa ke ʻike ʻia nei, ka hopena i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e koi ʻia e pani i ka wā hoʻopau ka mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Hoʻokele o Chukka, ʻo John Byles, "Makemake wau e hōʻike i ko mākou mahalo i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o kā mākou mau hana, ua loaʻa iā mākou ka manawa e hana ai."
ʻO Mr. Byles, ʻo ia hoʻi ka luna hoʻomalu o ka hui hui aupuni-private COVID-19 resilient corridor management team, i hōʻike ʻia "ʻo mākou a pau i ka ʻoihana pilikino e hoʻokō i ka hui pū ʻana. ʻIke mākou iā mākou e pale ana iā mākou iho ma ke kōkua ʻana i ka nānā ʻana, ka hoʻokō; e kōkua me ka papahana holoʻokoʻa o ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻokō. "
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Noting that “tourism is the heartbeat of the country”, he expressed that visitors don't just come here to have a drink and then to move on but to expand the Jamaican market and enable producers to have a larger group of people to feed and to provide goods and services for.
- He said it was important to underscore that point “because I believe there is a ‘disconnect' in the minds of our people in relation to this industry” which, it is now being realized, impacts so many other industries that are forced to close when tourism shuts down.
- ʻOiai e kali ana i ka ʻae ʻana o ka ʻAha Kuhina no nā mea hoʻokipa i hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 e wehe hou i nā poʻe kūʻai honua, ua kipa ʻo Kuhina Bartlett a me nā luna o ke Kuhina i Mystic Mountain, Dolphin Cove a me Chukka Caribbean Adventures e nānā i ko lākou pae o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā protocols a me nā lako hana e mālama ai i ka laha o ka ma'i.
