ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Kuhina, Hon. Ua kāhea ʻo Edmund Bartlett, no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā ulu kūikawā no nā ʻāina Commonwealth e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻōla mai ka hopena lōʻihi o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.
Ua kamaʻilio ʻo ia i ka wā i hoʻopau ʻia ʻo Commonwealth Business Forum 2022 ma Kigali, Rwanda, i kālele ʻia i ka Sustainable Tourism and Travel.
Ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina "ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ka laina ola ʻO nā ʻāina Commonwealth aia ma nā wahi hilinaʻi nui loa o ka honua, me ka Caribbean. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia "ʻo ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi hoʻolaʻa hoʻokele waiwai post-COVID-19 a me ka hoʻolālā ulu ʻana no nā ʻāina commonwealth e lilo i mea hoʻololi."
Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻia ke Kuhina Kūʻai Kūʻai, no nā lāhui Commonwealth "e koi koke lākou e noʻonoʻo hou i ke ʻano o ka hui ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai me ka pahuhopu o ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana me nā palena o ke kālepa honua i ko lākou makemake."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Bartlett, ʻo ka neʻe ʻana "e hāʻawi i nā hoʻololi waiwai i hoʻohui ʻia ma waena o nā ʻāina liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻāina nui o ka Commonwealth," me ka hoʻomaopopo pū ʻana "e hoʻonui kēia i ko lākou hiki i loko o ka ʻāina e hoʻopuka i nā koena waiwai a mālama i nā mea hou aku. nā pōmaikaʻi i loaʻa mai ka microeconomic development."
Ua koi pū ʻo Mr. Bartlett i nā ʻāina Commonwealth e hana i nā hana e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻoi aku o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā hui kālepa i mea e ʻohi ai i nā pono waiwai.
ʻOiai ua hōʻike ʻo Kuhina Bartlett i ka hopohopo ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā makahiki, ʻaʻole i ʻohi nā mokuʻāina Commonwealth i nā uku maoli.
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia he hiki i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ke hoʻoikaika nui i ka hoʻokele waiwai ma waena o nā ʻāina Commonwealth, akā naʻe, ʻoiai ʻo "ka wikiwiki o ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā makahiki, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā pono kūpono ʻole i nā mokuʻāina.
Ua hōʻike ʻo ia ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina Commonwealth e hoʻokuʻu aku nei i nā mokuʻāina e kū nei i ko lākou mau wahi kikoʻī, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ua "pale ʻia lākou mai ka mālama ʻana i ka nui o nā loaʻa kālā mai ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi." ʻO kēia kāna e kanikau nei, ke hāʻawi nei i nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ke kālepa mākaʻikaʻi me nā ʻoihana nui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Bartlett, ʻo ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hui ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma waena o nā ʻāina Commonwealth e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka Commonwealth, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mākeke nui e pili ana i ka heluna kanaka o ka honua. Ua ʻike ʻo ia e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia i mea e hoʻoikaika ai i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana kūʻai aku.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- He explained that the tourism industry has the potential to significantly boost economic convergence among Commonwealth countries, noting however that despite “the phenomenal pace of tourism growth and expansion over the years, it has delivered insufficient benefits to commonwealth states.
- The Tourism Minister stressed however, that for Commonwealth nations it would “require that they urgently rethink the existing framework of economic partnership with the goal of realigning it with the boundaries of international trade in their favor.
- Bartlett said that the move will “contribute to more value-added economic exchanges among smaller countries and with larger countries of the Commonwealth,” noting too that “this will enhance their intra-regional capacity to generate economic surpluses and retain more of the benefits derived from microeconomic development.
