ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Kuhina Hon. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Edmund Bartlett i ka hui pū ʻana me kāna Kuhina a me ka Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hāʻawi i kahi papahana hale $20 biliona no nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi ma St.
ʻO ka wahi i manaʻo ʻia no nā hale hale 1200 aia ma Grange Pen, hikina St. James kahi kokoke i kahi e hoʻokomo ai ʻo Hard Rock i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi hōkele 1700-lumi, e pili ana i ka Hotel Iberostar.
Ma ka hōʻike ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o kēia papahana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett: "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou he pono kā mākou poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e noho i nā kaiāulu maʻemaʻe, hoʻonohonoho, hoʻonohonoho ʻia a palekana me nā ʻoihana kūpono. No laila, noho mau ka hale no nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi i mea koʻikoʻi i kā mākou hoʻolālā hoʻomohala kanaka.
ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana, i manaʻo ʻia he ʻekolu a ʻelima mau makahiki, e hui pū ʻia ka hapa nui o hoʻokahi a me ʻelua lumi lumi moe a me kekahi mau lumi moe ʻekolu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo HAJ Managing Director Gary Howell: “Aia mākou i ke kaʻina o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hoa hana hui. He hoʻolālā holomua mākou a ke manaʻo nei mākou ma hope o kēia makahiki e loaʻa i nā ʻae āpau. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, aia ka Tourism Enhancement Fund ma luna o ka moku ma ke ʻano he hoa hana i kūʻai i ka ʻāina a ke loiloi ʻia nei kahi manaʻo hui ʻē aʻe no ka papahana e ʻike inā kūpono ia i nā pono o ka hoʻomohala ʻana "no ka mea makemake mākou e loaʻa nā hale i kūpono no ka limahana hotele. Ke hōʻoia nei mākou i nā mea a mākou e kūkulu nei e hiki i kēlā poʻe ke loaʻa. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett he mea nui ka manaʻo o nā limahana hōkele, "He mea koʻikoʻi loa kēia no ka mea ʻo nā limahana o ka ʻoihana, i ka wā lōʻihi, aia lākou ma ka hopena o ka poʻe pōmaikaʻi o ka mākaʻikaʻi.
"ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa o nā uku haʻahaʻa a pēlā aku ua pili i ka waiwai i hoʻohui ʻia mai ka mākaʻikaʻi, no laila ʻo kaʻu hoʻolālā i kēia manawa ʻo ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hiki o nā limahana, e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe a lākou e hāʻawi nei, a me ko lākou kūlana o ka noho ʻana a me ko lākou maikaʻi. ola i mea e ʻike ai ka pōmaikaʻi o ka mākaʻikaʻi iā lākou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett, ke lawe ʻia nei kahi ala holoʻokoʻa i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hōʻoia ʻana ma o ka Jamaica Center of Tourism Innovation, ka hoʻomohala hale o nā limahana e hōʻike ana i ka ʻāpana kaiāulu, a me ka Tourism Workers Pension Scheme ka wāwae hope.
Ke kūkulu ʻia nei nā hale hou no nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻāpana 750 e kūkulu ʻia nei ma Rhyne Park e hele aku iā lākou a ʻo kahi hapa o nā ʻāpana 3,000 ma The Estuary ma Johns Hall e mālama ʻia no lākou.
Wahi a ke Kuhina Bartlett, "Ke hana nei mākou me ka NHT (National Housing Trust) ma St. Ann kahi e hoʻomohala ʻia ai ka hoʻomohala ʻana a puni ʻo Karisma Hotels. a me $1-biliona 4,800 lumi o Resorts i kūkulu ʻia ma Llandovery kahi e wāwahi ʻia ai ka lepo ma ka Pōʻalima, Pepeluali 28 no ka hōkele 1700-lumi mua.
“He ʻāpana kēia o ka hoʻolālā ākea o ka hōʻoia ʻana ʻaʻole ʻo kēia ʻoihana wale nō ka whiskey a me ka soda mea e kamaʻilio ai nā kānaka; akā he ʻano ia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana. "