Heluhelu mai ka Hon. Ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi Edmund Bartlett i kāna op-ed no eTurboNews:

Hoʻomaopopo wau me ka hopohopo hopohopo e pili ana i ka koi hoʻokolohua COVID hou koi e hōʻike ʻia e nā aupuni o Kanada a me UK. Koi ʻia ka protocol hou i nā kānaka āpau, nā kamaʻāina a me nā mea kipa like, ke komo ʻana i nā ʻāina ʻelua ma ka lewa, e hōʻike i nā hopena hōʻike maikaʻi ʻole e hoʻoikaika ai i ke komo ʻana a i ʻole e hōʻalo ai i ka quarantine ponoʻī. ʻOiai maopopo iaʻu ka pono a me ke kuleana o nā aupuni āpau e pale aku i ko lākou lāhui i kēia wā olakino olakino, ke ʻano non-discriminatory kahi e noi ʻia ai ke koi hou e hoʻihoʻi i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻana o nā wahi liʻiliʻi pilikia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea i loaʻa i hana nui e hoʻoikaika pono i ko lākou olakino a me nā kūlana palekana e insulate i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai ka makaʻu o ka maʻi covid-19.

Ma hope o ka makahiki pōpilikia kūlohelohe ʻole no ka mahele huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Caribbean, ʻo kēlā me kēia manaʻolana no ke ʻano o ka uptick i ka wā o ka wā hoʻokipa huakaʻi i manaʻo nui ʻia ua hōʻoki ʻia e nā pane hou loa mai nā mākeke kumuwaiwai ʻelua o ka ʻāina. no ka ʻāina. Me ka US, Kanada a me ke UK a hiki i ka 70 pākēneka o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i hōʻea i ka Caribbean.

Ua hiki mai nā ana hou ma ke kuʻekuʻe wāwae o kahi wā pōʻino ʻo Nowemapa no ka huakaʻi a me ka hoʻokipa. Ua hoʻomaopopo ka International Air Transport Association i ka hōʻemi loa ʻana o nā huakaʻi hele a me nā ana quarantine i mea e lohi ai ka noi hele ʻana o ka ea a kū i loko o Nowemapa me ka noi o nā mākaʻi honua no Nowemapa ʻo 88.3% ma lalo o Nowemapa 2019 pae a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka 87.6% makahiki -e hōʻemi makahiki i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ʻOkakopa. ʻO nā kapu hou i hoʻokau ʻia e Kanada a me UK e hoʻohui nō ia i ka ukiuki, hōʻoluʻolu ʻole a me nā keʻena lawelawe nāna e hoʻohoka ʻole i ka poʻe mai ka huakaʻi ʻana ma waho o kā lākou mau ʻāina. I ka manawa like, hoʻopaʻi kūpono ʻole lākou i nā wahi i hana i nā mea āpau i kā lākou mana e palekana ai i ka wā hoʻomaha no nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi honua.

Eia hou, ʻo ka koi koi COVID 19 hou hou e koi ʻia i nā luna olakino o nā ʻāina kūkaʻikaʻi paʻakikī e koi ʻia i kēia manawa e ʻike i nā kumuwaiwai e hoʻāʻo ai i nā haneli mau kupa a me nā malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia lā. Hoʻohiki kēia e hoʻohui i kahi papa o ka ukana i kahi wā paʻakikī paʻakikī i hōʻike ʻia e ka hoʻonui kālā ʻana o nā lilo o ke aupuni ma waena o nā hana kālā e emi ana.

Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi ahulau, ua pane ikaika nā mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ma Jamaica e hoʻololi i ka mea maʻamau. Mai Malaki, ua hana ikaika mākou i nā mea ʻae āpau a me nā hoa hana, e like me nā ʻoihana huakaʻi, nā laina hoʻokele, nā mea hōkele, nā keʻena hoʻopaʻa puke, nā keʻena kūʻai aku, nā mokulele a pēlā aku. WTO, CTO CHTA a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻohui i nā pane i ka pilikia.

Ua hoʻomohala mākou i nā ʻōnaehana pono, hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo i ke Kuhina Ola, a ua hoʻonaʻauao i nā mea kuleana āpau e pili ana i ka maʻi COVID-19. Ua hana mākou e hoʻomohala i kā mākou 88-ʻaoʻao COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols i kākoʻo ʻia e ka World Travel and Tourism Council ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi i nā hoʻonohonoho hoʻokele hoʻokele COVID-19 a ua kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana iā Jamaica ma waena o ka COVID-19. nā wahi hoʻomaha ma ka honua. Hoʻopili nā protocols i nā ʻāpana āpau o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi me nā Airports; Nā awa holo moku; Nā hale noho; Nā mea hoʻokipa; Nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa kaʻaahi; Kalepa hana lima; Nā Mea Hana Haʻuki Wai; Palekana Nui a me ka Maluhia o ka lehulehu; a me Mega Events. Ua ʻae ʻia ka COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols e ka World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).

ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hōkele a me nā hōkele i hoʻolauna i nā kuʻina e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka laha ʻana o COVID-19, e like me ka hoʻonui ʻana o ke kino, ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā pale ma nā wahi lehulehu, ka hemo ʻana o nā mea lawelawe like a lawelawe pilikino paha, ke kau ʻana i nā wahi holoi lima / hoʻomaʻemaʻe hoʻomaʻemaʻe. pinepine, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kālepa contactless / ʻenehana. Ua hana mākou i kahi ʻāpana kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo Stakeholder Risk Management Unit e nānā i ka hoʻokō ʻana o nā ana pane COVID-19 ma nā hale hoʻokipa ma ka mokupuni.

I Iune, ua hoʻokumu mākou i ka manaʻo o COVID-Resilient Corridors e hoʻonui i ka hiki i ka ʻāina ke hoʻokele a me ka huli ʻana i ka neʻe a me nā hana a ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma nā alaloa o ka mokupuni i kāohi ʻia. ʻO nā Resident Corridors, ka mea e hoʻopuni nei i ka hapa nui o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokupuni, hāʻawi i ka manawa kūpono no ka poʻe malihini kipa e ʻoliʻoli i nā mōhai kū hoʻokahi o ka ʻāina, no ka mea he nui nā mākaʻikaʻi coronavirus (COVID-19), aia ma nā alaloa, i ʻae ʻia no nā kipa ʻana e nā luna olakino. Ke hōʻea nā mākaʻikaʻi i Jamaica, hiki iā lākou ke kipa i nā wahi i ʻae ʻia i loko o ke alaloa. Ma muli o kā mākou proactiveness a me ka makaʻala i ka mālama ʻana ʻo COVID-19 i ka ʻāina, a hiki i kēia lā, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa i kahi hihia o ka maʻi ʻo COVID-19 e pili ana i kahi mākaʻikaʻi honua i hoʻomaha i kekahi hōkele ma waena o ka ʻāina.

I loko o kēia wā paʻakikī paʻakikī, no laila ua hōʻoia ʻo Jamaica i kahi huakaʻi palekana a palekana hoʻi no nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi honua a e hoʻomau mākou i ka nānā ʻana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kūlana olakino a me nā palekana e pale ai i kēlā me kēia mākaʻikaʻi e pae ana i kahakai.

Noi mākou e noi aku i nā aupuni o Kanada a me UK e noʻonoʻo i ka loiloi hou ʻana i kā lākou nui hou loa e pili ana i nā kulekele COVID āpau a ma kahi o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā kūlana kūikawā a me ka pae pilikia e pili ana i ka huakaʻi ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻāina.

ʻO ka noʻonoʻo noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēia manaʻo e hāʻawi ai i ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i ka pahu hoʻomaka e pono ai ka ʻoihana. ʻO ka nohona waiwai o nā miliona o ka poʻe i hilinaʻi ʻia.

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While I certainly understand the need and responsibility of all governments to protect their citizens during this global health crisis, the non-discriminatory manner in which the new requirement is being applied will undoubtedly set back the recovery of small vulnerable destinations globally, especially those that have made considerable efforts to successfully bolster their health and safety standards to insulate tourists from the risk of covid-19 infection.
We have worked to develop our 88-pages COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols that have endorsed by the World Travel and Tourism Council as providing leadership in tourism COVID-19 management arrangements and that have helped to distinguish Jamaica as among the most COVID-19 resilient destinations in the world.
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