Ke paipai ʻia nei nā mea hoʻohana o nā ʻoihana ʻoihana liʻiliʻi a me ka liʻiliʻi (SMTEs) e hoʻolako ana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e hāʻawi i nā huahana kiʻekiʻe e hōʻoia i ke kūpaʻa ʻana o ka ʻoihana a me ko lākou hoʻomau ʻana i ka mākeke.
ʻOiai e kamaʻilio kokoke ana i ʻelua haneli mau mea hoʻolako kūloko i ka wehe ʻana o ka 8th staging o ka Kalikimaka ma Iulai i ka hōʻike kālepa i nehinei (Iulai 12), ʻo Kuhina Hoʻokele, Hon. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Edmund Bartlett "ʻo ke kūkulu ʻana i ka maikaʻi, ka kūlike, ka nui, a me nā kumu kumukūʻai maikaʻi ke kikowaena o ka hoʻokūkū o nā huahana Jamaican."
Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia "ʻaʻole makemake kekahi hele mai i Jamaica e kiʻi i kahi mea i haʻahaʻa i ka maikaʻi, ʻoi aku ke kumu kūʻai no kona waiwai" a paʻakikī ke loaʻa, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā SMTE, he hana e kōkua iā Jamaica "e wehe i ka stigma kumu o mākou he wahi hoʻohālike."
Ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina Kūkaʻikaʻi he mea koʻikoʻi kēia i ka mālama ʻana a i ʻole "ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana i nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻoihana e lilo i mea hoʻokele hoʻomau o ka ʻike mākaʻikaʻi," a me ka "hōʻoia ʻana i ka mākeke."
Ua ʻike ʻo Mr. Bartlett e hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia e hiki mai ana nā pilikia, e like me ka hoʻonui ʻana, ka nele o ke kālā, a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā kaulahao hoʻolako, akā ua hoʻohui ʻia ke pane ʻana o ke Kuhina iā lākou me ka hoʻolālā.
Ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina Kūʻai Kūʻai e hoʻoponopono ʻia nā pilikia ma o ka "hoʻomaʻamaʻa, hoʻomohala ʻana, a me ke kālā kālā," e hōʻike ana "ʻike mākou he pono ʻoe a pono ʻoe i ke kālā."
Ua wehewehe pū ʻo ia ʻoiai ke hana nei nā mea hana SMTE e hoʻomau i ka hoʻokūkū ma kahi wahi hoʻokūkū, ke hana pū nei ka Ministry of Tourism e "hōʻoia i kēia ʻoihana i ka wā e hiki mai ana."
I kēia manawa, ua ʻōlelo ka Pelekikena o ka Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), ʻo Clifton Reader, makemake pū ʻo ia e ʻike i ka kūleʻa o nā SMTE ma ka ʻāpana.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Mr. Reader i ka makemake o ka JHTA e kōkua i ia mau hui. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "makemake mākou e hōʻoia i ka wehe ʻana o ko mākou mau puka" me ka hoʻohui ʻana "E hoʻokūkū wau i kēlā me kēia lālā o kaʻu hui e hōʻoia i ka holomua o kēia ʻoihana hou.'
Ua hōʻike ka pelekikena o JHTA "he mea nui loa kēia hui ʻana ʻaʻole nā huaʻōlelo wale nō." I loko o ka hanu hoʻokahi ua hoʻoikaika ʻo ia ʻoiai e loaʻa i nā SMTE ke kākoʻo o ka hui, pono nā mea hoʻolako e hāʻawi i ka "maikaʻi ma ke kumu kūʻai maikaʻi".
ʻO ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Manufacturing Technical Working Group of the Tourism Linkages Network (TLN), Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo John Mahfood e loaʻa mau ana ka ʻoihana hana ma waena o 8-9% o GDP i kēlā me kēia makahiki a ʻo ia ka lua o ka mea kōkua nui i ka hoʻokele waiwai o nā ʻāpana hana huahana. Ua pivoted nā mea hana kūloko i ka wā maʻi maʻi COVID-19 a ua hoʻonui ʻia he 76% i nā noi ma 2022, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 2019.
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Jamaica i ka hoʻōla wikiwiki ʻana, paipai ʻia nā mea hana e hoʻohana pono i ka mākeke e kū nei.
Ke mālama ʻia nei ka hōʻike kālepa Kalikimaka i Iulai e ka TLN, kahi mahele o ka Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) a e holo ana mai Iulai 12-13, 2022, ma Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.
Hōʻike ʻia ka hanana 2022 o ka hanana i nā mea hana 180 o nā mea i hana ʻia e ka ʻāina, ma nā ʻano he nui, me ka aromatherapy, ka hoʻonaninani, nā ʻano a me nā mea pono, nā kiʻi maikaʻi, nā mea hoʻomanaʻo, nā meaʻai i hana ʻia, a me nā huahana i hana ʻia me nā fiber kūlohelohe a kūlohelohe.
Hoʻoikaika ka hoʻolālā makahiki i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana kūloko maoli e nā mea kuleana ma ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hui ʻo Jamaica e ʻimi ana i nā makana no nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā limahana. He hana hui ia o ka Tourism Linkages Network a me kona mau hoa: ka Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Jamaica Manufacturers 'and ExportersAssociation (JMEA), Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) a me ka JHTA.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- He continued that “no one wants to come to Jamaica to get an item that is inferior in quality, overpriced for its value” and hard to find, adding that SMTEs, have a job to help Jamaica “to remove the original stigma of us being a destination of samples.
- The Chairman of the Manufacturing Technical Working Group of the Tourism Linkages Network (TLN), John Mahfood also stated that the manufacturing sector consistently achieves between 8-9% of GDP annually and is the second largest contributor to the economy of all the goods producing sectors.
- The Tourism Minister said that this is critical to safeguarding or “future-proofing the small and medium tourism enterprises to be a continued driver of the tourism experience,” as well as “future-proofing the market.
