Kuhina o ka huakaʻi no Jamaica, Hon. ʻO Edmund Bartlett, kaʻana like i ka manaʻo mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina ma kahi hōʻike i hana ʻia i kēia lā.
Ma ka Hōʻike Kūkākūkā Sectoral ma ʻApelila 4, 2017, ua haʻi ʻo Kuhina Bartlett i kahi haʻiʻōlelo e uhi ana i ke kūlana o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina. ʻO ke kumuhana o ka hanana ʻo "Sustainable Tourism - He Catalyst for Job Creation and Inclusive Growth."
KA MANAO PALAPALA
Mr. Speaker, ua ʻike nui ʻia ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokele koʻikoʻi o ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hana ʻana i ka hana a ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana ākea a maikaʻi hoʻi i ke ola o nā piliona ma ka honua.
Travel and Tourism generated 1 in 11 of the world’s jobs in 2016, translating to a total of 292 million jobs, as the sector grew by 3.3 percent, outpacing the global economy for the sixth year in a row, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Economic Impact Report 2017, conducted in conjunction with Oxford Economics.
Hōʻike ka hōʻike ua loaʻa ʻo Travel and Tourism i US $ 7.6 trillion ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e hōʻike ana i ka 10.2 pakeneka o ka GDP honua i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ʻia ai nā hopena pololei, ʻole a hoʻoulu ʻia.
Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā malihini kipa honua, ʻo ia ke kālā i hoʻolilo ʻia e nā malihini kipa, ʻo ia ka 6.6 pakeneka o ka nui o nā mea hoʻopuka honua, a kokoke i 30 pakeneka o ka nui o nā lawelawe i lawe ʻia aku. Hōʻike kēia ʻikepili hana stellar i ka hopena hoʻokele waiwai honua o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me kona hiki ke hoʻololi i ka ʻoihana.
KANAKA CARIBBEAN
E Mr. Lunahoomalu, ua ike makou a pau i ke ano o ka ulu ana o ka oihana makaikai i ke ano nui o ka oihana waiwai ma ka Caribbean i keia la me ka loaa oi aku o ka US$27 biliona, e hoolako ana i na hana no hookahi o na kanaka elima i hanaia. ma luna o 30 miliona mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻOiaʻiʻo, e Mr. Speaker, ʻo mākou ka ʻāina i hilinaʻi nui ʻia i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka honua, e hoʻopaʻa ana ma ka awelika 4.2 pakeneka ka ulu ʻana i ka makahiki i hala wale nō.
ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ka mea loaʻa kālā nui loa o nā haole ma 16 o nā ʻāina 28 i ka Caribbean a ʻo ka ʻāpana hoʻi e loaʻa ana ka FDI nui loa. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka ʻāina i ka nui o ka hana a me ka pakeneka o ka GDP i loaʻa mai ka mākaʻikaʻi ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua a ʻo ka ʻoihana ka 41 pakeneka o nā mea hoʻopuka a me nā lawelawe a pau ma ka ʻāina a me 31 pākēneka o nā Gross Domestic Product āpau.
KUMU KUAI
I kēia manawa, e Mr. Speaker, ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ka mea hoʻokele nui loa no ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka pōmaikaʻi ma Jamaica no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana a he mea nui loa ia e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻoe i ka hana a mākou e hana nei i ka makahiki i hala i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka ʻāpana e hoʻokō i nā helu ulu kiʻekiʻe a, ʻoi aku ka mea nui, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pono o ka mākaʻikaʻi i kēlā me kēia a me kēlā me kēia Jamaica a me nā pilina ikaika ma o ka ʻoihana waiwai o kēia lāhui mokupuni nani.
Hōʻike kā mākou ʻikepili waiwai ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e 36percent i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai o 6percent. Hoʻomau ka mākaʻikaʻi i kekahi o nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o Jamaica a hoʻohana pololei ma luna o 106,000 Jamaicans, ʻoiai e hoʻopuka ana i nā hana kūwaho no kekahi 250,000 Jamaicans (a i ʻole hoʻokahi o kēlā me kēia ʻehā Jamaicans) i nā ʻāpana pili e like me ka mahiʻai, ka ʻoihana hana a me ka moʻomeheu, hana hana, halihali, kālā a me ka ʻinikua, ka uila, ka wai, ke kūkulu hale a me nā lawelawe ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hāʻawi pololei ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i GDP ua manaʻo ʻia ma 8.4 pākēneka a ʻo ka nui o nā haʻawina i manaʻo ʻia he 27.2 pākēneka o GDP. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻi ka mea nui loa o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā haole no ka hoʻokele Jamaican ʻoiai ʻo ia ke ala wikiwiki loa e hoʻoili i ka waiwai mai kekahi ʻāina a i kekahi.
