Ministan yawon bude ido na Jamaica, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, a yau (21 ga Fabrairu, 2018) ya ziyarci New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street, don shiga cikin jerin tarurruka da ayyukan kafofin watsa labaru don haɓaka samfurin yawon shakatawa na Jamaica a matsayin kyakkyawar kasuwar saka hannun jari.
Ministan ya bayyana cewa an samu gagarumin karuwar ayyukan da ke fitowa daga titin Wall Street, wanda ke yin tasiri ga bunkasar yawon bude ido a yankin Caribbean. Ya kuma bayyana cewa ana samun karuwar sha'awar zuba jari a kasar Jamaica, saboda an samu ci gaba a tattalin arzikin kasar.
“Ziyara ta a nan ita ce in kara tabbatar da wannan alaka da kuma ci gaba da tabbatar da cewa zuba jarin yawon bude ido ya kaurace wa tsarin iyali da kuma masu zaman kansu zuwa sararin samaniya. Wannan yana ba da damar babban rukuni na mutane su zama masu masana'antar yawon shakatawa ta kasuwannin hannun jari da ayyukanta. Don haka ina kira ga jama’ar Jamaica da su mallaki yawon bude ido,” in ji Minista Bartlett.
Mista Bartlett ya lura cewa, sha'awar Wall Street a cikin yawon shakatawa bai kamata ya zo da mamaki ba saboda darajar yawon shakatawa a duniya ta kai dalar Amurka tiriliyan 7.6. Ya kuma yi nuni da cewa, masana’antar a yanzu ita ce ta biyu mafi muhimmanci wajen bayar da gudunmawa ga GDP na duniya, wanda ke wakiltar kusan kashi 10 cikin 400, inda kusan miliyan 11 ke aikin yi a fannin. Wannan yana nufin kusan kashi XNUMX na ma'aikata a duniya suna cikin masana'antar yawon shakatawa.
“Yawon shakatawa ya yi nisa wajen ganin an amince da shi a matsayin mai tafiyar da harkokin tattalin arziki a duniya, mai samar da ayyuka masu kyau da kuma sanadin kawo sauyi da ci gaban tattalin arziki a tsakanin kanana da matsakaitan kasashe. Lallai yana daya daga cikin ayyukan tattalin arziki mafi sauri a duniya a yau,” in ji Ministan.
A halin yanzu Minista Bartlett yana ziyara a birnin New York don gudanar da jerin tarurrukan dabaru tare da abokan huldar yawon bude ido da kuma 'yan kasashen waje.
Yana tare da sabon Daraktan Yawon shakatawa, Donovan White da Babban Mashawarci da Dabaru a Ma'aikatar Yawon shakatawa, Delano Seiveright. Ana sa ran tawagar za ta koma tsibirin a ranar 23 ga Fabrairu, 2018.
