Ministan yawon bude ido na Jamaica, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, ya ce ma'aikatarsa ce ke jagorantar gudanar da ayyukan raya bikin Carnival a Jamaica, don karfafa gasa ta Jamaica a matsayin wurin shakatawa. Ya kuma yabawa shirin kan darajar tattalin arzikin da kasar ke samu a shekarar 2017, ya kuma yi kira da a kara zuba jari, domin kara bunkasa masana’antar.
Da yake jawabi a bikin kaddamar da bikin Carnival na Ma'aikatar a shekarar 2019 a Jamaica a otal din Kotun Spain a yau, Ministan ya bayyana cewa: "Dole ne mu gayyaci masu zuba jari don haɓakawa da kashe daloli masu kyau, kan samfuran da ke dawo da saka hannun jari. Mun san cewa wannan nishaɗi ne, amma kuma kasuwanci ne - babban kasuwanci! Masu zuba jari za su yi sha'awar gina kayayyakin da za su dore."
Ministan yawon bude ido na Jamaica, Hon. Edmund Bartlett da Ministan Al'adu, Jinsi, Nishaɗi da Wasanni, Hon. Olivia Grange ta yi musayar haske yayin da take sanye da Carnival a Jamaica alamar fakitin fanny wanda kamfanin Jamaica Breshe Bags ya yi.
Ya ci gaba da cewa: “Mutane sun zo daga ko’ina cikin duniya don biyan kuɗin da ake yi na bikin bukin a Jamaica. Lokacin da suka biya shi, dole ne mu tabbatar da cewa sun sami samfur mai mahimmanci. Ina son bukin bukin na Jamaica ya kasance mai ra'ayi, domin ya kasance a bakin mutane na shekaru masu zuwa. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa muka hada karfi da karfe tare da jama'a da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu don haɓakawa da tallata samfurin a duk duniya."
Cibiyar haɗin gwiwar yawon shakatawa ta ƙaddamar da shirin Carnival a Jamaica a cikin 2016, tare da haɗin gwiwar Ma'aikatar Al'adu, Jinsi, Nishaɗi da Wasanni; Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta kasa da kuma manyan kamfanoni masu zaman kansu da ke da hannu a cikin kwarewar carnival na Jamaica.
Bayanai daga Hukumar yawon bude ido ta Jamaica (JTB) sun nuna cewa maziyartan sun kashe dalar Amurka 236 ga kowane mutum a kowace rana a lokacin bikin Carnival da ya gabata, na tsawon kwanaki biyar. Kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX na wannan kashe-kashen na kan masauki ne.
Carnival kuma ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga alkaluman masu zuwa da kuma abin da aka samu, tare da Janairu zuwa Agusta 2018 ya nuna jimillar waɗanda suka isa zuwa miliyan 2.9 ya karu da 4.8% fiye da daidai wannan lokacin na bara; da kuma yawan kudaden da aka samu na musaya na ketare a daidai wannan lokacin kan dalar Amurka biliyan 2.2, wanda ya karu da kashi 7.4 bisa dari a daidai wannan lokacin a shekarar 2017.
“Da zarar ka ninka matsakaicin adadin da masu ziyara ke kashewa da kuma adadin kwanakin da suka kashe, za ka ga irin tasirin da suke da shi ga tattalin arzikin kasar. Muna farin cikin haɓaka wannan masana'antar, wanda ke jan hankalin baƙi da yawa. Da zarar sun zo, yana nufin karin kudin da ake kashewa a kasar.
Carnival yana buƙatar zama wani aiki mai jujjuyawa - yana ƙarewa a lokacin Easter - amma dole ne a sami ayyukan carnival dangane da ayyukan shirye-shirye da shirye-shiryen samar da ababen more rayuwa a duk shekara wanda zai sa masana'antar ta kasance mai dorewa," in ji Ministan.
Ya ci gaba da lura cewa faretin ya karu daga mutane sama da 2000 a cikin 2016 zuwa mutane 6000 a cikin 2018. Baƙi masu zuwa ta filin jirgin sama na Norman Manley (NMIA) don lokutan Easter / Carnival tsakanin 2016 da 2018 ya karu da 19.7% daga 14,186 zuwa 16,982 baƙi.
Yawancin baƙi sun fito daga Amurka (72%), tare da kusan rabin daga New York da 22% daga Florida. Millennials (67%) ne ke da mafi yawan waɗanda suka ziyarce su don ƙwarewar bikin. Hakanan abin lura shine, 34% sun ziyarci Jamaica a karon farko, tare da yawancin (61%) sun kasance farkon halartan taron Carnival a Jamaica.
"Carnival da gaske yana motsa sha'awar matasa. Dukkan canjin dijital a halin yanzu da ke faruwa a cikin yawon shakatawa yana kusa da kai shekaru dubunnan. Abubuwan da za mu gina za su yi niyya ne ga shekarun millennials. Mafi mahimmanci, muna noman samfuran da ke da araha ga shekaru dubunnan,” in ji Minista Bartlett.
JTB tana ba da tallafin talla ga Carnival a Jamaica. Jimillar ra'ayoyin kafofin watsa labaru na JTB daga ɗaukar hoto na bikin bikin 2017 ya kai 12,886,666. Sun kuma haɓaka gidan yanar gizon (www.carnivalinjamaica.com) wanda ke jera duk abubuwan da suka shafi soca, wuraren zama, abin da za a yi, da waɗanda za a bi.
Lokacin Carnival zai fara bisa hukuma a ranar 23 ga Afrilu, 2019, tare da ƙaddamar da bandeji a farkon wata mai zuwa.
