Ministan yawon bude ido, Hon. Edmund Bartlett ya amince da shawarar Kyaftin Johnny Faevelen, Jagoran jirgin ruwa mafi girma a duniya, Harmony of the Seas, don ba da dabara ga ma'aikatan jirgin a cikin jiragen ruwa don taimakawa wajen haɓaka wurin da za a jawo hankalin ƙarin fasinjoji zuwa tsibirin.
Jirgin ruwan da zai iya kaiwa baki 6,780 da ma'aikatan jirgin 2300, watanni biyar da suka gabata ne Royal Caribbean ya kaddamar da shi kuma ya kai ziyarar farko zuwa Falmouth a ranar Talata 22 ga Nuwamba, 2016. A liyafar maraba da ke cikin jirgin, Kyaftin Faevelen ya ba da shawarar cewa yayin da dole ne a sanya hankali kan fasinjojin ma'aikatan jirgin "mutane ne da ya kamata ku kula da su."
Ya yi nuni da cewa, ma’aikatan jirgin ne suka taimaka wajen tallata wuraren zuwa ga fasinjoji, inda suka sanar da matakin da suka dauka na sauka daga cikin jiragen domin ganin kansu. Ya ce su ne mutanen da ke ba wa baƙi labarin wurare daban-daban da kuma yadda jama’ar ƙasar ke yi musu kyau a tashoshin jiragen ruwa daban-daban sun yi bikin baje kolin yadda suka inganta tsibirin.
"Ma'aikatan jirgin su ne abokan ciniki mafi aminci da kuke da su," in ji shi, yana mai tabbatar da cewa "mafi aminci shine waɗanda ke dawowa ba kowane mako a cikin jirgin ba, ba watanni biyu ba, ba watanni huɗu ba amma watanni takwas na jirgin. shekara kuma muna son Jamaica. Muna son abokantaka, farin ciki, halin 'mutum ba matsala'; muna son Jamaica,” in ji Kyaftin Faevelen.
Da yake jaddada batun, Minista Bartlett ya ce "Kyaftin ya ba mu wani abu mai ban sha'awa sosai ga ainihin mahimmin tuntuɓar farko wanda muka san yana can a baya amma da gaske ba a kawo hankalinmu ba kamar yadda Kyaftin ya yi a yau, cewa Lallai ma’aikatan jirgin su ne wurin tuntuɓar ku na farko ga baƙon da ya shigo wurinku.”
Ya amince da gaskiyar cewa "da yawa daga cikin waɗannan baƙi, yayin da suke cikin jirgin, suna jin daɗin inda aka nufa, suna samun sha'awar wurin, suna samun sha'awar zuwa wurin daga maganganu da maganganun ma'aikatan jirgin da kuma abubuwan da suka faru. yadda aka nufa da su”.
Ministan yawon bude ido ya kara da cewa “muna bin jagororin da ya ba mu kuma za mu nemi shigar da ma’aikatan jirgin ta hanyar da ta dace. Ina so in yi kira ga jama'ar Jamaica cewa duk inda kuka ga ma'aikacin jirgin, ku kula da su sosai domin wannan shi ne ainihin wurin tuntubar ku na farko zuwa inda kuke."
Minista Bartlett ya jaddada cewa, tafiye-tafiyen jirgin ruwa wani muhimmin bangare ne na bayar da yawon bude ido da Destination Jamaica ta bayar kuma hadin gwiwa da Royal Caribbean na da matukar muhimmanci, wanda ya haifar da kafa Falmouth a matsayin tashar jiragen ruwa mafi girma a cikin Caribbean. Wannan ci gaban da ya ce ya sanya yawon shakatawa na balaguro "ya tashi zuwa wani sabon matsayi" tare da masu zuwa miliyan 1.2 a bara a Falmouth kadai yayin da Montego Bay da Ocho Rios suka raba 500,000.
“A bana, ya zuwa yanzu, muna kan manufa; a zahiri muna sama da kashi 9 a bara kuma abin da ake samu ya karu. Tsawon watan Janairu zuwa Satumba na 2016 ya sami karuwar 9.6% na masu shigowa cikin jirgin ruwa, tare da fasinja 1,223,608 da aka rubuta, idan aka kwatanta da makamancin lokacin bara,” ya bayyana.
Mista Bartlett ya ce: "Mun sami kudin shiga na fasinja na kusan dalar Amurka miliyan 111, sama da dalar Amurka miliyan 98.3 a daidai wannan lokacin a bara."
Wasu jiragen ruwa guda biyu na Royal Caribbean, wato Oasis of the Seas da Allure of the Seas sun riga sun shiga cikin Falmouth kuma Kyaftin Faevelen ya ce wani jirgin ruwa na hudu, wanda ba a bayyana sunansa ba, yana kan aikin kuma ana sa ran zai zo nan bayan an ba shi aikin.
A cikin maraba da Harmony of the Seas, ya lura cewa yana shiga cikin jiragen ruwa na 'yan uwanta kuma Jamaica ta yi farin ciki da zama wurin da ke cikin Caribbean don jin dadin maraba da manyan jiragen ruwa uku a duniya. "Don haka muna jin daɗin ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa da dangantakar da Royal Caribbean da kuma ganin ci gaba da haɓaka. Samun dukkanin manyan jiragen ruwa guda uku da suka zo nan yana da matukar muhimmanci kuma zai bunkasa ci gaban masana'antu a Jamaica da kuma ta hanyar Caribbean," in ji shi.
Mista Bartlett ya ba da tabbacin cewa "mun himmatu wajen samar da abubuwan da masu ziyartar jirgin ruwa ke bukata," ya kara da cewa, "mun sadaukar da kai don tabbatar da wuri mai aminci, mara kyau da kwanciyar hankali."
Saboda haka, “Mun kasance muna saka hannun jari akan wannan layin; abokan hulɗarmu da Port Authority of Jamaica da UDC (Urban Development Corporation) sun kasance suna haɗin gwiwa don gina abubuwan kirkire-kirkire waɗanda za su ba da damar sama da 8000 kawai, gami da ma'aikatan jirgin, waɗanda ke zuwa kan Harmony of the Seas don jin daɗi tare da tashar jiragen ruwa. amma don samun damar haskaka ko'ina cikin garin Falmouth da kuma cin gajiyar al'adun mutane."
