With Jamaica welcoming just over 20,000 German tourists last year, Jamaica Tourism Minister Hon. Edmund Bartlett has mandated the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and key tourism officials to double that number to 50,000 German tourist arrivals to the island by 2020.
He made the point while meeting with the leadership of the world’s largest tour company, TUI Group, in Berlin, Germany. Minister Bartlett noted that the Tourism Ministry and the JTB will be working closely with TUI to achieve the target. TUI Group brought over 150,000 tourists to Jamaica’s shores last year.
TUI Boka ndiyo kambani hombe yekutandara, yekufambisa uye yekushanya munyika, uye ine masangano ekufambisa, mahotera, ndege, ngarava dzekufamba uye zvitoro zvinotengesa. Iri boka rine ndege nhanhatu dzekuEurope - ngarava huru dzezororo muEurope - uye vapfumbamwe vanoshanda muEurope. TUI yakanyorwa pamwe chete paFrankfurt Stock Exchange uye London Stock Exchange sechikamu cheFTSE 100 Index.
TUI Senior Board Director David Burling achicherekedza chinzvimbo chakakosha cheJamaica muzvirongwa zvekukura kwekambani mumakore mashanu anotevera, akasimbisa "nzvimbo yekutanga" yechitsuwa ine tsika yakapfuma kwazvo uye bhizinesi rekudzokorora. Akakurudzira Gurukota kuti vawedzere huwandu hwemakamuri ehotera muJamaica kuitira kuchengetedza bhizinesi rakawanda uye kukura mumakore anotevera.
Zvichakadaro, Bartlett akasimbisa huwandu hwekudyara kwemahotera iko zvino kwapera kana muzvikamu zvekuvaka kubatsira nekukwira kuri kuita.
Bartlett uyo akabatanidzwa muGermany neMutungamiri weTourism, Paul Pennicook; Senior Advisor uye Senior Communications Strategist, Delano Seiveright nevamwe vakuru vezvekushanya vakazivisa kutanga kwesvondo kuti imwe yemakambani makuru muEurope, Eurowings, imwe yekambani huru dzendege pasi rose, Lufthansa, ichatanga kushanda kaviri pasvondo sevhisi yakarongwa pakati peGerman. nzvimbo huru ine vanhu vakawanda metropolitan uye Montego Bay kutanga Chikunguru 3 gore rino.
Ndege dzakarongwa dzichashanda Muvhuro neChishanu wega wega kubva kuCologne/Bonn, uye vachashandisa ndege yavo yeAirbus 330 ine zvigaro mazana matatu negumi. Ndege dzichatanga kubva munaChikunguru 310 kusvika Gumiguru 3, 27 uye dzichaunza zvigaro zvinopfuura zviuru gumi kubva kuGermany muzhizha. Nechekare Eurowings yazivisa Bartlett nechikwata chake kuti vachawedzera sevhisi munguva yechando nezvigaro izvi zvichivhurwa kutengeswa mukati memazuva.
Iyi nyowani yakarongwa sevhisi inozadzisa vhiki nevhiki charter masevhisi anoshandiswa neGerman air carrier Condor kubva kumaguta eGerman eFrankfurt neMunich kuenda kuMontego Bay.
Seiveright akacherekedza kuti Germany iri kuvhiyiwa naBartlett paari kuwedzera nhamburiko dzekusimudzira chikamu chekushanya cheJamaica uye nekubatsira zvakanyanya mukukura nebudiriro yenyika.
Bartlett nechikwata chake nguva pfupi yadarika vakabva kuBerlin, Germany mushure mekutora chikamu mushow huru yekushanya pasi rose, ITB Berlin neInternational Hotel Investment Forum.
Bartlett mushure memusangano neve Jamaica's Honorary Consuls kubva kumativi eGermany neEurope yakawanda paEmbassy yeJamaica muBerlin, vakaratidza chinangwa chake chekugadza ma Jamaica's Honorary Consuls muEurope, sevasina kubhadharwa, Tourism Advisors kuhofisi yake, sezvo achishanda mukusimudzira mugove wemusika. kune vashanyi vanoenda kuJamaica kubva kunyika dzakati wandei dzeEurope kusanganisira Germany.
Vachapedza danho iri zvichitevera kutaurirana negurukota rezvekudyidzana nedzimwe nyika pamwe nekutengeserana nedzimwe nyika, Hon. Kamina Johnson-Smith.
Bartlett also participated in a special press briefing to boost publicity worldwide for the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) historic Global Conference on Building Partnerships for Sustainable Tourism for Development, which has now seen the World Bank Group come on board as partners. The event, which is being hosted by Jamaica, will run from November 27 to 29, 2017, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.
PHOTO: HM, TUI Meeting – Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett and his team met with TUI Group Executives at their Berlin, Germany, office. On the left side of the table, TUI Executives (from far left) Dr. Ralf Pastleitner, Head of Brussels, Belgium Office TUI GROUP; Mr. Garry Wilson, Managing Director – Product & Purchasing TUI GROUP; Mr. David Burling, Member of the Board TUI GROUP; Mr. Frank Püttmann, Head of Public Policy TUI GROUP office Berlin; Mrs. Antonia Bouka, General Manager-Tourist Board & Hotel Partnerships Product & Purchasing TUI GROUP and a TUI Public Policy Advisor; (on the right side) Ms Michelle Fox, JTB United Kingdom Representative; Her Excellency Margaret Jobson, Ambassador to Germany; Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism; Mr. Paul Pennicook, Director of Tourism; Mrs. Marcia McLaughlin, Deputy Director of Tourism; Mr. Delano Seiveright, Senior Advisor and Senior Communications Strategist; and Mr. Gregory Shervington, (hidden), JTB Germany representative.
