Lakoko ti o n pe fun imuse fisa lilo ẹyọkan fun awọn alejo, Ilu Ilu Jamaica Minisita, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, ti tun sọ pe ajọṣepọ ati imuse ti ilana-ajo irin-ajo lọpọlọpọ, jẹ pataki lati ṣe alekun imularada ti irin-ajo ni Karibeani.
Nigbati o n sọrọ “Apejọ Apejọ Karibeani Saudi Arabia akọkọ lailai” ni Dominican Republic loni (Oṣu Keje 7), Minisita Bartlett tẹnumọ pe “gẹgẹbi awọn ipinlẹ erekuṣu kọọkan, imularada wa lati iparun ti ajakaye-arun COVID-19 yoo jẹ gigun ti ko ba ṣeeṣe nitosi,” ni afikun sibẹsibẹ pe “agbara nla wa fun agbegbe naa lati ṣe ifowosowopo ati ta ọja Karibeani bi opin irin ajo kan.”
O tun ṣe akiyesi pe ọjọ iwaju ti irin-ajo Karibeani jẹ “o ni inira ni wiwa isọdọkan ti titaja ati awọn eto ọja ni idapo pẹlu irin-ajo afẹfẹ ati awọn eekaderi gbigbe.”
Lara awọn ohun miiran, Ọgbẹni Bartlett daba pe “ibaramu awọn ilana ilana kan, pẹlu ijọba iwe iwọlu kan ti yoo gba laaye fun irọrun gbigbe kọja awọn aala fun awọn idi aririn ajo, yoo jẹ ki ifowosowopo ati imularada ṣee ṣe.”
awọn Minisita Irin-ajo tun ṣe alaye pe eyi yoo:
“Mu awọn iriri lọpọlọpọ jakejado agbegbe fun awọn alejo si awọn erekuṣu wa ti o rin irin-ajo lati awọn ọja tuntun pẹlu Asia, Afirika ati Aarin Ila-oorun.”
O tun ṣe afihan pe Ilu Jamaica ati Dominican Republic loni pari ipele akọkọ ti ilana ifọrọwerọ ibi-ajo lọpọlọpọ. Minisita Bartlett pade pẹlu Ẹgbẹ ti Awọn ile itura ati Irin-ajo ti Dominican Republic ati awọn aṣoju ti “ọpọlọpọ awọn ọkọ oju-ofurufu ti o ni anfani lati mu ọna asopọ ṣiṣẹ.”
Lakoko ti o wa ni apejọ Karibeani Saudi Arabia Summit, Minisita Bartlett tun pade pẹlu Minisita ti Irin-ajo fun Ijọba ti Saudi Arabia, Oloye Ahmed Al Khateeb nipa “Akọsilẹ Oye ti o ti fowo si tẹlẹ nipasẹ awọn ẹgbẹ mejeeji nipa isopọmọ afẹfẹ.”
Ọgbẹni Bartlett salaye pe nipasẹ MOU, Minisita Al Khateeb yoo "ṣepọ awọn ọkọ ofurufu mega ni agbegbe Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) lati pade pẹlu aṣoju kan lati Karibeani ti o ṣetan lati ṣe ilosiwaju irin-ajo irin-ajo pupọ gẹgẹbi ọna pataki fun afẹfẹ. Asopọmọra nipasẹ awọn ẹnu-ọna ti Aarin Ila-oorun. ”
OHUN TO MU KURO NINU AKOKO YI:
- Addressing the “first ever Caribbean Saudi Arabia Summit” in the Dominican Republic today (July 7), Minister Bartlett stressed that “as individual island states, our recovery from the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic will be elongated if not near impossible,” adding however that “there is enormous capacity for the region to collaborate and market the Caribbean as a single destination.
- Bartlett explained that through the MOU, Minister Al Khateeb will “coordinate the mega airlines in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) area to meet with a delegation from the Caribbean who are prepared to advance multi-destination tourism as a critical pathway for air connectivity through the gateways of the Middle East.
- While at the Caribbean Saudi Arabia Summit, Minister Bartlett also met with the Minister of Tourism for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb regarding the “Memorandum of Understanding that was previously signed by both parties concerning air connectivity.
