Tumellano ena e tla boela e nolofalletse liphihlelo tse ncha ho fana ka lik'hamphani tsa maeto a sekepe le ho sebelisana le lekala la poraefete la lehae ho eketsa menyetla efe kapa efe. Ho feta moo, tumellano e tla beha US Virgin Islands (USVI) leseling bakeng sa mananeo a Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) a shebaneng le ho hira le ho reka thepa ho tsoa ho baahi ba lehae.
Tse ling tsa likarolo tse ling tsa tšebelisano-'moho ea leano li kenyelletsa ho khothaletsa maeto a lehlabula, ho hohela baemeli ba maeto, ho theha tlhokahalo ea bareki le ho etsa tlhahlobo ea litlhoko tsa lits'ebeletso tse tla qaqisa matla, menyetla le litlhoko.
FCCA - mokhatlo oa khoebo o emelang lithahasello tsa libaka le bankakarolo ho pholletsa le Caribbean, Amerika Bohareng le Amerika Boroa, le Mexico, hammoho le Litho tsa Litho tse sebetsang ho feta liperesente tse 90 tsa matla a lefats'e - li phatlalalitse hore li sebelisane hape le USVI. ka tumellano ya ntshetsopele ya leano. Tšebelisano-'moho e nchafatsa e neng e saennoe pele ka 2022, ha e ntse e tšoaea lilemo tse fetang leshome tsa USVI e le "Motlatsi oa Mopresidente" oa FCCA.
"Tumellano ena ke polelo e 'ngoe e buang ka tšebelisano e tsoelang pele lipakeng tsa Lihlekehleke tsa Virgin tsa US le FCCA," ho boletse Micky Arison, Molula-setulo oa FCCA le Carnival Corporation & plc. "Sebaka seo u eang ho sona se bontšitse tumelo ea sona ho FCCA le indasteri ea maeto a likepe ka linako tse monate le tse mpe ka ho fetesisa, 'me ke motlotlo hore sena se lebisitse ho ntlafatseng bophelo le mekhoa ea boipheliso ea batho ba bangata moo."
"Lefapha la Bohahlauli la USVI le thabetse ho qala ts'ebelisano ea rona le FCCA," ho boletse Mokhomishenara oa Bohahlauli oa USVI Joseph Boschulte. "Mmoho re tla tsoelapele ho bonts'a USVI ho bamameli ba tumileng bao FCCA e re thusang ho fihla ho eona, hammoho le menyetla e metle ea likopano tsa maano ka har'a indasteri ea likepe."
Kamora ho ba pale ea katleho bakeng sa bohahlauli ba Caribbean ka mor'a COVID-19 - ho ba le selemo sa banner bakeng sa bohahlauli ba ho lula ka 2021 mme a roba lirekoto tse ngata le ho amohela likhau tse ngata ka 2022, ho kenyeletsoa Likhau tsa Bronze HSMAI Adrian le Caribbean Journal e reha Commissioner. Joseph Boschulte 'Caribbean Tourism Executive of the Year' hammoho le ho thathamisa USVI ho 'Lihlekehleke Tsa Caribbean tse Molemohali ho Etela ka 2023' 'me babali ba vouta USVI e le e hapileng likhau tsa' Caribbean Travelers' Choice Awards 2022 - USVI e ile ea ngola kapele tatelano ka. ho tsamaisa bohahlauli ba likepe ho ea pele.
Hona joale USVI e rera ho hlaphoheloa ka botlalo ha sekepe selemong sena, ka palo ea bapalami e lebelletsoeng ho khutlela maemong a 2019 sebakeng seo u eang ho sona. USVI e tla boela e amohele baeti ba eketsehileng ba 440,000 ba tsoang Royal Caribbean International ka 2023 - St. Croix e amohela 140,000 ea baeti bao, hoo e batlang e le makhetlo a mararo palo ea hona joale ea selemo le selemo, 'me St. Thomas o amohela 300,000 e setseng, keketseho ea 70 lekholong.
Ho phaella moo, USVI e ntse e tsoela pele ho amohela likepe tse ncha, ho akarelletsa le Celebrity Beyond ho etsa leeto la hae la boroetsana ho ea St. Thomas ka November 2022. Sena sohle se mothating oa ho bolela melemo e tobileng bakeng sa moruo oa lehae le baahi, ka bohahlauli ba maeto a sekepe bo hlahisang liranta tse limilione tse 184.7 ka kakaretso ea litšenyehelo, ntle le $77.9 milione ka kakaretso ea moputso oa basebetsi, nakong ea selemo sa maeto sa 2017/2018, ho latela Business Research & Economic Advisors tlaleho "Economic Contribution of Cruise Tourism to the Destination Economies."
Tumellano e shebane le ho holisa melemo ena. Ho tsoa taelong ea Komiti ea Phethahatso ea FCCA, e nang le bapresidente le kaholimo ho Litho tsa Litho tsa FCCA, tumellano e fana ka phihlello ho baetsi ba liqeto ba bohlokoa le boiteko ba bona bo kopaneng le FCCA ho phethahatsa lipheo, ho kenyelletsa le mehala e ntseng e eketseha ea maeto a sekepe, liphihlelo tse ncha le lihlahisoa, tšebelisano. le lefapha la poraefete la lehae, menyetla e mengata ea mesebetsi le ho reka, ho sokoloha ha baeti ba likepe ho ba baeti ba salang, ho khothaletsa maeto a lehlabula, ho theha tlhokahalo ea bareki, ho fana ka litaba tsa maeto le tse ling.
"Re leboha tšehetso ea nako e telele ea Lihlekehleke tsa Virgin tsa US, 'me re ke ke ra thaba le ho feta ho khutlisetsa tumelo eo ba e bontšitseng ho rona le indastering ka ho eketsa melemo ea bona ho tsoa lefapheng lena," ho boletse Michele Paige, CEO, FCCA. "Ka tumellano ena, Lihlekehleke tsa Virgin tsa US li boetse li na le boitlamo bo felletseng ba FCCA ba ho phethahatsa merero ea sebaka seo ba eang ho sona, ho kenyelletsa ho thusa mekhatlo e ikemetseng le ho thusa baahi bohle ba lehae ho atleha ho tsoa molemong oa moruo o tlisoang ke indasteri."
