Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has expressed his deepest gratitude and appreciation to local tourism partners for their active role in the sector’s emergency planning and response efforts during the period when Hurricane Matthew posed a threat to Jamaica.
Moruti Bartlett o ntse a leboha hore sehlekehleke sena ha sea ka sa hlaseloa ke Matthew, se sa kang sa oela Jamaica, empa se ile sa feta lebōpong la sehlekehleke. A qolla setsi sa Lekala la Tourism Emergency Operations Centre (TEOC), se faneng ka litaba tsa bohlokoa le tse nakong ho ba amehang ba bohahlauli bosiu le motšehare.
Ha Jamaica e ntse e itokisetsa tšusumetso e ka bang teng ea Leholiotsoana Matthew, Lekala le ile la kenya tšebetsong TEOC Hoteleng ea Jamaica Pegasus e Kingston ho hokahanya litšebeletso tsa tšohanyetso bakeng sa lefapha la bohahlauli la lehae. Mekhatlo ea bohahlauli ho pholletsa le sehlekehleke sena le eona e ile ea nka mehato ea boits'ireletso ho sireletsa bophelo le thepa.
“Kannete ke leboha basebetsi le baithaopi ba faneng ka lihora tse ngata tsa nako ea bona ho netefatsa hore indasteri le baeti ba rona ba bolokoa ba bolokehile le ho tsebisoa ka botlalo mabapi le tsamaiso ea leholimo e tlang. Tšehetso ea bona e fane ka khothatso ea bohlokoa ho sechaba sa bohahlauli. Hape ke lakatsa ho leboha balekane bohle ba rona ba bohahlaudi bakeng sa karolo ya bohlokwa eo ba e bapetseng ho kenyeletswa botsamaisi le basebetsi ba Jamaica Pegasus bakeng sa ho amohela Setsi sa rona sa Tshebetso sa Tshohanyetso sa Bohahlaudi,” ho boletse Letona Bartlett.
"Re na le mekhoa e metle ea bohahlauli e itokiselitseng likoluoa le tsamaiso ea maemo a tšohanyetso e ka sebetsanang le mefuta ena ea litšokelo. Ke thabile haholo hore ebe ha ho na tshenyo e itseng lekaleng la bohahlaudi la sehlekehlekeng sena le hore ditheo tsa rona tsa bohahlaudi tse kang dibaka tsa rona tsa bohahlaudi le dibaka tsa rona tse hohelang di sebetsa ka mokgwa oo di neng di tla etsa ka tlwaelo ka teng,” ho hlalositse Letona Bartlett. O hatelletse hore "Jamaica e buletsoe khoebo 'me ke khothaletsa batho ho tsoela pele ho etela sehlekehleke sa rona le ho thabela matsatsi a phomolo a ikhethang le a sa lebaleheng a ka fanoang ke Jamaica feela."
Ha a ntse a leboha hore Jamaica e ile ea pholosoa tlokotsing ea Leholiotsoana Matthew, Letona Bartlett o khothalelitse batho ba Jamaica ho boloka batho ba Haiti, Cuba le linaha tse ling tse kileng tsa angoa ke Matthew lithapelong tsa bona.
