O le Minisita o Bartlett na faaulufaleina i le Global Travel Hall of Fame

O le Minisita o Turisi a Jamaica, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, ananafi (Aperila 28) na auai i se vaega faʻaaloalogia o tagata maualuluga ausia i totonu o femalagaaiga faʻavaomalo ma fale talimalo, faʻatasi ai ma lona faʻaulufaleina i totonu o le Global Travel Hall of Fame.

O le Global Travel Hall of Fame, sa taʻua muamua o le British Travel and Hospitality Hall of Fame, "e amanaʻia ai tagata sili ona ausia i vaega femalagaaʻi, talimalo, turisi ma taimi paganoa." O i latou na fa'aulufaleina o lo'o viia fo'i e le gata na latou "ausia le tulaga manuia o pisinisi ae na fa'aosofia ai fo'i ma fa'atamaia i latou o lo'o siomia ai i latou." Minisita Bartlett o le uluai ta'ita'i turisi Karipiane ua maua lea fa'ailoga.

O le sauniga fa'aulufaleina fa'apitoa sa faia i le The Chesterfield Hotel i Lonetona. O le British Travel and Hospitality Hall of Fame na mauaina e Jacobs Media Group i le 2014. Peitaʻi, o le mea na tupu mulimuli ane faʻamalosia e malolo i le taimi o le faʻamaʻi COVID-19 ma mulimuli ane toe faʻaigoaina.

Fai mai le Minisita o Bartlett, na "faamaualaloina o ia i le aloaia" lea na mulimuli mai i le tele o isi faailoga o pisinisi i le lalolagi atoa na tuuina atu ia te ia.

“Ose aafiaga fa’amaualaloina le amana’iaina i lea tulaga ma le fa’aaofia ai o se sui o se vaega fa’aaloalo, ae sili atu ona e le gata ina iloa ai lo’u lava sao i le vaega, ae o le mea moni e faapea. E tulaga ese Jamaica o se faʻataʻitaʻiga sili o mea e mafai ona ausia i turisi," o le faʻaaliga lea a le Minisita Bartlett.

Ua ia tuuina atu foi le faamalo i le vaega o loo ia taitaia i le Matagaluega o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa mai Fafo ma ana faalapotopotoga a le malo, ma faamatalaina ai tagata o le aufaipisinisi "e matua tuuto ma galulue malosi tagata faigaluega lautele e talisapaia le taua o mea latou te faia i le manuia o turisi ma lona sao taua i le tamaoaiga o Jamaica.” Sa viia foi e le Minisita o Bartlett paaga a turisi i le motu atoa mo lo latou sao ma le lagolago o ni paaga i le atinaeina o le vaega i le tele o tausaga.

O fa'ailoga a Minisita Bartlett e aofia ai le fa'aigoaina o le Caribbean's Leading Personality for Outstanding Services to Tourism i le 23rd World Travel Awards i le 2016 ma le Caribbean Tourism Minister of the Year i le Caribbean Travel Awards i le 2017.

O le tausaga e 2018 na fa’aigoaina ai e le Asosi a Tusitala Femalaga’iga a le Pasefika (PATWA) ia Mr. Bartlett o le Minisita o le Tausaga mo Turisi Fa’aauau. I le 2019 na tauaaoina ai o ia i le TRAVVY Awards inaugural Chairman's Award for Global Tourism Innovation mo le atinaʻeina o le Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center (GTRCMC). Na ia mauaina foʻi le faʻailoga lauiloa a Gusi Peace mai le Gusi Foundation i le 2020.

I le amataga o lenei masina, na taʻua ai foi le Minisita o Bartlett i le 50 o ata o femalagaaiga ma tagata tafafao maimoa "o loʻo faʻafouina ma faia ni faʻailoga fou i femalagaaiga, vaalele, tagata tafafao maimoa, talimalo ma vaega faʻatasi."

I lalo o lana taʻitaʻiga, ua vaʻaia e Jamaica lona taua tele pisinisi turisi ua toe foʻi mai le faʻaleagaina o le faʻamaʻi COVID-19 ma agai atu i le faʻatusatusaina o faʻamaumauga aʻo leʻi oʻo i le faʻamaʻi mo tagata taunuu mai ma tupe maua.