Hele ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Virgin Islands i ka Seatrade Cruise Global

Hoʻolauleʻa ka US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism i kekahi makahiki kūleʻa o ke komo ʻana i ka hōʻike kālepa makahiki ʻo Seatrade Cruise Global. ʻO Seatrade ka ʻoihana holo moku alakaʻi i ka hanana makahiki ʻoihana-i-ʻoihana, e hui pū ana i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea hoʻolako mai nā ʻāina 140 a ʻoi aku ma mua o 300 mau nūpepa honua.

ʻO Seatrade kekahi o nā hōʻike kālepa makahiki koʻikoʻi no ka US Virgin Islands ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻoihana holo moku he mea hoʻoikaika waiwai lōʻihi no nā mākaʻikaʻi i loko o ka ʻāina. I ka makahiki 2022, ua loaʻa iā St. Thomas ma mua o 1.6 miliona mau poʻe holo moku ma o kāna mau awa ʻelua a ke manaʻo nei he 200,000 mau mea holo holo moku hou i kēia makahiki. ʻO St Croix's Frederiksted Pier he 100,000 mau mea kaʻa i hele mai ma 2022 a ke manaʻo nei e piʻi aʻe he 80% i 2023. Aneane nā laina holo moku Karipiano nui e holo ana mai nā awa nui o US ua hoʻomaka hou i ke kuʻe ʻana ma St. ma kahi o 650,000 mau huakaʻi hou ma 2023.

Me ʻehā mau alakaʻi ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, ua komo ʻo Komisina Boschulte i ka papa kuhikuhi nui o ka hanana, i kapa ʻia ʻo "The State of Global Tourism: Forward Momentum, Catching Tailwinds," ka mea i hōʻike i nā ʻano koʻikoʻi a me nā hoʻomohala e kū mai ana mai ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, e komo pū ana. he tailwind nui e hiki mai ana mai ka emi ana o ka aie kāleka aie a me ka mahuahua o ka hoahu ana a na kanaka i keia manawa e makemake ai e lilo no ka huakai. ʻO nā panelists ʻē aʻe ʻo Jonathan Daniels, Luna Nui a me Port Director o Port Everglades; ʻO Terry Thornton, hope pelekikena kiʻekiʻe, hoʻomohala kālepa o Princess Cruises; Russell Benford, hope peresidena o na pili aupuni, o Amerika, no ka Royal Caribbean Group; a me Stephen Xuereb, ka luna hoʻokele nui, o Global Ports Holding a me ka luna nui o Valletta Cruise Port PLC.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Komisina Boschulte, "I ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi i Iune 2020, ua wehe ke Kiaʻāina a me ka hui olakino i ko mākou mau palena a kono i nā malihini e hoʻi, no laila ua ʻike ka USVI i ka noho ʻana o ka hōkele i kēlā manawa. Eia naʻe, ʻo kekahi o nā ʻokoʻa nui loa, ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā moku holo moku i heleuma no kā mākou hoʻokele hoʻokele waiwai no nā makahiki he mau makahiki. I kēia manawa, hauʻoli mākou i ka hōʻike ʻana ua hoʻi hou ka ʻoihana holo moku, a ke manaʻo ʻia nei ka nui o ka poʻe holo kaʻa e hiki i nā pae pre-Covid 2019 ma ka hopena o kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Boschulte, "ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ka 60% o ka Gross Domestic Product (GDP) no ka Teritori mokupuni ʻekolu no laila he nui kona hopena i ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa."

Kiaaina Bryan, Komisina Boschulte, ke Keʻena ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka Port Authority i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia mai ka Royal Caribbean Group's Russell Benford nāna i hōʻike i nā hoʻopukapuka hoʻolālā i loko o ka ʻoihana holo moana e hoʻopaʻa i ko lākou wahi i ka māhele mākeke hou. Ua hoʻopuka ka papa i nā hanana koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe i puka mai i ka maʻi maʻi, me ka hopena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā huakaʻi a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hui kūloko ma ka Caribbean. "Ke hana nei ka Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) i kahi hana koʻikoʻi no ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻokūkū ʻole ʻana o nā wahi i ka ʻāina," wahi a Boschulte. “ʻAʻole holo wale nā ​​moku i hoʻokahi huakaʻi ma kahi ʻāina akā i nā wahi he nui a no laila ʻo ka hana pū ʻana he mea nui i ka holomua o ka Caribbean. ʻO ka hui pū, ke hana nei mākou i nā hoʻoholo wikiwiki, loaʻa nā kūkākūkā hou aʻe, a me ka hana pū ʻana me kekahi, "wahi āna.

Ma ka hanana ʻehā lā, hui nā lālā e pani ana i ka 'Oihana Hoʻokele a me ka Virgin Islands Port Authority me nā ʻelele koʻikoʻi mai ka ʻoihana moku holo moku, nā mea kūʻai aku, a me nā media, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pilina hou a me ka hānai ʻana i nā poʻe kahiko e hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana i ke kūlana o ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi. awa i loko o ka Caribbean.