Hoʻokahi Caribbean - ʻae nā poʻo āpana i ka hoʻolālā hoʻokipa hou

I ka neʻe ʻana e hoʻonui i kā lākou mau mākeke mākaʻikaʻi, kahi i hoʻoweliweli ʻia mai kahi pilikia mokulele e kū mai ana, ua ʻae nā poʻo o ke aupuni Caribbean Community (CARICOM) i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā hōʻailona 'One Caribbean'.

ʻO ka poʻe e pili ana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi kūloko e ʻimi ana i ka US $ 60 miliona e hoʻolaha i ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he wahi hoʻokipa i loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi o nā poʻo o ke aupuni CARICOM. ʻO nā poʻo, me ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Bruce Golding, i mālama i kā lākou hui makahiki ma Antigua i ka pule i hala.

Pepa apono

ʻO ka Caribbean Tourism Develop-ment Company, he lima o ka Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) a me ka Caribbean Hotel Association, ua haʻalele i ka hui ʻo CARICOM i ka Pōʻalima me kahi hōʻailona o ka ʻae ʻia e loaʻa kālā no ka hoʻolaha kūʻai kūʻai kūloko, e like me ka luna o CTO Allen Chastanet. .

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka Council on Trade and Economic Development Trade i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ke kauoha.

"E hāʻawi nā aupuni a me nā hōkele iā US $ 21 miliona, aʻo ke koena o ka Caribbean ākea a me ka ʻoihana holo moku e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohui i ka pōkole," wahi a Chastanet i ka The Sunday Gleaner.

Lobbying no ka loiloi hou

Ke noi aku nei nā kuhina mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina i ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (US) no ka loiloi hou ʻana i ka Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), nā haʻawina duty-free a me nā ʻaelike hoʻomaʻemaʻe mua.

ʻO ke kumu kūʻai hou e hiki mai ana i ka manawa e haʻalulu nei ka ʻāina mai ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hōʻea ʻana mai, ʻo ia ka 10 pakeneka ma kekahi mau hihia, ma muli o ka WHTI; nā mokulele e hōʻemi ana i ko lākou noho ʻana ma ʻaneʻi a koho i ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo kālā; a, ʻo nā ʻāina ma ka moana ʻĪnia a me Dubai e lawe ana i kahi hapa nui o kā mākou pai huakaʻi.

ʻAʻole like ʻole

Wahi a Senatoa Chastanet, ʻo ia ke kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka mokulele no St Lucia, ua hoʻonui ʻia nā pilikia ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole i hoʻololi ʻia ka Caribbean ma ke ʻano he mākeke kumu.

"Ke hele mai nei ka nui o ka ʻoihana mai ka mākeke hoʻokahi, ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nei ma muli o ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana."

ʻO ka hoʻolālā hou, i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, ʻo ia ke kuhikuhi i nā mākeke e kū mai ana o Brazil, Russia, India a me Kina, "ʻoiai ʻo ka hāʻule ʻana o ka United States, ke hana maikaʻi nei lākou".

Ma waho aʻe o ka ʻae ʻia e ʻimi i ka US 60 miliona mau kālā kūʻai, ua hāʻawi nā poʻo i ka ʻae i nā kuhina mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻohana i ka ʻike e hoʻolauna i ka ʻaha kūkā o ʻAmelika ma nā mea ʻekolu.

Hoʻopili lākou i ka wehe ʻana i ka ʻauhau haʻalele ʻo US $40 a nā malihini kipa US e uku nei e komo i ka ʻāina; nā alana dute-free o US$1,600 no ka poʻe malihini e komo ana i ka United States Virgin Islands a me Puerto Rico; a me ka hiki ke hoʻonui i nā ʻaelike hoʻomaʻemaʻe mua mai nā ʻāina ʻo Caribbean i ka US.

ʻO nā malihini e haʻalele ana i nā Bahamas a me nā ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika i ka Caribbean no ka ʻāina nui o ʻAmelika e hauʻoli nei i kahi hale hoʻomaʻemaʻe mua.

ʻOi aku ka koʻikoʻi o nā ʻaelike hoʻomaʻemaʻe mua i kēia manawa mai ka wā i hoʻopaʻa inoa ai ʻo ʻAmelika i ka ʻaelike o ka lani ākea me ʻEulopa, ka hopena i ka nui o ka ʻae ʻana i nā mokulele honua.

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