ʻO ia ka pō o ka nani a me ka nani e like me ka ? ecia ua hāʻawi ʻia ka poʻe kuleana e hōʻike ana i ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe a me nā mea hou. Ua mālama ʻia ka 2019 Tourism Awards ma ka Makakai Resort ma ka Poaha Iulai 18 ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo, 'Celebrating Successes, Looking to a Bright and Sustainable Future.' Ua manaʻo ʻia ka manaʻo no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka kūleʻa o ka ʻoihana ma o ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a hāʻawi nui nā mea kuleana. Aia nā pae hoʻohanohano, "ka lōʻihi o ka lawelawe, ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe, nā pane (ma ka pūnaewele a i ʻole), nā manaʻo kūʻai kūʻokoʻa, nā ʻano ʻoihana hou a me nā haʻawina ʻē aʻe i ka ʻāpana.
Ua ʻike pū ʻia nō hoʻi i ka wā o ka ʻahaʻaina nā mea i loaʻa i ka People's Tourism Choice Award 2018 i koho ʻia mai nā koho i loaʻa e ka lehulehu i ka mahina ʻo Tourism Awareness Month i Nowemapa. Ua ʻae ʻia nā koho ʻana mai nā ʻāpana ʻewalu o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ka ʻaha kūkā, Kuhina no ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mokulele ʻo Hon. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku ʻo Kauka Clarice Modeste-Curwen i ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka makana a me nā mea kuleana ma ka laulā no kā lākou hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻoihana ma hope o ka hapalua miliona mau malihini kipa i loaʻa i ka makahiki i hala. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ma luna o ka ulu nui o ka makahiki i hala, a hiki i Mei 2019, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka piʻi ʻana he 4.96% no ka hiki ʻana mai o ka noho ʻana aʻo nā moku holo moku a me nā moku moku ma ka ʻaoʻao maikaʻi o ka ulu ʻana. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻomau ʻia kēia ulu me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o kēlā me kēia kanaka i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me ko mākou poʻe.
ʻO Neil Walters ka mea nāna i hoʻopuka i ka ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi. Walters. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻolālā e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea kuleana mai nā ʻāpana he nui o ka ʻoihana. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia no ka makemake o nā malihini i nā ʻike ʻokoʻa mai ko lākou ʻāina, "Ua wehe ʻia kahi palena hou a ʻo ka palena wale nō ko mākou noʻonoʻo i ke kaʻina o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ko mākou ʻano ola maʻamau i ʻike a mākou e kaʻana like me nā malihini i ko mākou mau kahakai."
He Kuhina Nui Hon. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Gregory Bowen i ke koʻikoʻi o ka ʻoihana i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Grenada e ʻōlelo ana, "Inā e noʻonoʻo kekahi i ka hāʻawi pololei ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma o nā kumu e like me nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale noho, i ka GDP o kēia ʻāina, ʻo ia ka 6%. Eia naʻe, hoʻomaopopo mākou i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ai mākou i nā loulou a me nā haʻawina kūʻokoʻa, piʻi kēlā helu i 23.3%. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia. No laila, ke hana nei ke aupuni ma o ka Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation e hoʻonui i nā pono mai kēia ʻoihana.
ʻO Sir Royston Hopkin KCMG ka Luna Hoʻokele o ke kahakai ʻo Spice Island i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka makana Special Achievement a ke Kuhina. ʻO nā haʻawina a Sir Royston i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻoi aku ma mua o 3 mau makahiki a hoʻomau a hiki i kēia manawa a ua kūkulu ʻo ia me kona ʻohana i ka brand Spice i kahi hōʻailona makamae i ʻike ʻia i ka honua. Ua ʻae ʻo Sir Royston me ka lokomaikaʻi a paipai i nā kamaʻāina e hoʻopukapuka kālā i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā huahana maikaʻi a me nā makana.
Eia ka papa inoa o nā mea i loaʻa.
Nā makana koho mākaʻikaʻi kanaka:
Allison Caton, Kaʻahele Mokupuni o nā Kai
ʻEsetera Boca, Hale Paʻa ʻo ʻEsetera (Ka meaʻai a me ka mea inu)
ʻO Christopher Mc Donald, (Alakaʻi Kaʻahele) – Kaʻi Karipiano Horizons
Nā makana a ke Kuhina:
Meaʻai a me ka mea inu-Bogles Roundhouse Restaurant, Carriacou
ʻAhahui Kaʻa Kaʻa Lahui
Noho- Petite Anse Hotel
Hoʻokalakupua a me ka Leʻaleʻa - SPECTO, Ka Huka Honu Hunu ʻili
Nā hanana- ʻO Spice Island Billfish Tournament
Nā mea hoʻonanea- Belmont Estate
Kaʻahele Kaʻahele- Kaʻi Karipiano Horizons
Poʻokela hoʻomau- True Blue Bay Boutique Resort
Hoʻolālā ʻoihana holo moku - George F. Huggins & Co. Gda Ltd.
Kaiāulu Mākaʻikaʻi – Mt. Moritz Breakfast
Makana Hoʻokō Kūikawā-Sir Royston Hopkin KCMG
