Ke hoʻolaha nei ʻo Flanders, ka ʻāina o Belgium, i ka 100th anniversary o ke Kaua Nui ma World Travel Market 2012, ke alakaʻi alakaʻi honua no ka ʻoihana huakaʻi, me ka manaʻo o ka huki ʻana i 2 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i 4 mau makahiki.
ʻO nā māla o Flanders, a puni ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Ypres, ʻo ia ke kahua kaua nui i hakakā ʻia e nā Allies a me nā koa Kelemania mai ʻOkakopa 1914 a hiki i ka hopena o ke kaua i Nowemapa 1918.
A hiki i ka 17 miliona mau kānaka i make i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua 1, me 10 miliona mau pūʻali koa, me ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e hakakā nei ma nā ʻauwaha o Flanders.
Hoʻomaka hou ʻia ka In Flanders Fields Museum ma Ypres i Iune i kēia makahiki e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka poʻe i make a me ka 20 miliona i ʻeha; ma hope o ke kūkulu hou ʻana i 3 mau makahiki i pāpālua ʻia i ka nui.
Hōʻike pū ka hale hōʻikeʻike i ka mōʻaukala o nā māla kahi o nā poppies, i kēia manawa he hōʻailona o ka maluhia a me ka hoʻomanaʻo, nui a nānā i ka hopena o ke Kaua Nui, a me ka hopena i loaʻa i nā miliona o nā kānaka.
Wahi a ke alakaʻi o ka Tourism Flanders Project Leader of the Great War Centenary Veerle Viaene: “Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe he mamo a kekahi i hakakā ma Flanders nei, ke neʻe nui nei ka wahi no ka poʻe e kipa aku iā ia, a ua hoihoi nā malihini iā ia.
“Makemake mākou e haʻi i ka moʻolelo ma mua a ma hope; He nui nā moʻolelo like ʻole o nā koa a pau i hakakā a ola i ke kaua a me kā lākou wahine a me nā keiki i noho ma ka home.
"Makemake mākou e nānā i nā ʻano like ʻole i pili i ka poʻe e hakakā nei i ke kaua, ʻaʻole wale ka hopena o ka mōʻaukala a me ka pūʻali koa, akā ke ʻano o ka hopena i ko lākou olakino noʻonoʻo.
“Ke nānā pū nei mākou i nā ʻohana i noho ma ka ʻāina ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kaua a me kā lākou mea e hana ai e ola ai. Makemake mākou e haʻi i nā moʻolelo liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe a me ka hopena o ka hakakā ʻana iā lākou.
Ua hoʻohui hou ʻo Viaene, ʻo ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hou, War Horse, ua hoʻāla hou i ka hoihoi i ke Kaua Honua Mua, kahi kūlana e hoʻonui ʻia e HBO a me ka BBC e hiki mai ana i ka pāʻani ʻo Parade's End, kahi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ka wā o ke kaua.
Manaʻo ʻo Viaene e ʻike ka 100th anniversary o ke Kaua Nui i 2 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi e kipa aku i ka ʻāina Flanders Fields i ka manawa 4-makahiki, me ka hoʻonui nui ʻana i ka 350,000 mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki i kēia manawa.
ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, ke manaʻo nei ʻo Flanders e huki i kahi 1 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i ka ʻāina ma 2015, e lawe ana i ka huina i 7 miliona mau kānaka.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia e manaʻo ʻia nā mākaʻikaʻi mai kahi mamao aku e like me Australia a me New Zealand, nā ʻāina i hopu ʻia i ka hakakā ma muli o ko lākou pilina me UK, a me Kelemania, Farani, Pelekane, a me nā huakaʻi ʻē aʻe ʻEulopa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Veerle: "ʻO kēia ke kaua mua loa e lulu i ka honua, a ke manaʻo nei mākou e ʻike ʻia kona hopena honua i ka helu o nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe a mākou e manaʻo nei e hoʻokipa i nā huakaʻi."
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, ʻo ka hoʻoholo e hōʻike i ka lā makahiki ma WTM 2012 ke kākoʻo ʻia nei e kahi papahana marketing autumn i manaʻo ʻia i nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi a me nā ʻelele e pili ana i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, ʻoiai ua hele mua nā huakaʻi paʻi me nā mea hou aʻe i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā makahiki 2 e hiki mai ana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reed Travel Exhibitions Director World Travel Market, ʻo Simon Press: “Hiki i kēlā mau lā hoʻomanaʻo ke alakaʻi maoli i kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi, a me ke Kaua Honua I ka hapa nui o ka ʻike o ka lehulehu, he manawa kūpono e hopu ai.
"ʻIke wau e hāʻawi ʻo WTM i kahi ʻaha kūkā maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻokau ʻana i kēia leka a hoʻomaka i ke kaʻina hana o ke aʻo ʻana i ke kālepa e hōʻoia i kona kūleʻa."
