Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka mālama ʻana i ka International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, ka World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), ka mea e alakaʻi nei i ka hoʻolaha, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Pelekikena Costa Rican ʻo Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera ma ke ʻano he ʻelele kūikawā no kēia hana nui honua. ʻO nā hana i hoʻomohala ʻia e Costa Rica ma ke kahua o ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau a me kona kūlana honua a me ka wikiwiki i kēia kahua kekahi o nā kumu ma hope o ke koho ʻana.
Ua ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he laʻana o ka hoʻokau i ke kaiapuni, ʻo Costa Rica kahi home i 5% o nā mea ola honua. Hoʻohui ʻia, ʻoi aku ma mua o 25% o ka ʻāina o ka ʻāina i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e like me ka pale ʻana, a ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ka ʻāina i ka 100% me ka ikehu hou. ʻO kekahi o nā hana i hana nui ʻia e Costa Rica i hana ʻia i ka palapala hōʻoia no ka hoʻomau hoʻokipa. ʻO ka papahana, i hoʻolālā ʻia e ka Costa Rican Tourism Institute, hoʻokaʻawale a ʻokoʻa i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi e pili ana i kā lākou hana kaiapuni.
"ʻO kēia ʻike no Costa Rica ke hōʻike nei i ko mākou koʻikoʻi i kēia ʻoihana non-smokestack. Ua ʻae iā mākou e hoʻoikaika i kā mākou holo e paipai i nā wahine hou aku e alakaʻi i nā papahana hoʻokipa holomua no kā lākou hoʻokele waiwai, "i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, Pelekikena o ka Repubalika o Costa Rica.
"ʻO ka International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development he manawa kūʻokoʻa ia e hoʻolaha ai i ka hana maʻamau, akā e kahakaha pū i nā hana ma kēia kahua; a ʻo kā Costa Rica hāʻawi i ka hoʻomau honua ʻo ia kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa e hahai ai. Mahalo nui mākou iā Pelekikena Solís no kāna kākoʻo a alakaʻi ʻana i ka holomua ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he mea hana no ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau. UNWTO Kakauolelo Nui Taleb Rifai.
ʻO ka International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development Development kahi hōʻailona koʻikoʻi i ka Agenda 2030 a me ka holomua i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā Pahuhopu Hoʻolālā Pono, kahi e ʻike ʻia ai ka mahele mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he mea hana nui. Ke kuhi nei ke kiʻi o nā ʻelele kūikawā i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka nānā honua i ka International Year, a me ka hoʻokalakupua ʻana i ke kūpaʻa o nā alakaʻi a me nā pilikino koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hana hoʻomau i ka ʻaoʻao hoʻokipa.
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