Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i kēia lā (Sepatemaba 25) i ka wā o kahi haʻiʻōlelo a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kanu lāʻau, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Ministry of Tourism, kona mau hui lehulehu a me nā hoa mākaʻikaʻi, ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Excelsior, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Samuda: "E hui mākou i ʻekolu miliona mau kumulāʻau i manaʻo ʻia e Dekemaba. 31 o kēia makahiki - ʻekolu haneli kaukani lāʻau i ʻekolu mahina. E hoʻonui ana mākou i kā mākou hui ʻana a e hoʻolako ka ʻOihana Hoʻolāʻau i nā mea kanu no ka mea pono mākou e hana i kēlā pahuhopu. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā mākou hana hoʻihoʻi, loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻāpana e pāʻani ai. ʻO ia ke ala a mākou e hele ai e hoʻomaʻemaʻe iā Jamaica a ʻoi aku ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo.

ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kanu lāʻau a me ka hōʻike ʻana o ka haʻiʻōlelo he ʻāpana o nā hana i hoʻolālā ʻia e hōʻailona i ka Week Awareness Awareness 2023, e nānā ʻia ana mai Kepakemapa 24 - 30 ma lalo o ka United Nations World Tourism Organization.UNWTO) ke kumuhana no ka World Tourism Day (September 27) – “Tourism and Green Investments.” Ke ʻimi nei ke kumumanaʻo e hōʻike i ka pono e kālele i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā i nā kānaka, ka honua a me ka pōmaikaʻi.

ʻO ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Excelsior ʻo ia ke kula mua i hoʻokumu i kahi Tourism Action Club (TAC) i ka makahiki 1995 a ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa i kahi kumulāʻau evergreen i kanu ʻia ma ka puʻuwai o ka pā kula. Mālama ʻia nā TAC e ka Iāmeka Papa mākaʻikaʻi (JTB) a ke hana nei i nā kula kiʻekiʻe a me nā kula kiʻekiʻe ma ka mokupuni.

"Ma ke kanu ʻana i nā kumulāʻau, ʻoiai he ʻano liʻiliʻi, ke hāʻawi nei kēlā me kēia o mākou i ka hāʻawi mau loa i ka mālama ʻana i ka honua honua, kahi o ko mākou home honua."

"A e ʻae mai ʻoe iaʻu ʻo ka hana ʻana pēlā he mea pono e hoʻohaumia ʻia kou mau manamana lima no," wahi a ke Kakauolelo Paʻa ma ka Ministry of Tourism, ʻo Jennifer Griffith nāna i hāʻawi i nā aloha ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke Kuhina o ka Hoʻokele, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

"Makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i ka Ministry of Tourism no ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana ma Excelsior i kēia lā ma o ka hoʻolako ʻana i kahi lāʻau i hōʻailona o ka ulu ʻana, ka pōmaikaʻi a me ka hoʻomau," i hoʻohui ʻia ai ʻo Evan Thompson, Pelekikena o ka Excelsior High School Past Students Association, nāna i hoʻokipa i ka lāʻau. hoʻoikaika kanu ma lalo o kāna papahana kanu lāʻau e kū nei ma ke kula.

Ke hoʻomau nei ka Week Awareness Week me kahi hui ʻike Virtual i ka lā ʻapōpō (Sepatemaba 26), he Hui ʻOpio ma ka Pōʻakolu (Sepatemaba 27 - World Tourism Day) ma Montego Bay Convention Center a me kahi Visionary Symposium a me kahi papa hana ma ka Pōʻalima a me ka Pōʻalima (Sepatemaba 28 a me 29) , pakahi.

ʻIke ʻia ma ke kiʻi: Kuhina me ka ʻole o ka waihona i loko o ka Ministry of Economic Growth a me Job Creation me ke kuleana no ka wai, ka Environment and Climate Change, Sen. the Hon. Ua hui pū ʻia ʻo Matthew Samuda (2 hema, ʻaoʻao mua) e ke Kakauolelo Paʻa i ka Ministry of Tourism, ʻo Jennifer Griffith (3 ʻākau, lālani mua) i kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa kanu lāʻau ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Excelsior, ma ke ʻano he hana o ka Tourism Awareness Week 2023. Aia pū kekahi (LR, lālani ʻelua) Luna Hoʻokele o ka Hui Hoʻomohala Huakaʻi Huka (TPDCo) Wade Mars; Peresidena o ka Ahahui Haumana i hala, Evan Thompson; Luna Hoʻokele o ka Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Kauka Carey Wallace; Luna Hoʻokele Nui i ka Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson; Hope Luna Hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Peter Mullings; a me nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

"Makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i ka Ministry of Tourism no ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana ma Excelsior i kēia lā ma o ka hoʻolako ʻana i kahi lāʻau i hōʻailona o ka ulu ʻana, ka pōmaikaʻi a me ka hoʻomau," i hoʻohui ʻia ai ʻo Evan Thompson, Pelekikena o ka Excelsior High School Past Students Association, nāna i hoʻokipa i ka lāʻau. hoʻoikaika kanu ma lalo o kāna papahana kanu lāʻau e kū nei ma ke kula.
Matthew Samuda (2nd left, front row) is joined by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (3rd right, front row) in a tree planting exercise at the Excelsior High School, as a part of Tourism Awareness Week 2023 activities.
Excelsior High School was the first school to launch a Tourism Action Club (TAC) in 1995 and was the recipient of an evergreen tree planted in the heart of the campus.