Me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe e-visa i Iune 2017, ua wehe ʻo ʻAitiopa i kona mau puka no nā malihini kipa ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Mai ia manawa mai, ua hoʻololi hou ka lawelawe e-visa i ka ʻike huakaʻi o ka poʻe malihini, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke komo ʻana i loko o ka ʻāina me ka lawelawe digitalized hiki ke loaʻa mai kēlā me kēia wahi o ka honua. Ke hoʻohana nei i ka lawelawe e-visa, ʻoi aku ka 200,000 poʻe mai 217 mau ʻāina i kipa iā ʻAitiopa a hiki i kēia manawa.
Kākoʻo ʻia e ke kākoʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku ma o ka leka uila, hiki i ka lawelawe e-Visa ke hoʻopaʻa i ka e-Visa ma lalo o 6 mau hola me kahi manawa huli pōkole ma ke kahua mokulele.
"ʻO ka mea nui i ka heluna o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i kipa aku i ʻAitiopa ma o ka lawelawe e-visa hiki mai ia he nūhou maikaʻi iā mākou a pau i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me ka huakaʻi," wahi a Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, Luna Nui o ka Pūʻulu. Hawaiian Airlines. "ʻO ka milestone 200,000 e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā malihini e hoʻohana nei i ka lawelawe ʻikepili. E lawe mai ana kēia i nā pono hou aʻe i ʻAitiopa e pili ana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka huakaʻi a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, kālepa a me ka hoʻopukapuka kālā i ka ʻāina.
Me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻoihana hui honua, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions (MICE), ʻo ka lawelawe e-visa e hāʻawi iā ʻAitiopia i mea e ʻohi ai i nā pono a ka ʻoihana.
ʻO ka hoʻohui lewa ʻo ʻAitiopa e hauʻoli nei ma ke ʻano he hub o Pūʻulu mokulele ʻo ʻAitiopa i hui pū ʻia me ka ulu ʻana o nā hōkele a me nā hale noho ma ka ʻāina e hoʻokiʻekiʻe hou aʻe ʻo ʻAitiopa ma ke ʻano he hub MICE i makemake ʻia.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hana nui ʻo ʻAitiopa i ka hana maʻalahi a me ka maʻalahi. Ma waho aʻe o ka lawelawe e-visa, leʻaleʻa nā huakaʻi lele ʻAitiopa i ka lawelawe maʻemaʻe a me ka hopena me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka polokalamu kelepona hou o ka mokulele.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “The milestone in the number of travelers who visited Ethiopia through the e-visa service comes as a good news to all of us in the tourism and travel industry,” says Mr.
- The air connectivity Ethiopia enjoys as the hub of Ethiopian Airlines Group coupled with the mushrooming of hotels and lodgings in the country will further elevate Ethiopia as a preferred MICE hub.
- “The 200,000 milestone is indicative of the fact that the number of visitors who use the digitized service is on the rise.