ʻO Wit Tuttell, ka Luna Hoʻokele o Visit North Carolina, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻokele Mokuʻāina Mokuʻāina o ka Makahiki no 2022.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo Tuttell ma ke ʻano he hanohano ma mua o 1,000 mau ʻoihana kūʻai huakaʻi huakaʻi ma ka hui hoʻonaʻauao makahiki ʻo US Travel Association for Tourism Organizations (ESTO), ka hui nui makahiki no nā alakaʻi huakaʻi a me nā alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi, i mālama ʻia i kēia makahiki ma Grand Rapids, MI. Na US Travel's National Council of State Tourism Directors—he kino e pani ana i nā keʻena mākaʻikaʻi kūhelu o nā mokuʻāina a me nā panalāʻau o US—e koho i ka makana i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma mua o ESTO.
Mai ka lawe ʻana i ka poʻokela o ka hui kūʻai huakaʻi huakaʻi o North Carolina i Nowemapa 2013, ua alakaʻi ʻo Tuttell i ka mokuʻāina ma o kahi manawa kupaianaha o ka ulu ʻana, nā hoʻolālā hana ʻenehana i kōkua iā North Carolina e lilo i hoʻokahi o nā mokuʻāina i kipa ʻia ma ka lāhui.
I loko o ka maʻi maʻi, ua hana mua ʻo Tuttell i ka kamaʻilio kūpono ma waena o nā kalana 100 o ka mokuʻāina, e hoʻokipa ana i kahi moʻolelo webinar e hoʻolako i nā hoa me nā ʻike koʻikoʻi a me nā kumuwaiwai e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻoikaika i nā hana hoʻōla i ko lākou mau kaiāulu.
Ua alakaʻi hou ʻo Tuttell iā Count On Me NC, kahi hoʻolālā olakino lehulehu - i hoʻokumu ʻia me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hui ʻoihana ʻē aʻe a me nā luna olakino olakino - i hāpai i nā hana huakaʻi palekana e kōkua i nā ʻoihana e wehe hou i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi. Ua ʻae ʻia ka papahana ma nā kalana a pau o ka mokuʻāina, e hōʻoia ana i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā leka olakino olakino.
"ʻAʻole hiki i North Carolinians ke noi i alakaʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e alakaʻi i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokuʻāina ma o nā pilikia o ka maʻi maʻi a hoʻi hou i ka ulu ʻana," wahi a waho. ʻAhahui Huakaʻi ʻAmelika Pelekikena a me Luna Nui ʻo Roger Dow. "He mea koʻikoʻi ke ala ikaika o Wit i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka huakaʻi no ka hōʻoia ʻana e hiki i nā ʻoihana ke wehe hou i ko lākou mau puka a hoʻokipa palekana i nā malihini i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Tar Heel.
“Ke ʻike nei ka makemake o Wit no North Carolina E kipa aku iā North CarolinaʻO nā hoʻolaha kālepa noʻonoʻo a me ka hoʻoikaika, e hōʻike ana i ka maikaʻi loa o ka ikaika o North Carolina, ka nani a me ka nani maoli, "hoʻohui ʻo Dow.
Ma hope o ka pivoting e hoʻolaha hou aku i nā ʻike huakaʻi pili ʻole i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi maʻi, ua hoʻohuli ʻo Tuttell i ka hui i ka hoʻolaha huakaʻi ʻoi aku ka ikaika i ka pūnāwai 2021 me kahi hoʻolaha hōʻailona multichannel hou, "E hoʻi i kahi wahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi." Ua hoʻoholo ka noiʻi ʻaoʻao ʻekolu i ka hoʻihoʻi nui ʻana o 32:1 i nā ʻauhau mokuʻāina a kūloko i hana ʻia no kēlā me kēia kālā o ka hoʻopukapuka media. E kipa aku iā NC hōʻike ua hoʻoikaika ka hoʻolaha i ka māhele mākeke o ka mokuʻāina, e kōkua ana iā ia e hoʻomau i kekahi o nā mokuʻāina kiʻekiʻe 5 i kipa nui ʻia ma 2021. "Ua hāʻawi ʻo Wit Tuttell i alakaʻi alakaʻi no kekahi o nā ʻoihana koʻikoʻi o kā mākou mokuʻāina," wahi a North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. . "Ua kōkua nā hana a Wit iā North Carolina e puka mai i ka maʻi maʻi me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hoʻolimalima home ma 2021 a ua lilo kāna alakaʻi i mea kōkua i ka hana ʻana o Outdoor NC me ka Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics. Mahalo au i ka hui pū ʻana o Wit a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻolilo i ko mākou mokuʻāina i wahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka noho ʻana, hana a kipa aku no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
ʻO Outdoor NC kahi hana hoʻomau i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka leʻaleʻa o nā wahi o waho me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hopena kaiaola.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Tuttell a me Visit NC i nā manawa he nui, e loaʻa ana i ka 2019 Mercury Award mai ka US Travel Association no ka Branding and Integrated Marketing a ʻelua i kapa ʻia ʻo State Tourism Office of the Year e ka Southeast Tourism Society. I ka makahiki 2021, ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Visit NC me kahi makana Mercury no kāna ʻōlelo hoʻolaha a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻāina, he ʻike i ka waiwai kūʻokoʻa a Tuttell a me kāna hui i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoa pili i waena o nā paʻakikī i ʻike ʻole ʻia.
He 30 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Tuttell a ua noho pū ʻo ia me North Carolina huakaʻi mai 2006. Ua hana mua ʻo ia no Universal Studios Florida a me ka Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc. Ua hāʻawi pū ʻo Tuttell i kona ʻike i ka US Travel Association's. papa alakaʻi a ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna o ka papa alakaʻi o Travel South USA.
Koho ʻia nā moho no ka Luna Hoʻokele Mokuʻāina o ka Makahiki e nā luna hoʻokele mokuʻāina a me nā teritore. Hōʻike ʻia kahi papa o ʻekolu mau mea hope i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ke koho ʻana ma ke koho balota.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Mai ka lawe ʻana i ka poʻokela o ka hui kūʻai huakaʻi huakaʻi o North Carolina i Nowemapa 2013, ua alakaʻi ʻo Tuttell i ka mokuʻāina ma o kahi manawa kupaianaha o ka ulu ʻana, nā hoʻolālā hana ʻenehana i kōkua iā North Carolina e lilo i hoʻokahi o nā mokuʻāina i kipa ʻia ma ka lāhui.
- Ma hope o ka pivoting e hoʻolaha hou aku i nā ʻike huakaʻi pili ʻole i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi maʻi, ua hoʻihoʻi ʻo Tuttell i ka hui i ka hoʻolaha huakaʻi ʻoi aku ka ikaika i ka pūnāwai 2021 me kahi hoʻolaha hōʻailona multichannel hou, "E hoʻi i kahi wahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
- Ua alakaʻi hou ʻo Tuttell i ka Count On Me NC, kahi hoʻolālā olakino lehulehu - i hoʻokumu ʻia me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hui ʻoihana ʻē aʻe a me nā luna olakino olakino - i hāpai i nā hana huakaʻi palekana e kōkua i nā ʻoihana e wehe hou i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi.