Alain St.Ange, Peresidena o ka Papa Hoʻokipa ʻApelika a ʻo ke Kuhina mua no ka mākaʻikaʻi, nā mokulele kīwila, nā awa a me ka moana o Seychelles i hoʻopuka i kēia leka i kēia lā.

“Pono ka mākaʻikaʻi ma mua o kahi papahana alakaʻi ʻia e IMF; pono ia i ka nui a me ka kiko'ī o nā hui multinational, e like me ka UNWTO, e hui pū i ka hoʻōla."

ʻO nā ʻoihana hoʻokipa a me nā ʻoihana huakaʻi ka mea nui o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka honua. Hāʻawi lākou i nā hana no ka ʻaneʻane 300 miliona mau kānaka, kākoʻo i nā ʻohana he lehulehu, a ʻoi aku ka helu ma mua o 10 pakeneka o ka GDP honua. Ma hope o nā hopena weliweli o COVID-19 ma luna o kēia mau ʻoihana, keu hoʻi no nā moku mokupuni liʻiliʻi i hilinaʻi nui ʻia i ka mākaʻikaʻi, nui ka poʻe e ʻimi nei i ka mālamalama ma ka hopena o ke ana.

ʻO nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe a me nā nāwaliwali o nā ʻāina i hilinaʻi nui ʻia i kekahi ʻāpana a i ʻole ʻoihana no ka hana ʻana i ka waiwai hiki ʻole ke hoʻoliʻiliʻi. Eia nō naʻe, ke kūpaʻa o kēlā me kēia hoʻokele waiwai e ʻapo i nā hana mau, a hoʻokau i ka poʻe i waenakonu o kā lākou mau hana hoʻomohala, e hoʻokau i nā ʻāina nāwaliwali i kahi kūlana maikaʻi loa e loaʻa kahi maʻi ahulau e like me Covid-19, a hoʻi i hope.

ʻO kēia ka hihia no Seychelles ma hope o ka pilikia kālā a me ka hoʻokele waiwai i ka makahiki 2008. Eia nō naʻe, me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ke kaiāulu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia o COVID-19 ma Seychelles, kahi o ka mākaʻikaʻi ke kia o ka hoʻokele waiwai kūloko, a ʻaʻole mākaukau ka ʻōnaehana mālama olakino e hoʻoponopono pono i kahi maʻi kūloko, ke kūkulu hou ʻana a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ʻoihana. e koi aku i kahi papahana i alakaʻi ʻia e IMF; pono ia i kahi pūʻulu pili o nā hui multinational, e like me ka UNWTO, e hui pū i nā hana hoʻōla a hoʻokumu hou i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻi i ko lākou mau wāwae.

He manawa io no UNWTO nā lālā o ka lālā e hana i ka hapa nui o ko lākou lālā, a e pōmaikaʻi pololei mai ka Hui, i kēia wā koʻikoʻi. Ua hōʻike ʻo Covid-19 i ka pono nui o nā lāhui hilinaʻi mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o nā ʻāpana like ʻole no nā hopena ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻomau ka noʻonoʻo silo inā makemake mākou e puka lanakila no kā mākou huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.

Ke hele nei i mua, nā kulekele e kūkulu a paipai i ke kūpaʻa a me nā hana hoʻomohala hoʻomau pono e alakaʻi ʻia. Ke uwe aloha aku nei mākou iā 2020 a hoʻokipa i ka 2021, pono i nā wahi huakaʻi e komo i ka pono no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka mākaʻikaʻi i loko o ka hīnaʻi like e hoʻoulu hou i ka ulu waiwai a lawe mai i nā manawa kūpono e pono ai ka poʻe. ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana he kī no ka ulu waiwai a ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ke kaʻa e holo ai. Pono ka 'normal' hou e kāpae i kekahi hoʻāʻo e hoʻāʻo e rehash i ka mea ma kahi ma mua o Covid19. ʻO ka maloʻo ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi lawe pū me ia i ka hāneʻe o ka honua mokulele i ʻike ʻole ma mua.

Pono nā mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i alakaʻi alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi e alakaʻi i kēia ʻoihana ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka wā ma mua.

Ke makemake nei i kēlā me kēia i kahi makahiki hou palekana, olakino a holomua.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

However, with the recent confirmed community transmission of COVID-19 in Seychelles, where tourism is the pillar of the local economy, and the health care system ill- equipped to effectively deal with a local outbreak, the re-building and strengthening of the economy will require more than an IMF-led program.
As we bid farewell to 2020 and welcome in 2021, tourism destinations should embrace the need for putting development and tourism in the same basket to relaunch economic growth and bring needed employment opportunities for the people.
However, the resilience of any economy that embraces sustainable practices, and puts people at the centre of all their developmental efforts, shall place vulnerable countries in a much better position to contain a pandemic such as Covid-19, and bounce back.