Ua mālama ʻia ka hālāwai kūkā ʻo Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) ma ka Pōʻahā, Malaki 28, 2019, ma ka Taj Hotels Resort ma Colombo i ke komo ʻana o 70 mau lunamakaʻāinana mai nā Travel Agencies me nā hale media ʻekolu.
ʻO ka hanana, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia me ke kākoʻo o ke keʻena o ke Komikina Nui no Seychelles ma Sri Lanka, ʻo Conrad Mederic, ua hiki ke kiʻi i kahi wai ikaika o nā ʻenekini kūpono.
Ua ukali ka hanana hou i kahi hana like e hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ke keʻena o ke Komikina kiʻekiʻe ʻo Seychelles ma Sri Lanka i Kepakemapa 2018, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka STB.
ʻO ka hanana 2018 i hana i kahi ʻike e pili ana i ka huakaʻi ma ka mākeke ʻo Sri Lankan, ua hoʻomau ʻia ka neʻe ʻana o ka Workshop STB o kēia makahiki i ka neʻe ʻana ma Seychelles ma ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka hui STB e kōkua ana i ka hanana i hui pū ʻia me Mrs. Amia Jovanovic – Desir, ka Luna Hoʻokele no India, Australia a me South East Asia a me Mrs. Elsie Sinon, ka Luna Hoʻolālā Senior no kēia mau ʻāina ʻelua mai ke keʻena nui.
I kāna mau ʻōlelo hoʻomaka i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hanana, ua haʻi ke Komikina Nui Conrad Mederic, ʻo Seychelles kahi wahi hou no nā ʻākena Sri Lankan, hāʻawi ka mākeke i nā manawa like ʻole no nā ʻoihana huakaʻi hele a me nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi.
"ʻO koʻu manaʻo nui he hiki nui nā lāhui ʻelua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka huakaʻi kūwaho a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o Sri Lanka a me Seychelles. ʻAʻole hiki i kā mākou ʻāpana hoʻokipa ke loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi mai ka hana like ākea akā ma ke ʻano he mau hoanoho e noho ana i ka wai kai like, pono mākou e ʻimi i ka moʻomeheu o kēlā me kēia, "wahi a ke Komisina Nui Conrad Mederic.
Ua hele a maʻalahi ʻo Mrs. Jovanovic-Desir ma o ka hōʻike, me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka poʻe i ka nānā ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona nui o ka hopena.
ʻO kāna hōʻike e pili ana i ka ʻike o ka manaʻo lana o ka mokupuni, nā ʻano ikaika o ka Seychelles, e hoʻonui ana i nā wahi like ʻole a me nā wahi hōkele no nā hoʻopaʻa kālā loaʻa ʻokoʻa no nā māhele mākeke huakaʻi a pau a me ka wehewehe ʻana i nā kikoʻī o kā mākou huakaʻi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i kā mākou nā hoʻokūkū kokoke.
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka pahuhopu o ka hale aʻoaʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hoa pili o Sri Lanka me ka ʻike ʻoi aku o ka maikaʻi pehea e kūʻai aku ai iā Seychelles a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka manaʻo noʻonoʻo ʻo Seychelles kahi huakaʻi paʻakikī e kūʻai aku.
Ua hoʻolako pū ʻia ka hanana i kahua no Sri Lankan Airline, ka mokulele hoʻokahi e lawelawe ana i ka mākeke me ʻekolu mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule, e hāʻawi i kahi hōʻike pōkole o kā lākou papahana no nā Seychelles.
Ma o kāna hōʻike ʻana, ua hāʻawi ʻo Mr. Pradeep Durairaj, ʻo Sri Lankan Airline Manager no ke kūʻai aku ʻana a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka Worldwide, i nā ʻike i ke kālepa ma nā pono o ke kāʻei ʻana i ka mākeke.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā lunamakaʻāinana e hōʻike nei he wahi hou kā Seychelles no lākou a ua hōʻike lākou i ka makemake nui e hoʻohui ia i kā lākou papa inoa mākaʻikaʻi ma hope o ka hoʻonui ʻana o kā lākou ʻike.
ʻO ka haʻi ʻōlelo e pili ana i nā manaʻo mai nā hoa kalepa, ʻo Mrs. Elsie Sinon, i ʻōlelo ʻia he wahi hoʻomaka maikaʻi loa ke kahua aʻo e hoʻowalewale i nā hoa o Lankan e hoʻonui i ko lākou ʻike i ka hopena.
"Ua hoʻolako ka hui i ka manawa nui a me nā hana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia hanana, ʻo Seychelles kahi wahi kikoʻī he mea nui ia iā mākou e kau i kēia kau aʻo no kā mākou mau hoa ma Sri Lanka. Ua lōʻihi mākou e hoʻokō i kēia papahana; a i ka hopena o ka lā, ua waiwai nā mea āpau. I kēia manawa ke kaʻa nei ke kinipōpō, makemake wau e noi e kālepa e hui pū me mākou e pahu i kēia mākeke. "
I ka pau ʻana o ka lā, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi ʻaha hāʻawi makana e ʻike ai i nā ʻākena i komo i ka papa hana mua ma ka makahiki 2018. Ua hāʻawi aku ʻo STB i kahi mea lanakila lanakila ma Seychelles no hoʻokahi kanaka i hui pū ʻia me nā lawelawe ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ua kākoʻo ʻo Sri Lankan Airlines i hoʻokahi likiki hoʻi. Ua hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻelele laki ʻelua i kahi ʻōmole o Takamaka Rum.
Eia kekahi, ua loaʻa i kēlā me kēia lunamakaʻāinana kahi makana me ka inoa ʻo Seychelles a me nā pepelu hoʻolaha lehulehu e like me ke kope o ka papa inoa o nā kamaʻāina holoʻokoʻa, Destination Management Company, (DMC) ma Seychelles.
Ma hope o ka hālāwai hoʻolauleʻa, ua hoʻokipa ʻia nā ʻākena i kahi hanana pūnaewele kahi a lākou i hauʻoli ai e hoʻāʻo i kahi kokua liʻiliʻi i hana ʻia mai nā rum kūloko mai Seychelles a me nā ʻāpana maiʻa, a ukali ʻia e nā mele palupalu o kekahi mea pena kiʻi kūloko.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Mrs. Jovanovic-Desir i kona ʻoluʻolu i ka hopena maikaʻi o ka papa hana mua. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia i ka mea nui loa ma o ka hana a STB i hoʻokele ai i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma luna o 70 mau ʻākena a hāʻawi iā lākou i kekahi mau pono hana e hoʻokuʻikuʻi aku i nā kūʻai aku a me nā koi iā Seychelles.
ʻO Ms Nithitha Subramanian, Luna Hoʻokele Huakaʻi - Outbound, o Travel Data Tours & Travels a me ka mea i komo i ka hanana i hōʻoia ua lawe mai ka hui STB iā Seychelles kokoke iā lākou a ma o ka hōʻike, manaʻo lākou aia lākou ma Seychelles. Ua hoʻohiki lākou he hoihoi nui lākou e hana pū me ke kālepa Seychelles a e hoʻokau aku i nā kūʻai aku a me nā hoihoi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO kāna hōʻike e pili ana i ka ʻike o ka manaʻo lana o ka mokupuni, nā ʻano ikaika o ka Seychelles, e hoʻonui ana i nā wahi like ʻole a me nā wahi hōkele no nā hoʻopaʻa kālā loaʻa ʻokoʻa no nā māhele mākeke huakaʻi a pau a me ka wehewehe ʻana i nā kikoʻī o kā mākou huakaʻi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i kā mākou nā hoʻokūkū kokoke.
- Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka pahuhopu o ka hale aʻoaʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hoa pili o Sri Lanka me ka ʻike ʻoi aku o ka maikaʻi pehea e kūʻai aku ai iā Seychelles a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka manaʻo noʻonoʻo ʻo Seychelles kahi huakaʻi paʻakikī e kūʻai aku.
- The 2018 event having created some awareness of the destination on the Sri Lankan market, this year's STB workshop continued the movement in the positioning the Seychelles on the territory.