- Ke hana pū nei nā lālā lālā o ʻApelika Waena Hikina e kūʻai aku i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he bloc ma o ka hōʻikeʻike mākaʻikaʻi āpana āpana makahiki wale nō i hoʻokumu ʻia, e ʻimi ana e hoʻonui i ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e kipa ana i ka ʻāina ma hope o ka luku ʻia ʻana o ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19.
- ka Papa Hoʻokipa ʻApelika (ATB) ua komo i loko o ka hōʻike mua mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻāina no nā mokuʻāina lālā o ʻApelika Hikina.
- Ua hāʻawi ka luna o ka ATB ʻo Mr. Cuthbert Ncube i ka East African Regional Tourism Expo (EARTE) i pau i ka pule i hala ma hope o ʻekolu mau lā o ka ʻoihana.
ʻO Cuthbert Ncube, ka luna o ka ATB i hōʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka expo a ka East ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (EAC) lālā mokuʻāina ua hana i ka anuu kūpono i ke kumumanaʻo o ka papahana ʻApelika e ʻike ai iā EAC ma ke ʻano he bloc e hui pū ana i nā lima i kahi ala i hoʻohui ʻia a hoʻomohala maikaʻi ʻia e hoʻomohala i ka ʻApelika Huakaʻi.
ʻO ka East African Community (EAC) kahi hui kūloko o 6 Partner States: nā Republics o Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, ka United Republic of Tanzania, a me ka Republic of Uganda, me kona keʻena nui ma Arusha, Tanzania.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hana pū ana ʻo ATB me nā lālā EAC e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻomohala wikiwiki ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi āpana i ka poloka.
Ua wehe ʻo Pelekikena Zanzibar ʻo Kauka Hussein Mwinyi i kahi ahulau e hoʻōlapa i ka makahiki makahiki o ka East African Regional Tourism Expo (EARTE) e kaʻapuni i waena o kēlā me kēia lālā o ka EAC bloc.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Mwinyi he pono i nā mokuʻāina ʻo EAC e hōʻano hou a loiloi i nā kulekele e hoʻolohi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ia wahi no nā huahana mākaʻikaʻi like ʻole.
Ke wehe nei i kahi EARTE makahiki e wehe i nā ala hou i ka ʻāpana EAC a ʻimi i nā ala a me nā hoʻolālā hou e kūʻai aku i ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he wahi hoʻokahi, i ʻōlelo ʻo Mwinyi.
ʻO nā holoholona hihiu, nā hiʻohiʻona kūlohelohe e like me nā kuahiwi, kai a me nā kahakai, kūlohelohe, a me nā wahi mōʻaukala nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi alakaʻi e huki nei i ka hapa nui o nā malihini kipa a me nā ʻāina i ka ʻāpana EAC.
ʻO nā kaohi ʻana i ka huakaʻi a me ka visa, ka nele o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana ma waena o ka ʻāpana EAC e hoʻolohi nei i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi āpana.
Pono nā mokuʻāina ʻo EAC e hoʻi i kā lākou mau papa kiʻi no ka hoʻopakele ʻana i ka ʻāpana mākaʻikaʻi e ke ala wikiwiki i ka hopena o ka EAC Protocol on Tourism and Wildlife Management, e hoʻoikaika pū ana hoʻi i ka Classification o nā wahi hoʻokipa hoʻokipa, nā lālā o ka ʻAha ʻAha ʻAha ʻApelika Hikina ( Ua ʻōlelo ʻo EALA) i nā aupuni EAC.
ʻO ka nele o kahi hoʻonohonoho kūkaʻina hoʻonohonoho pono a hoʻopili ʻia no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi huakaʻi i loli nui i ka hoʻomohala huakaʻi āpana, ka hapa nui i ka wā pandemia COVID-19.
Ua ʻōlelo ke Kakauolelo Nui ʻo EAC, ʻo Kauka Peter Mathuki, ke piʻi mau nei nā mākaʻikaʻi honua i ka ʻāina ʻo EAC me ka nui o nā helu i kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina. Ke piʻi nei i ka 6.98 miliona ma 2019 ma mua o ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19.
ʻO ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻea ana i ka ʻāina ʻo EAC ua iho i lalo ma kahi o 67.7 pakeneka o ka makahiki i hala (2020) i kahi o 2.25 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi honua, e nalo ana i nā kālā he 4.8 biliona mai nā loaʻa huakaʻi.
Ua hoʻolālā ka ʻĀina ʻo EAC e hoʻohihi i 14 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi ma 2025 ma mua o ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19.
ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pūʻulu huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi he nui a me nā manawa kūpono hoʻokomo waiwai hoʻokipa a me nā mea hōʻeuʻeu, ka hakakā ʻana i ka lawaiʻa ʻana a me nā kālepa holoholona hihiu kūpono ʻole nā mea nui e pono ai no ka hoʻomohala huakaʻi kūloko, wahi a Dr. Mathuki.
ʻO ka laha ʻana o COVID-19 i hopena maikaʻi ʻole i nā pono o ka mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi me nā hana nui a me nā loaʻa kālā, ua hōʻino ʻia hoʻi nā hana mālama holoholona luhi ma muli o ka hoʻemi ʻia o nā uku i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai nā malihini e nā National Parks a me nā kahua hoʻoilina.
ʻO nā palena hele huakaʻi ma nā mākaʻikaʻi e hele ana i nā palena ʻo EAC ka mea i loli nui i ka mākaʻikaʻi palena ʻāina, a laila keakea nei i ka neʻe ʻana o nā mākaʻikaʻi kūloko a kūloko hoʻi mai ke komo ʻana i nā ʻāina kokoke, ka hapa nui o Kenya a me Tanzania e kaʻana like i nā wahi like.
I ka pane ʻana i ka maʻi ahulau, ua hoʻomohala ka EAC Secretariat i kahi Plan Recovery Tourism e alakaʻi i ka ʻāina i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā pae pre-pandemic.
Māhele nā lālā o ʻApelika Hikina i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā holoholona hihiu ma ke ʻano he kumuwaiwai maʻamau ma o ka neʻe ʻana o ka holoholo, nā mākaʻikaʻi, nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi, nā mokulele, a me nā mea nona nā hōkele.
ʻO Mount Kilimanjaro, ke kaiaolaola ʻo Serengeti, Mkomazi, a me Tsavo National Parks, nā kahakai o ka Moana ʻInikia, nā chimpanzee a me nā māla gorilla ma Western Tanzania, Rwanda, a me Uganda ke kī nui a alakaʻi i nā kumuwaiwai kūloko āpana i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma waena o nā mokuʻāina ʻo EAC.
Ua kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā ʻo EAC no nā mākaʻikaʻi a me nā holoholona hihiu ma 15 Iulaith i kēia makahiki, kahi EAC Regional Tourism Expo (EARTE) e hoʻokipa ʻia e nā mokuʻāina ʻoihana i kēlā me kēia manawa.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Tanzania e hoʻokipa i ka EARTE mua me ke kumuhana o ka "Paipai ʻana i ka Hōʻikeʻike Kūlana Hou no ka Hoʻohui Socio-economic Development." Ua pani ʻia ka Expo i ka pule i hala.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Pono nā mokuʻāina ʻo EAC e hoʻi i kā lākou mau papa kiʻi no ka hoʻopakele ʻana i ka ʻāpana mākaʻikaʻi e ke ala wikiwiki i ka hopena o ka EAC Protocol on Tourism and Wildlife Management, e hoʻoikaika pū ana hoʻi i ka Classification o nā wahi hoʻokipa hoʻokipa, nā lālā o ka ʻAha ʻAha ʻAha ʻApelika Hikina ( Ua ʻōlelo ʻo EALA) i nā aupuni EAC.
- Cuthbert Ncube, the ATB chairman expressed during the expo that the East African Community (EAC) member states have taken the right step towards the objectivity of the African agenda to see EAC as a bloc joining hands in an inclusive and well-coordinated approach to develop African Tourism.
- I ka pane ʻana i ka maʻi ahulau, ua hoʻomohala ka EAC Secretariat i kahi Plan Recovery Tourism e alakaʻi i ka ʻāina i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā pae pre-pandemic.
