Ua wehe ʻia kahi kiʻi kiʻi kupanaha, ka mea hou loa i ka Downtown Kingston Art District, e ka Ministry of Tourism, ma ka World Tourism Day, Kepakemapa 27, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā hana e hōʻailona ai i ka Tourism Awareness Week (TAW) 2024. ʻO ka Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) a me Kingston Creative, ke kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Tourism and Peace: Out of Many, One Love," he hōʻike ikaika ia o ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu waiwai o Jamaica a me ka hana hoʻohui o ka mākaʻikaʻi. Ua ola ka papahana e Sheldon Blake, me ke kōkua ʻana mai o Rohan Cargill, a he hōʻailona koʻikoʻi o ka pilina ma waena o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ka maluhia, a me ka hoʻololi moʻomeheu.
Hoʻolauleʻa ke kiʻi kiʻi, aia ma Peters Lane ʻO ko Jamaica mākaʻikaʻi ʻoihana ma ka hōʻikeʻike ʻana i nā mea mele o ka mokupuni, nā huaʻai, nā mea kūʻai aku, a me nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana, e like me Devon House a me ka rafting ma Rio Grande. ʻAʻole ia he ʻōlelo noʻeau wale nō akā he mea hoʻomanaʻo hoʻi i ke kūpaʻa o ka lāhui, ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka maluhia, a me ke kuleana koʻikoʻi a ka mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻoikaika ai i ka ʻike ma waena o nā moʻomeheu.
ʻO ka wehe ʻana o ka mural ka hanana penultimate o TAW 2024, i holo mai Kepakemapa 22-28, ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo "Tourism and Peace: Out of Many, One Love."
I loko o kāna ʻōlelo i heluhelu ʻia e ke Kakauolelo Paʻa, ʻo Jennifer Griffith, Kuhina o ka huakaʻi, Hon. Ua hōʻike ʻo Edmund Bartlett i ke kiʻi kiʻi i hōʻike ʻia i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi holomua o Jamaica. "Ua lōʻihi ka ikaika o ka mākaʻikaʻi no ka maikaʻi, ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā poʻe mai nā ʻano like ʻole o ke ola, ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ʻike, a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi kaiapuni kahi e ulu ai ka maluhia ma o ka mahalo a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka moʻomeheu," wahi a ke Kuhina.
"ʻO ka mural a mākou e wehe nei i kēia lā, he hōʻike ʻike ia o ke ʻano o ka hui ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi iā mākou - ka wāwahi ʻana i nā pale, hoʻōla hoʻokaʻawale, a hoʻolauleʻa i ka nani o kā mākou ʻokoʻa."
Ua hoʻokūpaʻa pū ke Kuhina ua hoʻokipa ʻo Jamaica i ʻekolu miliona mau huakaʻi a me nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi a hiki i kēia makahiki, e loaʻa ana ma kahi o US $ 3 biliona kālā.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia i ke kūpaʻa o ka ʻāpana i ke alo o nā pilikia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett: "ʻOiai nā pilikia like ʻole e pili ana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi US, ka makani ʻino Beryl, a me ka paʻa ʻana o ka mokulele, aia mākou ma mua o ka hana o ka makahiki i hala a ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ke ala e hoʻokō ai i kā mākou pahuhopu o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i 5 miliona mau malihini kipa a me US $ 5 biliona ma ka loaʻa kālā. i ka makahiki 2025. ʻO kēia kūpaʻa, ʻo kēia hiki ke hoʻihoʻi i hope, ʻo ia ka hōʻoia o ko mākou hoʻolaʻa a me ka waiwai a mākou e kau ai i kā mākou huahana huakaʻi. ʻAʻole ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi he mea hoʻokele waiwai; he alahaka ia i ka maluhia, ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana, a me ka laulima.
Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Wade Mars, Luna Hoʻokele o TPDCo, i kēia mau manaʻo, me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka pilina hohonu o ka mural i ko Kingston ʻike.
“ʻO kēia kiʻi kiʻi, i hana nani ʻia e Sheldon Blake akamai, he mea koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi, ʻoi loa ma Kingston, ka puʻuwai puʻuwai o ka mokupuni. he moʻomeheu moʻomeheu ia – kahi e hui pū ai ka moʻolelo waiwai o Jamaica, nā mele ikaika, a me nā hiʻohiʻona noʻeau. ʻO kahi kiʻi kiʻi o kēia ʻano, e hāpai ana i ka maluhia ma o ka mākaʻikaʻi, kahi hoʻohui kūpono loa i ka Downtown Kingston Art District, "wahi a Mars.
ʻO ka wehe ʻana o ka mural ma ka World Tourism Day, i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo honua "Tourism and Peace," he mea koʻikoʻi loa ia iā Kingston Creative, ka hui i hui pū me ka papahana. Ua hōʻike ka Hope Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Janet Crick i ka hauʻoli o Kingston Creative no ka hopena o ia mau hana kiʻi i ke kaiāulu. “Ua hauʻoli nui mākou ma Kingston Creative no ka hoʻohui ʻana o kēia mau kiʻi kiʻi i kēia wahi, e like me kā mākou i aʻo ai mai nā hōʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo o nā mea he nui, ua lawe mai i kahi manaʻo maikaʻi i ka poʻe e hele ana ma nā alanui. Manaʻolana mākou me ka hoʻohui ʻia ʻana o kēia kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi ʻo 'Tourism and Peace: Out of Many, One Love,' e loaʻa mai ai ke aloha he nui a ʻoi aku ka nui," wahi a Crick.
ʻIke ʻia ma ke kiʻi – (Ka wehe ʻana i ke kiʻi kiʻi) ʻO ke alakaʻi kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi, ʻo Sheldon Blake (ʻākau, 2nd row) hōʻike i kahi hiʻohiʻona nui o ka mural 'Tourism and Peace: Out of Many, One Love' i ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), ʻo Kauka Carey Wallace (ʻākau, lalani 3); Luna Hooko o Devon House, Georgia Robinson (waena, 1st row); Kakauolelo paʻa ma ke Kuhina o ka Mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Jennifer Griffith (waena, lālani ʻelua); Luna Hoʻokele o ka Hui Hoʻomohala Huakaʻi Kūʻai (TPDCo), Wade Mars (waena, lālani 2); ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā no ka Māhele ʻo Hagley Park, ʻo Waynette Strachan (hema, lālani 3) a me ka Hope Luna Hoʻokele o Kingston Creative, ʻo Janet Crick (hema, lālani 3). ʻO ka wehe ʻana o ka mural ka hanana penultimate o Tourism Awareness Week (TAW) 2, i holo mai Kepakemapa 2024-22, ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo "Tourism and Peace: Out of Many, One Love." - kiʻi mahalo ʻia e Jamaica Ministry of Tourism