Ua koho ʻia ʻo Seychelles e kahi ʻelele ikaika ma ka 39th ka paʻi o ka World Travel Market (WTM) Ladana. ʻO ka hanana i mālama ʻia ma mua o 3 mau lā mai ka lā ʻo Nowemapa 5-7, 2018 ma ExCeL ma Lākana, ua ʻike ʻia ke kū ʻana o ke Kuhina no ka Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi, Mokulele Mokulele, Ports a me ka Moana, Kuhina Didier Dogley a me ke Komikina Nui i ka United Kingdom, Derick. ʻO Ally, ma ke kū ʻana o Seychelles.
ʻO ka ʻelele a Seychelles kekahi o nā ʻelele o ka Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) alakaʻi ʻia e kāna Luna Nui, ʻo Sherin Francis. Ua hele pū ʻo ia me ka Luna Regional no ʻEulopa, Bernadette Willemin, Luna Hoʻokele no UK & ʻIlani, ʻo Christine Vel, Luna Hoʻokele ma ke keʻena UK, ʻo Eloise Vidot a me Executive Executive mai ke keʻena nui ʻo Winnie Elisa.
Umikūmākolu mau ʻoihana, e laʻa me, nā hōkele a me nā ʻoihana Hoʻohau Wahi (DMC) i hoʻonani i ke kū ʻana o Seychelles ma ka WTM o kēia makahiki.
ʻO nā hoa komo pū me 7 ° Hema. - Anna Butler-Payette & Ira Udwadia, Avani Seychelles Barbarons Resort & Spa - Mr Stephane Villar, Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort and Casino - Marcel Heid & Wendy Tan, Coco De Mer Hotel & Black Parrot Suites - Ash Behari, Nā Huakaʻi Huakaʻi ʻo Creole - ʻO Guillaume Albert, Eric Renard & Amanda Lang, ʻO Eden Bleu Hotel - Manuel Policarpo, Hilton Seychelles - Anthony Smith & Devi Pentamah, Kempinski Seychelles Resort - Rizwana Humayun, Maia Resort & Spa - Ferrucio Tirone, Masons Travel - Alan Mason, Amy Michel & Lenny Alvis, Savoy Seychelles Resort & Spa –Len Jackson, The H Resort Beau Vallon Beach - Isabelle Le Strat.
E like me kēlā me kēia Nowemapa, ma kahi o 51,500 nā loea ʻoihana huakaʻi huakaʻi, nā kuhina aupuni a me nā nūpepa o ka honua, i kū ma WTM Ladana e launa pūnaewele, kūkā a ʻike i ka manaʻo o nā ʻoihana a me nā loina hou.
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Kuhina Didier Dogley a me Luna Nui STB ʻo Mrs. Francis i ka manawa kūpono e alakaʻi i nā hālāwai like ʻole me nā ʻoihana kālepa huakaʻi.
Ua nīnauele ʻia kekahi mau hui ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe e like me ka nūhou ʻo BBC a me Sky i ke Kuhina Dogley lāua ʻo Mrs. Francis.
E kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hele ʻana o Seychelles i ka puka WTM o kēia makahiki, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Nui STB ʻo Mrs. Francis i ke kūlana hoʻonohonoho no ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻoiai ʻo WTM kekahi o nā hanana i hele nui ʻia i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi.
"Ma o ka WTM o kēia makahiki, ua ʻike mākou i ka nui o ka hoihoi e kūʻai aku iā Seychelles a pono mākou e hōʻoia ma ke ʻano he papa hoʻokipa mākou e hoʻoliʻiliʻi a hoʻomau i ka hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hana a kā mākou mau hoa. Kūleʻa nui ka mākeke i kēia manawa a hōʻike i ka hiki ke ulu hou. Eia nō naʻe, ke hoʻomau mau nei mākou i ka noʻonoʻo a me ka makaʻala i ka hoʻoweliweli hiki ke ʻike ʻia Brexit, "wahi a Mrs. Francis.
Ua haʻi aku ke alakaʻi o STB no UK & ʻIlani ʻo Christine Vel i kona ʻoluʻolu no STB e lilo i ʻāpana o ka hanana WTM Ladana; Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ke kakali nei ʻo ia i ka ulu ʻana o nā helu hōʻea mai UK a me Irelands ma 2019.
"ʻO ka United Kingdom ke kolu o nā mākeke alakaʻi no Seychelles a ua hala mua mākou i nā helu helu o ka 2017 holoʻokoʻa me 2 mau mahina e koe. Ua kākoʻo maikaʻi ʻia ka mākeke e ke kālepa huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa ma ke ʻano nui me ka hōʻea ʻana o ka lele kū ʻole wale e British Airways, i hoʻolauna ʻia i kēia makahiki. Ua kōkua nui kēia i ke ʻano nui me ka mākeke ʻohana, kahi a mākou e hoʻokau nui nei. Ke loaʻa nei kahi ʻelele ikaika e hele ana i kēia makana e hōʻike pū ana hoʻi i ka hoihoi a me ka makemake o ke kālepa e hoʻopukapuka i ka mākeke a me ka manawa kūpono e ulu ai i ka makahiki 2019, "wahi a Christine Vel.
I kēia lā ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo UK i ka ulu ʻana o 18% i ka hōʻea hoʻokipa ma Seychelles, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka wā like ma 2017.
Hoʻomaka ʻia ma 1980, ʻo WTM kekahi o nā hanana nui o ke ao holoʻokoʻa no ka ʻoihana huakaʻi. ʻO ka hanana kahi manawa kūpono loa ia no ka hōʻike ʻoihana ʻoihana i manaʻo ʻia no ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa.
