SARAJEVO, BOSNIA A ME HERZEGOVINA - Ma Iulai 1, 2008, whl.travel, ka pūnaewele puni honua o nā pūnaewele huakaʻi e mālama ana i nā huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa a kuleana, ua hōʻea i kahi kūlana hou. Ua hoʻolaha kūkala ʻo ia i ka wehe ʻia ʻana o kāna puka huakaʻi 100th, www.sarajevo-travel.ba, a hoʻokipa mua i kāna hoa hou hou, Green Visions, i ka ʻohana whl.travel.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo whl.travel i ka makahiki 2002 ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālike i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka International Finance Corporation (ʻo IFC kahi ʻāpana o ka World Bank Group) no ka lawe ʻana i nā hale noho liʻiliʻi a me nā mea hoʻolako huakaʻi i ka e-marketplace. Ma hope o ke ʻano o nā hoʻāʻo kūleʻa loa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Mekong, ma Asia Hikina Hema a me ka Pākīpika, ua wili ʻia ʻo whl.travel ma ke ʻano he hui kūʻokoʻa e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka holo ʻana o nā puka hoʻopaʻa inoa ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua. Aia i kēia manawa he 100 mau huakaʻi ma 52 mau ʻāina ma ʻelima mau ʻāina, e komo pū ana ma nā hoalauna Balkan o BiH. I nā mahina e hiki mai ana, e piʻi hou ana ka hoʻonui ʻana ma mua o 65 mau wahi hou e pili ana i 18 mau ʻāina hou.
Kū hoʻokahi i whl.travel kāna kumu hoʻohālikelike. whl.travel's pakanā pili, i kapa ʻia nā mākeke ʻoihana (MPO), lawelawe ma ke ʻano he ola ma ka pūnaewele i nā mea huakaʻi e ʻimi nei i kahi pilikino pilikino i nalo pinepine ʻia i nā lawelawe pūnaewele. Mālama pū nā MPO i nā waiwai nui i ka whl. Hōʻike ʻia kēia e ka nānā ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano huakaʻi leʻaleʻa a me nā loina e pili ana i ka huakaʻi, a hiki i kēia manawa. Eia nō naʻe, ke hoʻonui nei lākou i ke kumu o nā hoʻoholo i hoʻoholo ʻia e nā huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO Green Visions kahi MPO hoʻohālike. Mai kona hoʻokumu ʻana, ua hoʻokani ʻo Green Visions i ke alakaʻi i ka hana ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā hana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ecotourism ma BiH i hui pū ʻia me nā hana kūlohelohe maikaʻi. Manaʻo ʻo Green Visions he kī nui nā ala ʻē aʻe o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hoʻomau ʻana o ke ola mauna kuʻuna o BiH a me nā ʻōnaehana kaiaola e mālama ai. Mālama ʻo ia i ka ʻike kaiaola ma ke ʻano he mea nui i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau, ʻo ia ma ka ecotourism, mahiʻai organik, lāʻau lapaʻau, hana lima, ulu lāʻau, hana lāʻau, holoholona a i ʻole nā mea waiwai ʻē aʻe. No laila, ua kūpaʻa ʻo ia i nā loina kaiaola ʻoiai e ʻimi ana i kahi ala hoʻomau o ka ulu.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e kaʻana like ana ʻo Green Visions a me whl.travel i kahi waiwai maʻamau e pili ana nā ʻoihana kuleana a mahalo i nā mea kuleana āpau i ka hana ʻana i kāna huahana," wahi a Thierry Joubert, ka hoa hoʻokele o Green Visions. "He mau paionia mākou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hana kuleana a me ka ecotourism ma BiH. ʻO mākou kekahi o nā hui ma BiH e hāʻawi i nā hana hana a me ka moʻomeheu no ka huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou ma whl.travel e ʻae iā mākou e komo i kahi mākeke hou loa i loaʻa ʻole iā mākou ma mua. Manaʻo wau e hoʻonui nui ka whl.travel e-marketplace i kā mākou kūʻai aku a me ka noho ʻana ma ka pūnaewele.
"Ua hauʻoli wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o Green Visions i ko mākou hoa ma Sarajevo," wahi a Len Cordiner, Luna Nui o whl.travel. "He mau alakaʻi maoli lākou i ka wehe hou ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina a i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau. ʻO lākou nā hoa kūpono e hōʻike iā ʻoe i ke kūlanakauhale a me ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana o www.sarajevo-travel.ba i hana ʻia e ke kākoʻo mai IFC ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna Balkan Hotel Market Access Program, ʻo ia ka pahuhopu nui e hāʻawi i ka wehe ʻana o ka ʻāina Balkan i ka mākeke huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ka haʻawina kālā mai ka IFC Balkan Hotel Market Access Program i uhi i ka whl.travel pūnaewele hoʻonohonoho ʻōnaehana hoʻonohonoho koina a me nā uku mahina no ka manawa hoʻokahi makahiki.
"He kūlana maikaʻi loa ʻo Bosnia a me Herzegovina no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona kūlohelohe, nā wahi mōʻaukala a me kahi kokoke i ka EU," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Denis Mesihovic, ke alakaʻi o ka papahana IFC. “Hoʻopiha ka papahana ʻo Balkan Hotel Market Access Program o IFC i ka hoʻoikaika mau ʻana e huki i nā huakaʻi hele honua i Sarajevo ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lawelawe o whl.travel a me kā lākou hoa kūloko, Green Visions. E pōmaikaʻi nui kēia i nā hōkele liʻiliʻi a me nā hale hoʻokipa e hoʻonui i kā lākou pūnaewele ma ke komo ʻana i ka e-marketplace, kahi e hoʻonui ai i nā loaʻa kālā a me nā hana ma ka ʻāina.
Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻo ia ka manawa no Sarajevo a me ke koena o BiH e hoʻōla mai ke kaua Bosnia i hoʻomaka mai Malaki 1992 a Nowemapa 1995, i hoʻopau ʻia me ke kau inoa ʻana o ka ʻaelike Dayton ma Dekemaba 21, 1995. ʻO whl.travel pūnaewele kekahi o nā hōʻailona o ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka pōmaikaʻi.
"Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e kipa aku ai iā Sarajevo ma 2007 ma ke kono a ka IFC a ua hopu koke ʻia e ke kūlanakauhale," i hōʻoia ʻia ʻo Cordiner. "ʻOiai ka ʻike ʻike ʻia o ka hakakā i hala, ua paʻa ke kūlanakauhale i kona honua kahiko, ka nani o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko ma ke ʻano he ala ma waena o ka Hikina a me ke Komohana. Ke paipai nei au iā Sarajevo ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi pono e ʻike ʻia, a hauʻoli wau no ka hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma ka pūnaewele whl.travel ma ke ʻano he 100 o kā mākou huakaʻi. Makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka IFC no kā lākou kākoʻo ma Sarajevo a ma ka ʻāina maʻamau.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- It has understandably taken time for Sarajevo and the rest of BiH to recover from the Bosnian War that raged from March 1992 to November 1995, formally ending with the signing of the Dayton Agreement on December 21, 1995.
- Ba was made possible by support from IFC as part of its Balkan Hotel Market Access Program, the key objective of which is to contribute to the opening up of the Balkan region to the independent travelers market.
- Travel began in 2002 as a pilot model incubated by the International Finance Corporation (IFC is part of the World Bank Group) for bringing small- and medium-sized accommodation and tour providers into the e-marketplace.
