ʻO ka mokupuni ʻo Caribbean St. Maarten Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻohui ʻana i kāna papa inoa o nā kumu koʻikoʻi no ke kumu e noʻonoʻo ai nā mea kūʻai aku i ka wahi no kā lākou huakaʻi huakaʻi. Ke hoʻokiʻekiʻe nei ʻo ia i kekahi o nā protocols komo hoʻohana maʻalahi loa o ka ʻāina, ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻāina ʻo Dutch i ka lā 21 Pepeluali e hoʻomau ia me ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi hoʻololi i ka neʻe ʻana mai ka protocol maʻi maʻi i nā hoʻolālā endemic.

"ʻAʻole kēia he neʻe wikiwiki a ʻaʻole hoʻi e huikau me ka ʻoluʻolu e pili ana i ke kūlana. Ke hana nei mākou i ka hana maʻamau, e hana mākou pēlā ma ke ʻano palekana a me ke kuleana. Me nā helu hihia e haʻahaʻa ana, ua hana kā mākou mau protocol St. Maarten ʻO kekahi o nā wahi palekana loa e kipa aku ai i kēia lā, "wahi a Omar Ottley, ke Kuhina o ka Public Health, Social Development and Labor.

"He mea nui ka haʻi ʻana o COVID-19 i ka hopena o ko mākou mokupuni, a e hana mākou no nā mahina e hiki mai ana i nā kulekele paionia e hoʻomua i ke olakino o kēlā me kēia kanaka a ʻae i ka huakaʻi maʻalahi akā palekana i loko a i loko. St. Maarten. Manaʻo mākou ʻo ka hoʻolauna ʻana i kēia mau protocols hou e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻololi hou i ka maʻamau a me ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e hoʻokipa ana i ka nui o nā malihini kipa i ko mākou Friendly Island.

ʻO ka hana mua o ka hoʻolālā hoʻololi e hoʻomaka i ka lā 25 Pepeluali, ma ia manawa e hoʻolōʻihi ʻia nā hola ʻoihana a pau o ka pō i ka hola 3 am. ka poʻe i hoʻōla mai COVID-1 i nā mahina ʻeiwa (19) i hala, ʻaʻole koi ʻia e hōʻike i ka hōʻoia o kahi hoʻokolohua maikaʻi ʻole ma ka hōʻea ʻana. ʻO ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia, akā naʻe, pono lākou e hāʻawi i kahi hōʻike PCR maikaʻi ʻole i lawe ʻia 9 mau hola ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana a i ʻole kahi hoʻāʻo antigen i lawe ʻia 48 mau hola ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana. Pono nā huakaʻi a pau, me ka nānā ʻole i ke kūlana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, pono e hoʻopiha i kahi palapala hoʻonaʻauao olakino ma mua o 24 mau hola ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana.

"Ke noho nei mākou i ka lokahi e like me ka wā ma mua i kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻihoʻi hou iā St. Maarten ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi a hoʻihoʻi i kā mākou hanohano mākaʻikaʻi ma o ka hoʻololi ʻana i kā mākou kaʻina hana e hoʻokō i nā manaʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku a hāʻawi i kahi ʻike huakaʻi maʻalahi i ko mākou mokupuni aloha," wahi a Roger Lawrence , Kuhina o ka Mākaʻikaʻi, Hoʻokele waiwai, Transport & Telecommunication (TEATT). "Ke hoʻololi nei mākou i ka normalcy, e hoʻomau mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā hana palekana e hōʻoia i kahi wahi palekana a leʻaleʻa no ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina a me nā malihini i loko o ka manawa hoʻololi."

Wahi a ka St. Maarten Tourism Bureau, ke piʻi aʻe nei ka heluna o nā mokulele mokulele, e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. I Ianuali 2022, ua hoʻokipa ka huakaʻi ma kahi o 30,000 mau malihini kipa - he 39% hoʻonui i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā helu Ianuali 2019.

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This will be followed by a change in the entry requirements beginning March 1, with all travelers who are fully vaccinated, as well as those who have recovered from COVID-19 in the last nine (9) months, no longer being required to show proof of a negative test upon arrival.
“Declaring COVID-19 an endemic on our island is pivotal, and we will work for months to come to pioneer policies that prioritize everyone's health and simultaneously allow for easy yet safe travel to and within St.
Maarten as a leading destination and to restore our tourism prestige by adapting our processes to meet consumers' expectations and provide an easy travel experience to our beloved island,” said Roger Lawrence, Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport &.