Alakaʻi ʻia e Antigua a me Barbuda's Minister of Tourism and Investment, Hon. ʻO Charles "Max" Fernandez, Antigua a me Barbuda Aupuni nā luna i loko o New York City e komo ana i ka Caribbean Tourism Organization's (CTO) Caribbean Week ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolaha i nā mea kūʻai aku, nā pāpāho a me nā kālepa huakaʻi. ʻO ka pule Caribbean ka mea nui loa, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana mākaʻikaʻi āpana āpana i ka mākeke US, a ʻumeʻume pinepine i nā tausani o nā mea komo.
ʻO Kuhina Fernandez, me Antigua a me Barbuda Tourism Authority's CEO, ʻo Mr. Colin James a me ka aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo, ʻo Shirlene Nibbs i hui pū me nā kuhina nui o Caribbean a me nā luna ʻoihana, nā pāpāho, nā alakaʻi o ka Caribbean Diaspora, nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi a me nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi Caribbean. a ʻimi i nā manawa kūpono e paipai a hoʻolaha i ka mākaʻikaʻi makaikai mai ʻAkau ʻAmelika a ʻoi aku.
Hōʻike ka hebedoma i nā manawa like ʻole no nā alakaʻi e hui like ma ke ʻano he wahi e hiki ai ke hoʻonui i nā ikaika i hoʻohui ʻia e hoʻonui i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma kahi āpana a me ka pae honua.
ʻO nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kalepa kālepa ʻo ia ka Caribbean Media Marketplace, kahi i launa pū ai ka ʻelele Antigua a me Barbuda a me ka hui ʻo New York me nā lālā he 100 o ka pāpāho, kālepa huakaʻi a me nā mīkini. Ua hōʻano hou aku ʻo Kuhina Fernandez i nā paʻi alakaʻi ʻē aʻe me nā nūhou maikaʻi ʻo Antigua lāua ʻo Barbuda e kaʻana like pū me nā hoʻohou hoihoi no ka mokupuni me ka hoʻonui nui ʻana o ka ea a me ka wehe ʻana o ka waiwai.
ʻO nā hanana hou e pili ana i nā hanana kūlana kiʻekiʻe e komo i ka Caribbean Diaspora; kahi e waiho ai nā manawa kūpono no ka mākaʻikaʻi; he aha nā lālā o ka Diaspora e hāʻawi ai; a pehea e hoʻonui ʻia ai ka waiwai o ka moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻoilina o ka ʻāina no nā lālā o ka Diaspora a hele i ka ʻāina. ʻO kahi hālāwai pāʻoihana kūleʻa i hana ʻia e ke Kuhina me ka mea koho Academy Award a me ka lanakila ʻo Golden Globe, ʻo Angela Bassett. ʻO ka lanakila ʻo Emmy, ma hope o kāna kūlana alakaʻi i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni kūleʻa, "Black Panther," aia ma New York e hui me ke Kuhina a me kāna ʻelele e ʻimi i nā manawa e hoʻolaha ai iā Antigua a me Barbuda ma o nā hui like ʻole. Ua kono ke Kuhina iā Ms. Bassett e kipa, a ua ʻoliʻoli ʻo ia a e hana ʻo ia ke hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna papa hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni i kēia manawa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Fernandez: "Hāʻawi ka Caribbean Week i ka manawa kūpono kūpono i kā mākou mea e hoʻolohe nei: nā mea hoʻoikaika. Mai ka pāpāho i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā alakaʻi i kā mākou wahi i nā mea hoʻopukapuka, ua hana mākou a kaʻana like i ka moʻolelo maikaʻi o Antigua a me Barbuda, e hoʻonui ana i ka ʻike i kā mākou wahi i hele ai. Lana koʻu manaʻo e ʻike ana mākou i nā hopena maikaʻi mai ko mākou komo koke ʻana. ”
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Mr. James: "ʻO ka Caribbean Week kahi manawa kūpono nui e hui pū me ka mea kūʻai aku a me ka mākeke kālepa mai ʻAmelika Hema a ma ʻō aku e like me ke ʻano o ke kiʻekiʻe o ke alu like e hoʻonui i ka hopena a hoʻoikaika i nā pilina kūloko. Kūpono mākou ma o ka hana mau ʻana, e hoʻomau mākou e ʻike i ka ulu ʻana a hiki i Antigua lāua ʻo Barbuda e hōʻea i kahi hanana mākaʻikaʻi hou i ka hopena o ka makahiki.
