ʻO kēia i ka wā o kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa Hebedoma Hoike Makaikai Hui Pūʻulu ʻŌpio, i mālama ʻia i nehinei (Sepatemaba 28) ma Montego Bay Convention Center, St. James. Nui ka poʻe i hōʻike i kā lākou kākoʻo no ka mākaʻikaʻi a ua hōʻike i ko lākou makemake e komo hou i ke kaʻina hana o "Rethinking Tourism," ʻo ia ke kumuhana o ka pule.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka Hui ʻOpio ma ke ʻano o nā hana e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka Week Awareness Week (TAW) 2022, e holo ana mai Kepakemapa 25 - ʻOkakopa 1. he nui o na mea e pili ana i ka oihana no kekahi hanana pili kahi i paa ai lakou ma kekahi o na kukakuka papa ekolu, e hoike ana i ko lakou mau manao ma ka: "The Tourism We Want: Youth Response."
ʻO ka poʻe ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo loa a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā panelists, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Junior Minister of Tourism, Sanecia Taylor; lanakila o ka Iāmeka ʻO ka Papa mākaʻikaʻi (JTB) Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Tourism Essay competition, Theondra Hamilton a me ke Kakauolelo o ke Kulanui o West Indies (UWI) Tourism Society, Britanie Hanson, me Xavier McFarlane ma ke ʻano he moderator.
Ua ʻimi nā kūkākūkā papa ʻē aʻe: "Nā manawa no nā hana kuʻuna ʻole i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi" me ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Hui Hoʻohui Kūʻai, ʻo Carolyn McDonald-Riley a me ka mea kālepa ʻo Ashley Rousseau, i hoʻoponopono ʻia e Joel Nomdarkham, a: Ke koena ʻoiaʻiʻo" me nā hōʻike a Kris DaCosta, Digital Marketing Manager, JTB; ʻO Fabian Brown, Luna Hoʻokele, Internal Organization a me Corporate Social Responsibility, Bahia Principe a me Tourism Entrepreneur a me ka mea pena mele kaulana, ʻo Jeffrey "Agent Sacco" Campbell.
Me ka nui o nā manaʻo i hāpai ʻia e ka poʻe ʻōpio, ʻo ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Carey Wallace, ua hauʻoli nui ʻo ia i ka huli ʻana o nā hui ʻoihana Tourism.
"Ua hauʻoli wau i ka nani o nā pane a me kā lākou kūpaʻa i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia he "mea nui ke komo ʻana i kēlā hanauna."
Manaʻo ʻo ia he ʻaha kūkā o ia ʻano hana e wehe i nā manaʻo o ka poʻe ʻōpio a hāʻawi iā lākou i ka ʻike nui aʻe i ka nui o nā manawa kuʻuna a me nā mea kuʻuna ʻole i ka mea i lilo i ʻoihana alakaʻi o ka honua a "hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi iā lākou i ka maikaʻi o ke ola."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Wallace: "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou he pono e hoʻonui i nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e puka mai ana mai waena mai o ko mākou poʻe ponoʻī, a me nā luna hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi, nā lālā hui, nā loea culinary no ka mea he nui nā manawa kūpono." Ua manaʻo ʻo ia e ʻike mau ana ka awelika Jamaican i nā manawa mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he bartender a kahu hale paha, "me ka ʻike ʻole he nui nā manawa ʻoihana ʻē aʻe i hana ʻia e ka ʻoihana."
Ua kākoʻo ʻia kona manaʻo e Mrs. McDonald-Riley nāna i hoʻoikaika i ka pono o nā poʻe ʻoihana e pōmaikaʻi pololei ana mai ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e kaʻana like i kā lākou mau moʻolelo kūleʻa, i hiki ai i nā ʻōpio ke hoʻoikaika e komo i nā wahi e pono ai.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Dr. Wallace, no kahi ʻoihana e loaʻa ana he $ 4.2 biliona kālā, "ʻoiaʻiʻo aia nā manawa a i ʻole mākou poʻe Jamaica e pōmaikaʻi mai ia mea" a me ka hapa nui e kūʻai aku ai i nā ʻāina ʻē, "manaʻo mākou hiki ke pani ʻia e nā huahana kūloko. nā lawelawe kūloko a me nā kālena kūloko. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia e hana ana ʻo TEF's Linkages Network e kūkulu i ka mana kūloko i kēia mau wahi "e hana i nā alahaka ma waena o ka ʻoihana huahana a me ka mākaʻikaʻi."
