Hoʻokipa ʻia ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo "Harnessing the Power of Heritage Tourism for Development in the Americas," e holo ana ka hālāwai kiʻekiʻe mai ʻApelila 3-4, 2025. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke Kuhina Bartlett e kamaʻilio i ka Inaugural Session ma ka Pōʻalima, ʻApelila 3 ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Chair of the Inter-American Council on Integral Development (CIDI), Ambassador Lou-Anne HE-General a me ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Lou-Anne ʻO Almagro.
Na Kuhina Bartlett kekahi e hoʻopuka i kahi hōʻike i manaʻo nui ʻia ma: Empowering Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs) ma ka Pōʻalima, ʻApelila 4. ʻO Jamaica i kēia manawa ka noho o ka OAS Inter-American Committee on Tourism (CITUR) i mahalo ʻia a hāʻawi ʻo ia i ke kūlana i kahi ʻāina i koho hou ʻia, e koho ʻia i ka wā o ka ʻaha kūkā.
ʻO ka huakaʻi a Kuhina Bartlett i Wakinekona DC e komo pū kekahi i kahi kamaʻilio haʻiʻōlelo kiʻekiʻe ma ke kula ʻo George Washington University School of Business, kahi e hōʻike ai ʻo ia i nā ʻike ma lalo o ke kumuhana: Tourism Unleashed: AI, People, and the Future of Global Resilience. Ua hoʻomaopopo ke kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi e pili ana ka hālāwai i nā hoʻololi hoʻololi i loko o ka māhele mākaʻikaʻi o Jamaica e alakaʻi ʻia e ka ʻenehana a me nā hana hoʻomohala kanaka hou e like me ka Jamaica Center for Tourism Innovation (JCTI), kahi mahele o ka Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF).
"Ua kaulana ʻo Jamaica no kā mākou moʻomeheu waiwai a me kā mākou hoʻoilina."
"ʻO ke komo ʻana i ka ʻaha kūkā o OAS e hāʻawi i kahi kahua koʻikoʻi e kūkākūkā ai i ka hiki o ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻoilina e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau a e hoʻoikaika i nā pilina ikaika me kā mākou mau hoa kūloko."
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Kuhina Bartlett, "Ma ka manawa like, ʻo kaʻu hana ma ke Kulanui ʻo George Washington e ʻae iā mākou e hōʻike i ka hoʻokō ʻana o Jamaica i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kā mākou kālā kanaka ma ke ʻano e pōmaikaʻi pono ai i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me ka ʻoihana ākea."
I ka wā o ka OAS Congress, e hui pū ʻo Kuhina Bartlett i nā alakaʻi mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika e ʻimi i nā hoʻolālā no ka leveraging. moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻoilina hoʻoilina e hoʻoikaika i ka ulu waiwai, mālama i nā kuʻuna, a hoʻoikaika i nā kaiāulu kūloko. E pili ana nā kūkākūkā i ka hana o ka hoʻoilina hoʻoilina i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hiki ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiaulu ma nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi a me nā mamo Afro.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Kuhina Bartlett e hoʻi i Jamaica i ka Pōʻaono, ʻApelila 5, 2025.
