E hele ana ʻo ia i ka 28th Annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Cruise Conference, e mālama ʻia ma Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, mai ʻOkakopa 11-14, 2022.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Kuhina Bartlett "ʻo ka huakaʻi huakaʻi he mea ulu wikiwiki o ka nāʻoihana hoʻolālā” a ke kakali nei ʻo ia i nā mea lawe mai ka ʻaha kūkā. Ua hoʻomaopopo pū ʻo ia "ua kūpono ka hanana ʻoiai ke ʻike nei ka ʻoihana holo moku i ka hoʻōla ikaika ma hope o ke kū ʻana no kekahi manawa ma muli o ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19."
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka launa pū ʻana a me nā manawa pūnaewele e hoʻolako ʻia e ka ʻaha kūkā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. IāmekaʻO ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi ma hope o COVID-19," a "hoʻonoho iā mākou i kahi kūlana maikaʻi aʻe e hoʻonui i ka huakaʻi holo moana e neʻe nei i mua."
Ua hoʻokūpaʻa mau ke kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi holo moku he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka huahana huakaʻi o Jamaica a he mea hoʻokele koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā malihini a me nā lilo.
ʻOiai ma ka ʻaha kūkā, e hui ʻo Kuhina Bartlett me nā luna hoʻokele moku holo moku, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Josh Weinstein, Pelekikena & Luna Nui a me Luna Nui o ka Climate, Carnival Corporation; ʻO Christine Duffy, Pelekikena, Carnival Cruise Line; ʻO John Padgett, Pelekikena, Princess Cruises; Michele M. Paige, Luna Nui, FCAA; Richard Sasso, Luna Hoomalu, MSC Cruises; Howard Sherman, Pelekikena & Luna Nui, Oceania Cruises; a me Michael Bayley, Pelekikena & Luna Nui, Royal Caribbean International.
ʻO ka FCAA Cruise Conference ka hui holo moku nui loa a me ka hōʻike kālepa ma ka Caribbean, Mexico, a me Central a me ʻAmelika Hema. Manaʻo ʻia e hele ʻia e nā luna hoʻokele moku holo moku 60 mai nā ʻāina ʻoi aku ma mua o 40 a puni ka honua, a ʻoi aku hoʻi ma mua o 500 mau ʻelele mai nā wahi like ʻole o ka honua.
E hōʻike ana ka hālāwai kūkā i nā hui o nā hālāwai a me nā haʻawina e pili ana i nā kumuhana e like me Operating in a Post-Pandemic World and The New Reality of Shore Excursion Operations: Challenges and Opportunities, i wehe ʻia i nā poʻe āpau o ka ʻaha kūkā.
Haʻalele ʻo Kuhina Bartlett i ka mokupuni ma ka Poalua, ʻOkakopa 11, 2022, a hoʻi mai i ka Pōʻalima, ʻOkakopa 14, 2022.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- He also noted that “the event is timely as the cruise industry is experiencing a strong recovery after being at a standstill for some time due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Minister Bartlett expressed that “cruise tourism is a fast-growing component of the tourism industry” and that he is looking forward to the takeaways from the conference.
- Bartlett said, “it will serve to bolster existing partnerships and establish solid networks that should lead to profitable opportunities for Jamaica's post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery,” and “place us in a better position to capitalize on cruise tourism moving forward.
