Ua piʻi aʻe ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi Lebanona me 39%

ʻO Lebanona - Ua ʻike ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Lebanona i kahi rebound nui i ka makahiki 2009, ua hoʻolaha ka World Tourism Organization i kēia pule.

Ua ʻike ka hui mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi inbound i Lebanona i ka makahiki 2009 ua piʻi aʻe e 39 pakeneka ma mua o nā helu 2008, me 1.8 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi e komo ana i ka ʻāina ikaika 4 miliona.

"Ua nui aʻe ka nui o [nā mākaʻikaʻi] i kēlā me kēia mahina," ʻo Daniel Eid, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Eid Travel Agency ma Lebanona, i haʻi aku i ka Media Line, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻomau ka piʻi ʻana o nā puke i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana.

Ua haʻi aku ke Kuhina Kaikaʻi Lebanese ʻo Fadi Abboud i nā nūpepa kūloko i ka mahina i hala aku nei ua manaʻo ʻo ia e piʻi aʻe ka hana mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina ma kahi o 10 a 20 pakeneka i ka makahiki 2010.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Polofesa Marcus Marktanner ma ke Kulanui ʻAmelika o Beirut, ʻo ka huakaʻi hele mai o Lebanona i lawe mai i ke kālā a pololei ʻole i ka ʻoihana.

"Ma kekahi mau manaʻo, e lawe mai ka mākaʻikaʻi i 4 a 5 biliona kālā i loko o ka hoʻokele waiwai, e hoʻonui i ka 13 pakeneka o Gross Domestic Production [GDP] a me kahi 7 a 8 biliona [dollars] me ka pololei ʻole," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka Media Line.

He nui ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hele mai ana mai Lebanona mai ka 14 miliona Lebanese i haʻalele i ka ʻāina ma nā wahi like ʻole i loko o kāna mōʻaukala kolohe.

Hoʻomaopopo naʻe ka poʻe loiloi, ʻo ke komo ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi he pahi kaua ʻelua no Lebanona.

"Ua like ke kūlana me kahi boom hinu," wahi a Marktanner. "Hoʻolilo ka huakaʻi iā Lebanona i ʻoihana hoʻolimalima. ʻO ka mea a ka hapa nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e ʻike maikaʻi ai e pili ana iā Lebanona ʻaʻole ia e koi i kahi hoʻopukapuka nui. ʻO ka nui o ka lā a me ka mākaʻikaʻi leʻaleʻa, me ka liʻiliʻi loa o nā hopena spillover hoʻomau. I loko o nā mahina kauwela, hoʻonui ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā kumukūʻai a hoʻopaʻa i nā alanui, he mea kaumaha ia e nā Lebanona āpau.

"ʻO nā hopena spillover maikaʻi, akā naʻe, paʻa loa," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. "Hele nui lākou i nā hōkele, nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale kūʻai ma Beirut a puni."

"E mahalo paha ka hapa nui o Lebanona inā ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi e lawe mai i kahi kālā i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā ʻoihana lehulehu, e like me nā ala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ka lako uila, a me nā lawelawe kelepona," hoʻomau ʻo ia. "ʻAʻole kēia e hoʻonui i ka leʻaleʻa no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi akā ʻo ka Lebanese kekahi."

Ua lilo ka mākaʻikaʻi i mea koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokele waiwai o Lebanona, no ka mea, nele ka ʻāina i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe a me nā makahiki o ke kaua kīwila ua hoʻopilikia i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi ʻoihana hana nui.

Ma mua o ke kaua kīwila Lebanese, ka mea i hoʻopau i ka ʻāina mai 1975 a 1990, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Lebanona ʻo ka 'Switzerland of the Middle East' a me ke kapikala ʻo Beirut i kapa ʻia ʻo 'Blue City' no kāna hoʻolālā.

Ua hoʻomaka hou ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Lebanona ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke kaua kīwila akā ua pā hou ʻia e ke kaua me ʻIseraʻela ma 2006.

ʻO ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai ka makahiki 2006 ua aneane ʻelua makahiki, a i ka makahiki 2008 ua hoʻomaka ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina e hōʻike i nā hōʻailona o ka hoʻōla.