Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mokuʻāina ʻo ʻApelika Hikina no ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā huahana huakaʻi

Ua hāpai nā kuhina i ko lākou manaʻo hui ma hope koke iho o ka pau ʻana o ka Third EAC Regional Tourism Expo (EARTE 23) a me ka Magical Kenya Travel Expo ma Kenyan capital Nairobi.

ʻO ka hōʻike hou loa mai ka Ke Kaiāulu o East Africa (EAC) Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Secretariat, ua makemake nā kuhina kūloko no nā holoholona hihiu a me nā mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻokō i nā hoʻolālā hui e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻāina ʻo East Africa ma luna o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi alakaʻi i ka honua.

Ma waena o ia mau hana, ʻo ia ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā huahana e hoʻokumu i nā wahi hoʻokipa hou ma waho o ke kahakai a me ka mākaʻikaʻi safari holoholona. Nā mokuʻāina ʻo ʻApelika Hikina kaʻana like like nā huahana mākaʻikaʻi, ka hapanui o nā holoholona hihiu, kahakai, mōʻaukala, a me nā wahi hoʻoilina.

ʻO ka hoʻolālā ʻē aʻe i ʻae ʻia e nā moku'āina lālā o ka ʻāina ʻo ia ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pae hoʻohālike like ʻole no ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā hōkele, nā hale ʻaina, a me nā hale hoʻokipa ʻē aʻe i loko o ka ʻāina i mea e hōʻoia ai i kahi kūlike a me ka maikaʻi.

ʻO ka 3-lā Expo i pani ʻia ma Nairobi i ka hopena o ka pule i hala i hāʻawi ʻia i kahi manawa no nā hoa hana EAC e hoʻokumu i ka ʻike i nā manawa hoʻolimalima huakaʻi a hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me nā holoholona hihiu ma ka ʻāina.

ʻO ka hōʻailona huakaʻi EAC hou, "Visit East Africa: Feel the Vibe," i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka wā o ka wehe ʻana o ka EARTE 23 e manaʻo ana e hoʻolaha i ka ʻāina Hikina Hikina ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi hoʻokahi a me kahi wahi hoʻolimalima huakaʻi ma ʻApelika.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kenya Kuhina no ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā holoholona hihiu, ʻo Kauka Alfred Mutua, ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ka Expo ma luna o 100 mau mea kūʻai aku i hoʻokipa ʻia a me 300 mea hōʻike mai nā ʻāina like ʻole a hāʻawi i kahi manawa no nā mokuʻāina ʻĀpana Hikina e hōʻike pū i kā lākou huahana huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa ma lalo o ka umbrella āpana.

E lawe ana i ke poʻomanaʻo makahiki o "Tourism for Green Growth," ʻo ka hōʻikeʻike mākaʻikaʻi kūloko he mea hoʻoikaika no ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka ʻāina EAC ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi hoʻokahi.

Ua ʻōlelo ke Kakauolelo Nui o EAC, ʻo Dr. Peter Mathuki, ua manaʻo ka ʻāina e hoʻonui i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi makahiki mai 7.2 miliona i nā makahiki 4 i hala a hiki i 14 miliona i loko o nā makahiki 2 e hiki mai ana.

"Ke hoʻololi nei mākou i kā mākou mau mākeke mākaʻikaʻi, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻonui i ka laulā o kā mākou huahana huakaʻi. ʻOiai mākou e hoʻokūkū nui nei ma nā ʻōlelo, ke koi nei mākou i nā mokuʻāina hoa EAC a pau e hoʻokaʻawale i kā lākou huahana huakaʻi, "wahi a Dr. Mathuki.

Ua ʻōlelo ka Hope Kakauolelo Nui o EAC no ka Customs, Trade and Monetary Affairs, Ms Annette Ssemuwemba, ua piʻi ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko o East Africa ma kahi ala i luna ma hope o ka hoʻi ʻana mai ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hui pū ana ka EAC me nā mokuʻāina e hoʻomohala i nā huahana ʻē aʻe e like me ka mākaʻikaʻi moʻomeheu, ka mākaʻikaʻi haʻuki, agro-tourism, a me ka huakaʻi kolepa ma waena o nā huahana ʻē aʻe.

"Ke hoʻomohala nei mākou i nā pūʻolo mākaʻikaʻi thematic multi-destination e paipai i nā malihini e huakaʻi i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi mokuʻāina hoa EAC i hoʻokahi huakaʻi," wahi āna.

ʻO ka Annual Tourism Expo kekahi o nā hana koʻikoʻi a EAC i hoʻomaka ai ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka Regional Tourism Marketing Strategy 2021 a 2025.

Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ka Expo mua e Tanzania ma Arusha i ʻOkakopa 2021, aʻo ka lua o ka Regional Expo i mālama ʻia e Burundi ma Bujumbura i Kepakemapa 2022.

ʻO nā mea ʻōlelo like ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi nā Kuhina o ka Mākaʻikaʻi mai ka ʻāina ʻo EAC, makemake e hana i kahi ala like ʻole i ka kūʻai ʻana aku i nā mākaʻikaʻi ma East Africa ma o nā kahua like ʻole.