MAASAI MARA, Kenya - Ke nalowale nei nā kahakai one keʻokeʻo, nā holoholona hihiu a me ke anuanu o East Africa i ko lākou hoihoi no nā poʻe kipa lōʻihi e kū nei i ka emi ʻana a me ka nele i ka hana ma muli o ka pilikia kālā o ka honua.
No ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, he wahi mamao a pipiʻi ia, a ʻo kekahi o nā mea mua e hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai nā huakaʻi hoʻomaha i ka wā paʻa kālā.
ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ke kolu o ka loaʻa kālā o nā haole ma Kenya, ma hope o ka horticulture a me ke kī, a makaʻu ka poʻe ʻekekema i ka hāʻule ʻana o nā helu malihini ma muli o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā a hōʻino i nā ʻoihana kūloko e hāʻawi i nā hana a mālama i ka poʻe mai ka ʻilihune.
ʻO ka haumāna Scottish ʻo Roddy Davidson, 38, a me kāna hoa ʻo Shireen McKeown, 31, ua ʻehaʻeha no nā mahina ma mua o ka hoʻoholo ʻana e lawe i kā lākou moeʻuhane hoʻomaha ma Kenya - kahi huakaʻi safari maikaʻi ma ka mālama holoholona hihiu ʻo Maasai Mara.
"ʻO wai ka mea e ʻōlelo e hana mākou inā mākou e kali i ʻekolu a ʻehā mau makahiki?" Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Davidson i kona ʻauʻau ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi loko wai e nānā ana i ke awāwa ʻo Rift ma ka Mara Serena Safari Lodge.
"He nui ka poʻe aʻu e ʻike nei e noho ana i ka home a i ʻole hoʻomaha i nā kahua hoʻomoana ma UK. Ua loaʻa iaʻu nā hoaaloha, i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hele i waho akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaha hale lole ma mua o ke kau ʻana i ʻehā mau noho ma ka mokulele.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kenya's Tourism Ministry he 400,000 ka liʻiliʻi o nā hana ma ka ʻoihana maʻamau a ʻoi aku ma mua o 600,000 i ka ʻoihana ʻike ʻole o ka ʻoihana nui o East Africa.
Eia naʻe, hopohopo nā mea hoʻohana i ka manaʻo o ka ʻoki ʻana i nā hana.
"ʻO ka mea mua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia nā limahana maʻamau mai nā kauhale kokoke mai," wahi a Samson Apina, ka luna kōkua ma ka Mara Serena Safari Lodge. "I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, no ka pilikia kālā, pono mākou e haʻalele i kahi 20 a i ʻole 30 mau limahana maʻamau."
Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Apina ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ka mākaʻikaʻi e ka pōʻino o ke kiʻi o Kenya mai ka hana ʻino ma hope o ke koho balota i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻae aku ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Kelemania ʻo Uwe Trostmunn, 38, a me kāna hoa ʻo Sina Westeroth. Ua hoʻopaneʻe lākou i kahi huakaʻi i Kenya i ka makahiki i hala, e kipa ana iā Thailand.
"ʻAʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā lono maikaʻi ʻole mai Kenya ma ke kīwī, ʻaʻole i ka nūhou maikaʻi," wahi a Trostmunn.
“PERFECT STORM”
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Richard Segal, ka loea o ʻApelika a me ke poʻo o ka noiʻi macroeconomic ma UBA Capital, aia kahi manaʻo e loaʻa ana ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o East Africa i kahi hāʻule 15-pakeneka i ka makahiki 2009.
ʻO Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius a me nā Seychelles ka mea e manaʻo nui ai i ka ʻili, ʻōlelo ka poʻe loea, no ka mea nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka loaʻa kālā a me ka hana.
"Aneane he ino maikaʻi loa ia o ka nūhou maikaʻi no ka loaʻa kālā o nā haole no ʻApelika Hikina," wahi a Segal.
Ua hāʻule nā helu malihini kipa o Kenya ma 30.5 pakeneka i 729,000 i ka makahiki i hala ma hope o ka hana ʻino ma hope o ke koho balota.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka ʻoihana kūʻai kūʻē ma ka home a ma waho ke hoʻopaʻa i ka paheʻe i mua o ka lohi o ka hoʻokele honua.
ʻO ka hui nui loa o Kenya o nā mea hoʻomaha - 42.3 pakeneka - mai ʻEulopa. Hōʻike nā helu panakō waena i ka nui o nā malihini kipa i hāʻule i ka 46.7 pakeneka ma 2008 i 308,123.
Ua ʻoki ʻo Kenya i ka uku no ka visa mākaʻikaʻi makua i $25 (17 paona) mai $50 e hoʻāʻo e pale i ka māhele mākeke akā ʻaʻole i manaʻo ke Kuhina Kūʻai i ka holomua o kēia makahiki.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gunther Kuschke, kahi loiloi hōʻaiʻē aliʻi ma Rand Merchant Bank, ʻo ka lilo ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā o nā haole i kākoʻo ʻia e ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi he mea pōʻino no nā ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika hikina.
"ʻO nā ʻāina ʻē he mea koho i ka hiki i ka ʻāina ke lawelawe i kāna mau kuleana hōʻaiʻē pōkole," wahi āna. "I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pōʻino, hāpai ʻia kahi hae ʻulaʻula.
"ʻO nā haʻahaʻa forex haʻahaʻa hoʻi e hōʻike ana i kahi kālā kūloko ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ua kū ʻo Tanzania i kahi luʻi nui no ka mea ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ka mea i loaʻa kālā nui.
ʻO ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana ua hoʻopau ʻia ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o 30 a me 50 pakeneka i loko o nā mahina ʻeono a Iune i ka ʻāina ʻo ia ka home o ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro, nā mauʻu Serengeti a me nā kahakai o Zanzibar.
MAHAI LAU
Manaʻo ʻia nā mokupuni o Zanzibar i ka pilikia mai ka hāʻule ʻana o ka lalo mai ka mākeke clove, e hana ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka mahiʻai limu ke kumu nui o nā hana a me nā loaʻa kālā.
ʻO Italia ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi nui o ka pae ʻāina, he ʻāina ponoʻī ma ke ʻano o ka pilikia hoʻokele waiwai. Ua hāʻule nā helu mākaʻikaʻi Italia i 20 pakeneka i 41,610 i ka makahiki i hala, aʻo ka huina o nā malihini kipa honua i hāʻule i ka 10 pakeneka i 128,440, e like me ka Zanzibar Commission for Tourism.
Ke hopohopo nei nā mea hoʻohana kūloko i ka hopena kīkēkē ma luna o nā lawaiʻa a me nā mea kālepa kūloko.
"ʻIke ʻoe i ka nui o nā huahana akā ʻaʻohe mea e kūʻai - ʻo ia ke kaulahao. Inā kūʻai aku nā mea a pau akā ʻaʻohe mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo wai ka mea e kūʻai?" wahi a ka luna Zenith Tours ʻo Mohammed Ali, ka mea i hana ma Zanzibar ma mua o 15 mau makahiki.
Makaʻu ka poʻe hana i ka nalowale o ka hana. “ʻAʻole au i ʻike inā loaʻa iaʻu kahi hana ma hope o Iune. Nui ka poʻe e ʻeha nei, "wahi a Isaac John, kahi mea hoʻokipa hōkele e hele mai ana mai ka ʻāina nui ʻo Tanzania.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Zanzibar Commission for Tourism e hoʻololi ana i kāna hoʻolālā hoʻolaha.
"Ke nānā nei mākou i ka mākeke ʻEulopa akā i kēia manawa ke nānā aku nei i ka mākeke kūloko e lanakila ai i ka pilikia honua," wahi a Ashura Haji, ka luna o ke komisina no ka hoʻolālā a me nā kulekele.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuschke ua kū ʻo Mauritius i ka pōʻino macroeconomic koʻikoʻi no ka mea he wahi liʻiliʻi a wehe ʻia kahi ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me nā textiles i loaʻa ka 50 pakeneka o ka loaʻa kālā o nā haole a ʻoi aku ma mua o 15 ka nui o ka huahana kūloko.
Pēlā nō, ma Seychelles e hilinaʻi ana i nā malihini kipa, manaʻo ʻia e hāʻule ka loaʻa kālā o ka mākaʻikaʻi e 10 pakeneka i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Segal ʻo UBA Capital ʻaʻole pōʻino ka manaʻo: "Ke ulu nui nei ka mākaʻikaʻi a hoʻihoʻi ka emi ʻana i nā pae o 2006-07, a he mau makahiki kūpono lākou."
Ua noho maikaʻi ʻo Haji e pili ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana no Zanzibar.
"ʻAʻole e mau loa ke kaumaha," wahi āna. "I kekahi lā e hiki mai ana ka maikaʻi."
