Ua haʻi ke Kuhina hou o ka Tourism and International Transport, ʻo Ian Gooding-Edghill, i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana i kāna hui mua ʻana ma kahi hoʻokipa hoʻokipa no nā hoa hoʻolaha honua e uhi ana i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Food and Rum Festival, mai ʻOkakopa 27 a 30.
"Ke kakali nei au i ka lawe ʻana i ka Ministry of Tourism and International Transport i kahi manawa koʻikoʻi, a he hana lima lima ia e hōʻoia ai barbados Ke noho nei ka poʻo o ka noʻonoʻo i loko o kahi honua post-COVID, ʻoiai he nui nā wahi e hakakā nei no ka nānā ʻana o nā huakaʻi, "wahi a ke Kuhina.
Ua hoʻomaopopo ke Kuhina Hoʻolaha hou mai ʻAmelika a hiki i UK a me ʻEulopa, ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, Kanada, a me ka Caribbean, ua mākaukau ʻo Barbados e hoʻokipa i nā malihini i kona mau kahakai a ʻaʻole koke ʻo ia e kaʻana like i ke aupuni. ʻike no ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Barbados 2023 a ʻoi aku.
I loko o kāna mau ʻōlelo, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Kuhina Gooding-Edghill i kāna Senatoa ma mua, ʻo Lisa Cummins, i kēia manawa Kuhina no ka Energy and Business, no ka "nui o ka hana" āna i hoʻokomo ai me ke Kuhina a no ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻahaʻaina Food and Rum ma hope o ʻelua. -makahiki hoʻomaha.
ʻO ka Luna Nui o ka Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) ʻo Kauka Jens Thraenhart kekahi i kamaʻilio ʻana ma ka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa, nāna i wehewehe i ke ʻano o ka ʻahaʻaina.
"Manaʻo wau no ke aha he mea nui kēia meaʻai a me ka Rum Festival no ka mea e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o Barbados, ʻaʻole ia e pili ana i ke kahakai wale nō, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā kahakai, a manaʻo wau i ka hopena e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu, e pili ana i nā ʻike like ʻole. a e pili ana i ka rama a me ka meaʻai ma hope.
"No laila, ʻo ia nā moʻolelo e pono ai mākou e haʻi aku a ʻo ʻoe ma ke ʻano he media e hele mai ana mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua nā mea haʻi moʻolelo," wahi a Kauka Thraenhart.
"No laila ʻo ʻoe ka mea nāna e hoʻomālamalama i ke ahi a e hōʻoia i ka ʻike ʻana o ka honua iā Barbados ma kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa."
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Kuhina Gooding-Edghill lāua ʻo Dr. Thraenhart i ka poʻe media no ka hele ʻana i ka hanana a hōʻike lākou i ko lākou manaʻo e ʻike a heluhelu i nā moʻolelo āpau e pili ana i ka hoʻoilina waiwai o ka meaʻai a me ka lama a me Barbados.
Hoʻomaikaʻi pū lākou i nā limahana o ka BTMI no ka hui pū ʻana i ka ʻahaʻaina a me nā mea a pau i komo i nā hana. Ua hōʻike ʻia ke ahiahi i nā meaʻai i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e Chefs Damian Leach lāua ʻo Javon Cummins, a me nā nahu mai ke kākoʻo ʻo Brydens Stokes Ltd., a me nā cocktails e nā mixologists Alex Chandler lāua ʻo Philip 'Casanova' Antoine.
ʻatikala na Sheena Forde-Craigg, Barbados Government Information Service (GIS)
