As ʻO Antigua lāua ʻo Barbuda Tourism Hoʻomākaukau nā mea kuleana ʻoihana no ka wā kiʻekiʻe, e noʻonoʻo pono nā luna mākaʻikaʻi me ka hōʻea mau ʻana o ka hōʻea ʻana i kēlā me kēia mahina mai ka wehe hou ʻana o ka huakaʻi, e hoʻomau ʻia ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe i luna i ka wā maʻamau o ka wā mākaʻikaʻi.
No ka makahiki a ʻAukake 2020, hōʻike ka poʻe hōʻea hoʻokipa huakaʻi i ka huakaʻi i loaʻa nā malihini kipa 94,810. ʻOiai ua luʻu nui ka poʻe hōʻea i loko o Malaki ma muli o ka hōʻemi o ka airlift i lawe ʻia e ka maʻi ahulau o ka honua, ʻoiai ka VC Bird International Airport i wehe hou ʻia i nā huakaʻi mokulele i Iune, ua ʻoi aku ka pāpālua o ka poʻe malihini kipa mai kēlā manawa a hiki i ka hopena o ʻAukake.
No ka mahina o ʻAukake, ua loaʻa ka huakaʻi 4761 mau malihini kipa, me 67% o kēia mau malihini kipa e huakaʻi ana mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ukali ʻia e 21% mai United Kingdom & ʻEulopa, 7% mai ka Caribbean a me 3% mai Kanada.
Ua hoʻomaopopo ke Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi, Charles Fernandez: "Ke hoʻomau nei ke Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi a me ka Antigua a me Barbuda Tourism Authority i ka nānā pono ʻana i ka ʻāina ʻo Covid-19 ma loko o kā mākou mākeke kumuwaiwai. Kūpaʻa mau mākou i ka hana pū ʻana me ke Kuhina olakino a me ka mahele holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa ʻo Antigua a me Barbuda e hōʻoia i ka wā e wehe hou ai kahi e hele ai, e mālama mākou i kēlā mau hana pale i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e kiaʻi i ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina a me ka poʻe e kipa mai i ko mākou kahakai. ”
Ua wehewehe ke Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi ʻaʻole ia he ʻoihana e like me ka maʻamau, ʻoiai me ka maʻi ahulau e hoʻomau nei, e koi ana nā kuʻina ʻo Covid-19 i nā malihini kipa e huakaʻi me kā lākou hōʻike maikaʻi ʻole PCR, e ʻaahu i nā pale maka ke hiki ʻole ka mamao kaiaulu a pili i nā kaohi ʻē aʻe e ke Kuhina Ola. No nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i nā kuʻina e hoʻopili i ka hana, a i kekahi mau manawa e hōʻemi ʻia ka pae noho.
I kēia manawa ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Delta, JetBlue, British Airways, Caribbean Airlines, InterCaribbean Airlines a me Winair e hana nei i nā huakaʻi i ka huakaʻi. I nā mahina e hiki mai ana, e hoʻokipa ʻo Antigua lāua ʻo Barbuda, Virgin Atlantic, Air Canada, a me Sunwing.
I ʻOkakopa, ua hoʻolālā ʻia kahi wehe hou o ka hōkele. Pākuʻi ʻia ʻo Antigua a me Barbuda Hotele a me nā hōkele o ka ʻAhahui Huakaʻi: Blue Waters Resort, Tamarind Hills, Hermitage Bay, Antigua Village, Galley Bay, Carlisle Bay Resort, St. James's Club, The Great House, Antigua Yacht Club Marina, Ocean Point Resort, ʻO Curtain Bluff Resort, a ʻo Hawksbill.
"ʻO kēlā me kēia hōkele a i ʻole nā makana hoʻokipa i wehe ʻia i nānā ʻia e ke Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi a me ke Kuhina o ke olakino, e hōʻoia i ko lākou pili ʻana i nā kuʻina covid-19 i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka noho hoʻokipa. Ma luna o ʻelua haneli mau waiwai i nānā ʻia a hiki i kēia lā mai ka moena liʻiliʻi a me nā waiwai o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, i nā mea āpau āpau, "wahi a ke Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi.
Ua hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi i ka ʻĀpana yigting Antigua a me Barbuda, nā alakaʻi alakaʻi, a me nā loina no ka ʻāpana.
Ua koi aku ke Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi i ka ʻāpana mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻomau i ka makaʻala i nā kuʻina Covid-19 ma kahi e alakaʻi ʻia ai nā mea pāʻani āpau i ka wā o ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi hou.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- We remain committed to working with the Ministry of Health and the entire Antigua and Barbuda Tourism sector to ensure that as the destination opens up further, we keep those protective measures in place that have been designed to safeguard our residents and those who visit our shores.
- The Tourism Minister explained that it would not be business as normal, as with the pandemic ongoing, Covid-19 protocols would still require visitors to travel with their negative PCR test, wear facial masks when social distancing was not possible and adhere to other protocols stipulated by the Ministry of Health.
- “Each hotel or accommodation offering that has opened has been inspected by the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Health, to ensure that they are adhering to the covid-19 protocols set for tourism accommodation.
