Ua ʻōlelo ka Pelekikena o ka Antigua & Barbuda Business Alliance, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻai kūloko, ʻo ia ka mea e pono ai e hoʻoikaika i ka ʻoihana ma hope o kahi koho balota i hōʻike ʻia ai ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina e ʻike i ka ʻoihana ʻilihune a makemake ʻole e hana i nā kūʻai nui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i loko o kahi hālāwai ninaninau me nā nūpepa kūloko: "Ke hilinaʻi nui nei mākou i nā ʻāina ʻo First World a pono lākou e ola hou no mākou e ola hou ai," wahi āna.
"Ma waho aʻe o kēlā, e hana mākou i kā mākou mea liʻiliʻi e neʻe nei i nā mea a puni, akā he mea liʻiliʻi loa ia e hiki iā mākou ke hana i loko ma ʻaneʻi."
Ua ʻōlelo ka Mind of the Nation poll i kēia kauwela ma kahi o 68 pākēneka o nā mea pane i manaʻo he ʻilihune a ʻilihune paha ke kūlana waiwai o ka ʻāina. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo kanaono pākēneka ua manaʻo lākou e piʻi aʻe ka ʻoihana.
Ua haʻi ʻo Dwayne George i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo waiwai ma ke kula ʻo Antigua State College e hiki ke hōʻeha i nā mea.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻia ka balota he 64 pakeneka o ka poʻe i noiʻi ʻia i manaʻo he manawa maikaʻi ʻole ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi mea nui o ka hale.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ryan, ua hōʻike ke koho balota i ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu ma Antigua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo George, pono ke aupuni e hoʻoikaika i nā kamaʻāina e hoʻolilo i ke kālā e hāʻawi i ka hoʻokele waiwai.
Ke piʻi aʻe nei ka nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, a ʻo ke kūlana hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina he mea kupanaha.
Wahi a ka hōʻike hōʻea ʻana o nā malihini kipa i hoʻopuka ʻia e ka ʻoihana helu i loko o ka Kuhina o Tureke a me nā Hoʻolilo, ʻO ke kolu o ka hapaha o 2018, ua ʻike ʻo Antigua a me Barbuda i ka piʻi ʻana o ka ea a me ke kai hōʻea mai no ka manawa ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 2017.
I kēlā manawa, 52,491 nā malihini i hōʻea ma ka lewa i Antigua a me Barbuda, he 8.56 pakeneka ka piʻi ʻana mai 2017. Ma waena o Iulai a me Kepakemapa, 26,631 mau malihini i hōʻea ma ke kai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hapakolu (36.44 pakeneka) ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka huina o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ke kai. no ka makahiki i hala.
He 11.99 pakeneka ka ulu ʻana o ka poʻe i hōʻea mai ka US ʻO ka mākeke, ka mākeke kumu nui loa o ka huakaʻi, ua kōkua i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hōʻea ʻana no ke kolu o ka hapaha o 2018 aʻo ka ʻO UK Ua ʻike ka mākeke i kahi emi iki o -2.25 pakeneka mai 2017 a i 2018.
ka O Junior Ah Ua ʻike ka mākeke i kahi hana ikaika me ka ulu ʻana o 111.79 pakeneka ʻoiai e hoʻomau ka mākeke i ka pōmaikaʻi mai ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mokulele, i lawe ʻia e ka hoʻohui ʻana o Sunwing Airlines mai Nowemapa i ka makahiki i hala, ʻoiai ka Caribbean Ke hoʻomau nei ka mākeke me nā helu i loli ʻole.
ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, mai Ianuali a Kepakemapa 2018, ʻo ka huina o nā malihini kipa i hōʻea mai no Antigua a me Barbuda aia ma 744,390, he piʻi o 12.18 pakeneka ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 2017.
Ke manaʻo nei ka Ministry of Tourism and Investment e piʻi aʻe ka poʻe malihini kipa no ke koena o 2018 me ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka mokulele mai North America, a me ka papa holo moku holo piha.
