VIENTIANE, Laos - Ua hui nā Lunamaka'āinana o nā aupuni ASEAN he ʻumi i ka lā Sābati ma ke kapikala ʻo Laos ʻo Vientiane e hoʻomaka i ka ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF), kahi i hoʻohiki ai lākou e hoʻonui i ka hui huakaʻi a kūkākūkā i ka hana ʻana i kahi visa mākaʻikaʻi pan-ASEAN.
ʻO ka ATF, ka mea i mālama mua ʻia ma 1981, ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hoʻomohala i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka launa pū ʻana ma ka ʻāina. He 150 mau kuhina a me nā luna hoʻokipa mai Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand a me Vietnam i hele i ka hālāwai.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me lākou he 1,450 mau ʻelele, me 800 mau mea hōʻikeʻike ASEAN, 400 mau mea kūʻai kūʻai honua, 150 ka honua a me ka media kūloko a me 100 mau malihini kālepa mākaʻikaʻi. E komo nā ʻelele i nā kūkākūkā bilateral, nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā hui kūʻai aku, a loaʻa nā hōʻike mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ASEAN e pili ana i kā lākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.
Wahi a kahi paʻi paʻi mai ka ATF, e noʻonoʻo nā alakaʻi o ASEAN i ka hiki ke hana i kahi visa pan-ASEAN hoʻokahi no kekahi mau lālā lālā e paipai i nā mākaʻikaʻi e kipa. Ua ʻae mua nā alakaʻi e hoʻonui i ke kālā no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, e hoʻonui i ke kālā mai nā hoa kūkākūkā, a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina.
"Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana waiwai koʻikoʻi, ua hele ka hui ʻana o ASEAN i ka mākaʻikaʻi mai ka ikaika a i ka ikaika," wahi a Lao Kuhina ʻIke, Culture, a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Dr Bosengkham Vongdara. Ua haʻi ʻo Vongdara i ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā malihini kipa e hiki mai ana i ka ʻāina mai 73.7 miliona mau kānaka ma 2010 a i 81.2 miliona ma 2011 ma ke ʻano he hōʻike o kēia hui.
He mea koʻikoʻi ka mākaʻikaʻi iā Laos, kekahi o nā ʻāina liʻiliʻi loa ma Asia Hikina Hema me ka liʻiliʻi o nā ʻoihana kūloko. Me ka heluna kanaka he 6.3 miliona wale nō, ua loaʻa iā Laos ma kahi o ka hapalua o kēia helu i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma 2012. Ua kōkua nui kēia i ka ulu waiwai a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻāina. Manaʻo ʻia ka hōʻea ʻana i ʻelima miliona i ka makahiki 2015.
Ma waena o nā aupuni lālā o ASEAN, ua piʻi ka mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o 29 a me 2010 pakeneka mai 2011 18. E holo ana ka ATF mai Jan. 24 XNUMX.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- According to a press release from the ATF, ASEAN leaders will consider the possibility of creating a single pan-ASEAN visa for some member countries to encourage tourists to visit.
- The ATF, which was first held in 1981, is designed to facilitate and develop tourism promotion and cooperation across the region.
- A total of 150 tourism ministers and officials from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam attended the meeting.
