Ma ka World Travel Market, Johnson Johnrose, Communications Specialist for the Caribbean Tourism Organization, ua loaʻa iā ia ka manawa e kamaʻilio pū me David Johnson, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Mākaʻikaʻi ma Bahamas. Ma ʻaneʻi, kamaʻilio ʻo Mr. Johnson e pili ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma kona kihi o ka honua.
DAVID JOHNSON: He mea hoʻoikaika nui ka ʻoihana iā mākou ma Bahamas. Ke hana maikaʻi nei mākou ma ke ʻano o kā mākou ʻoihana holo moku. Makemake mākou e hoʻoikaika iki i ka ʻoihana ʻāina, akā ikaika ia ma ka honua. Hiki iā mākou ke hana me kahi kōkua hou aʻe i Bahama nui, a ke kamaʻilio nei mākou i kēlā. He makahiki maikaʻi loa ka Bahamas.
JOHNSON JOHNROSE: Helu?
JOHNSON: Ma ka holoʻokoʻa, ke ulu nei kā mākou ʻoihana ma kahi o 7 pakeneka. Piʻi ʻo Cruise i ʻelua helu. Ua lohi ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana i ka hapa mua o ka makahiki, akā ua ikaika ʻo ia ma ka pūnāwai/kauwela, a ʻo kā mākou ʻoihana kahi i manaʻo ʻia e hiki i kēia manawa.
JOHNROSE: Aia kahi ʻano e piʻi ai nā helu ma ke ʻano o ka hōʻea ʻana mai, a ke emi nei nā helu ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻolimalima. He aha kāu e ʻike nei?
JOHNSON: Ke ʻike nei mākou ua aneane mākou e pili ana i ka ADR - ka awelika o kēlā me kēia lā - kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā naʻe, makemake mākou e hoʻolilo hou aku e hoʻokele i kā mākou ʻoihana mai ka makahiki i hala. No laila, ua kiʻekiʻe kā mākou kumukūʻai kūʻai. ʻO kekahi o nā mea a mākou e hana ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻopukapuka kālā me ka ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa ma Bahamas i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ke kumukūʻai o ka lawe ʻana i ka ea ma o kahi mea āu i lohe ai, ʻo ia hoʻi, "flies free." Ke hoʻoikaika nei mākou i kā mākou ʻoihana me nā hoʻopukapuka nui - ke kamaʻilio nei au e pili ana i ka ʻoi aku o 9 miliona mau kālā i ka makahiki i hala - ma ka ʻaoʻao lehulehu i mea e hoʻohuli ai i ke kumukūʻai o ka hele ʻana i Bahamas no ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, a ʻo ia paha ka ʻO ka mea ikaika loa o kā mākou ulu ʻana i nā malihini kipa i nā mahina he 12 i hala.
