Alakaʻi ʻia e ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Kuhina, ka Hon. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Edmund Bartlett, nā limahana i hana ma ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi no 50 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha ma ka Golden Tourism Day Awards.
"I kēia pō, ua hāʻawi aku au i nā limahana mākaʻikaʻi he 14 i hoʻolaʻa i 50 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha i ka hana ʻana i kā mākou ʻoihana huakaʻi aloha me ka Golden Tourism Award," wahi a Kuhina Bartlett ma ka hanana.
"Hoʻohanohano maoli wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa e hoʻomaikaʻi a mahalo i kā lākou mau makahiki he nui o ka hoʻokō a me ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i kēia ʻāpana koʻikoʻi nui e hāʻawi nui i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ko mākou lāhui."
"Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i kēlā me kēia o ʻoukou no kā ʻoukou hana paʻakikī, hoʻolaʻa, a me ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻoihana i hoʻonohonoho i ka pae no nā kūlana hoʻokipa a me nā hana maikaʻi loa i kēia lā," wahi a Kuhina Bartlett.
"I ka pau ʻana o nā kīʻaha a pani ʻia kā mākou mau palena, ua hoʻoholo ʻoe e pili i ka mākaʻikaʻi a hoʻi i kou mau makemake e like me kou haʻalele ʻole."
"He mea waiwai nui ʻoe i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka poʻe huakaʻi i ka mea e hana ai ʻo Jamaica a me ka poʻe Jamaican i ka Heartbeat of the World. Ma ka ʻaoʻao oʻu iho, ko mākou aupuni a me ko mākou ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, mahalo hou no ka hoʻokani ʻana i kahi hana koʻikoʻi i ka ulu ʻana i kā mākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua hoʻohanohano ka Golden Tourism Awards i kēia makahiki he 20 mau kānaka nona nā makahiki he 50 a ʻoi aʻe paha ma ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokupuni. Ua loaʻa i ʻelua o kēia mau kānaka ka mahalo kūikawā no ka hana ʻana ma ka ʻoihana no nā makahiki he 60 aʻe: ʻo Inez Scott lāua ʻo James "Jimmy" Wright.
Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo Inez Scott i 61 mau makahiki i ka hana āna i makemake ai, ka hana ʻana a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā huahana ʻoihana Jamaican kūʻokoʻa. Hana ʻo ia i nā ʻeke a humuhumu i nā hīnaʻi i hoʻonani pinepine ʻia me nā manu, nā kumu maiʻa a me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe, āna i hana ai i kēia mau makahiki mai kona wā ʻōpio a hiki i kēia lā.
Ua like ka inoa ʻo “Jimmy James” Wright me kekahi o nā hōkele kiʻekiʻe o Montego Bay no nā makahiki. ʻO ka makemake nui o Jimmy no kāna ʻoihana, me ka nānā ʻole i kāna ʻāpana kuleana, ua noho pū me ia i kona mau makahiki he 61 i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma mua o kona hoʻomaha ʻana ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o ka hōkele.
ʻOi aku i ka Ka hoʻolilo 'ia ʻO lākou iho, ua hāʻawi ka hanana o kēia makahiki i ka manawa kūpono e leʻaleʻa ai i nā huahana mākaʻikaʻi a lākou i hāʻawi ai i nā makana nui. No ka mea ʻaʻole i hiki i ka hapa nui o lākou ke loaʻa kahi ʻike hoʻomaha, ua lawe ʻia kēlā me kēia mea koho i kahi hoa noho kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻomaha a ʻai i nā pono āpau i loaʻa ma o kahi huakaʻi i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia.
