GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Ma kahi hōʻailona o ka "baton," ua loaʻa i ka Hope Kakauolelo Paʻa ma ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Trinidad a me Tobago, ʻo Raye Sandy, ka Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Sustainable Tourism Mahogany Scroll mai ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Guyana, ka Mea Hanohano Irfaan Ali , i ka pani ʻana o STC-13 i ka pō Pōʻakolu, e hōʻoia ana ʻo Trinidad a me Tobago i mea hoʻokipa o ka 14th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-14).
"Hoʻohanohano maoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā STC-14 ma Trinidad a me Tobago," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Raye Sandy, "Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i kahi hālāwai kūkā like ʻole e kūkulu ʻia ana ma luna o nā aʻo ʻana o STC-13 a hōʻike i ka huahana mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau o Trinidad a me Tobago."
ʻO ka CTO, ka mea hoʻonohonoho o ka hālāwai kūkā makahiki e pili ana i ka hoʻomau i ka Caribbean, e hoʻomaka koke i nā kūkākūkā me Port of Spain e pili ana i kahi lā hālāwai kūpono, e hoʻolaha ʻia i nā mahina e hiki mai ana. Manaʻo ʻia hoʻi e hoʻomaka ka hana ma kahi papahana ʻaha kūkā.
Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Trinidad i ka lua o ka STC i ʻApelila 1998, aʻo STC-7 i mālama ʻia ma Tobago i ʻApelila 2009.
ʻO STC-13, i mālama ʻia ma Guyana, holo mai ʻApelila 14-18 ma Guyana Conference Center. Ma luna o 300 mau ʻelele - me nā luna o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me ka media - i komo i kahi ʻano o nā semina, nā papa haʻawina, a me nā huakaʻi aʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ke kumu e hoʻomohala ai i kahi huahana huakaʻi hoʻomau honua i ka ʻāina a hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia hoʻomau maʻamau i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka 13th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development e ka CTO me ka hui pū ʻana me ka Guiana Tourism Authority.
