ʻO ka Belize Tourism Board (BTB), i ka hana pū ʻana me nā mea kuleana ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, hoʻonui iā US $ 59, 934.00 (Bz $ 119,868.00) ma ke ʻāpana o ke Dālā no ka hoʻoulu kālā kālā Caribbean. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke kālā e kōkua i ka poʻe i hōʻino ʻia ʻo Hurricanes Irma a me Maria, ka mea i luku nui i nā ʻāina Caribbean i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa i ka makahiki i hala.

I kēia kakahiaka ʻo Ms. Karen Pike, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Marketing a me ka ʻoihana ʻo BTB, ua hōʻike aku iā Mr. Hugh Riley, ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) ma kahi hālāwai kūkā nūhou i mālama ʻia e CTO ma Barbados.

I ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hōʻoia, ua haʻi ʻo Ms. Pike "i ka wā i loaʻa ai ka nūhou ma ka Campaign Fund Fund Caribbean, ua ʻapo mākou ia manawa no ka mea ʻaʻole ia wale nō ka mea kūpono e hana ai, akā no ka mea ua lawe hou mai iā mākou āpau i ka Caribbean. ʻoi aku kahi kokoke loa i kahi hana lokahi e kōkua i ka poʻe nele. ” Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia: "Ma ke ʻāpana o ke Dālā no ka Campaign Fund Fund Caribbean, ua kiʻi aku ka BTB i ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa o Belize ma o ka pāpāho, nā hoʻolaha nūhou, ka pūnaewele o ka BTB a me kāna pūnaewele hoʻolaha hoʻolaha."

I kāna pane, ua ʻōlelo ke Kakauolelo Nui, "mahalo iā ʻoe Belize no ka ʻohana Caribbean holoʻokoʻa." I loko o ka hālāwai ninaninau, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike ākea e pili ana i ka mokuʻāina ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma ka Caribbean.

Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna Dālā no ka Paʻi Kālā Kākoʻo Caribbean, hāʻawi kēlā me kēia mea kuleana mākaʻikaʻi i $ 1 no kēlā me kēia malihini. hāʻawi ka BTB ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i $ 1 no kēlā me kēia hōʻea mākaʻikaʻi i hiki mai no ka mahina o ʻOkakopa no laila, ke hana nei i kahi hopena multiplier. Ua kākoʻo ʻia ka hoʻolālā BTB e ka Belize Tourism Industry Association (BTIA), ka Belize Hotel Association (BHA), Tropic Air, ka Belize Airport Concession Company (BACC), nā Tour Tour, nā takiki wai, a me nā poʻe hōkele ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻē aʻe.

I ka pule mua o Sepatemaba, ua hahau ka ʻāpana 5 Hurricane Irma i kekahi mau ʻāina Karipiano ma ka ʻĀkau ʻo Leeward Islands a me ka ʻĀkau Caribbean e waiho ana i kahi ala lōʻihi o ka luku. He nui nā kamaʻāina o kēia mau ʻāina i waiho ʻole ʻia me ka ʻole o ka ʻai, ka mana, ka wai a me nā mea pono. ʻElua pule ma hope mai, ua hahai ʻo Hurricane Maria i ke ala like me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka luku e hoʻolei ana i ka nui o kēia mau ʻāina i kahi kūlana kaumaha loa. Ke hilinaʻi nei ka Caribbean i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he kumu nui o ke ola ʻana a ʻo ka luku ʻia e nā ʻino ʻelua ua hoʻopaneʻe i ka ʻoihana waiwai o nā ʻāina i hoʻopilikia ʻia, a he mau mahina a mau makahiki paha e ola hou ai.

ʻOliʻoli loa ka BTB a me ka poʻe hui mākaʻikaʻi Belize no ka hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka Caribbean Relief Fund a lawe i kēia manawa kūpono e hāʻawi aku i ko lākou puʻuwai aloha i nā mea pili a me nā hui Belizean i hāʻawi manawaleʻa i mea e maʻalahi ai ke ala e hoʻihoʻi ai no ko mākou mau ʻāina kaikuahine Karipiano.

Wahi a ka CTO, ma kahi o US $ 135,000.00 i hānai ʻia e ka Caribbean Hurricane Relief Fund Campaign.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Pike said “when we got the news on the Caribbean Relief Fund Campaign, we embraced it immediately because it was not only the right thing to do, but also because it brought all of us in the Caribbean once again even closer together in a unified effort to assist those in need.
The BTB and the Belize tourism stakeholders are extremely pleased that they were able to make a contribution towards the Caribbean Relief Fund and take this opportunity to offer their heartfelt thanks to all Belizean stakeholders and organizations that donated generously in order to ease the road to recovery for our Caribbean sister countries.
“As part of the Dollar for the Caribbean Relief Fund Campaign, the BTB reached out to the entire country of Belize through the media, press releases, the BTB's website and its news distribution network.