ʻO ke kumu nui o ka aneane 40 pakeneka o ka poʻe malihini i lele i ka Mokupuni i ka makahiki i hala, ʻo ia ka ʻoihana a i ʻole ke kipa ʻana i nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana, i hōʻike ʻia i kēia pule.

I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua lele aku ka 235,860 mau malihini kipa i Bermuda ma kahi o 10.53 pakeneka i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 2008 a ʻo ia mau mea, he 18 pakeneka o nā malihini i hele mai no ka ʻoihana a he 16 pakeneka e kipa aku i ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha. ʻEhā pākēneka o ka poʻe malihini i hele mai no kahi ʻaha kūkā, i lalo he 24 pākēneka i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 2008.

Ma ka Pōʻalima, ua hoʻopuka ʻo Premier Ewart Brown i kahi kikoʻī kikoʻī o nā helu mākaʻikaʻi 2009 a i ka wā o ka haʻiʻōlelo ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻike ʻo ka 'Oihana Hoʻokele i ka hana a ka poʻe ʻoihana i loko o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa o Bermuda.

"ʻO ka huakaʻi ʻoihana, ʻoiai he 18 pakeneka wale nō o ka poʻe malihini kipa holoʻokoʻa, ke hoʻomau nei i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Bermuda, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui o kā lākou awelika o kēlā me kēia kanaka ma mua o ka hoʻolimalima leʻaleʻa," wahi āna. "ʻO ka hoihoi nui, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā huakaʻi ʻoihana i kēia kauwela ke kipa aku nei i ka Mokupuni no ka manawa mua, a ʻo ka hapa nui e hana nei no kahi hui e hana ana ma ka Mokupuni [e like me kahi noiʻi puka i hana ʻia i nā mahina kauwela]."

A ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua piʻi ka nui o nā malihini e hele mai e ʻike i nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana i nā makahiki hoʻokahi kumu i hāʻule ai ka nui o ka poʻe malihini kipa, ʻoiai i ka makahiki 2009 ua hōʻole ka poʻe i hele mai e ʻike i nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana i ʻehiku pakeneka ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 2008.

ʻO ka ʻoihana hui, ʻo ia ka mea i paʻakikī loa i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ʻike ʻia ka emi ʻana o 24 pakeneka i ka makahiki 2009 me 8,487 wale nō ka poʻe i hele mai i ka Mokupuni. Akā i ka pule i hala aku nei ʻo Shelley Meszoly, ka luna hoʻomalu o ke kūʻai aku a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana no Fairmont Bermuda, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia he "akaʻala maikaʻi" no 2010.

I ka makahiki 2009, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hāʻule ka helu ʻana o nā hui i 30 pakeneka ma Fairmont Southampton, e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻano honua. Akā ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "Ke manaʻo nui nei mākou e pili ana i ka makahiki 2010. ʻAʻole ia he makahiki maʻalahi, akā aia kahi ʻoihana ma laila a hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa inā ʻoe e hoʻopuka i ka makana kūpono."

I kēia manawa, ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina Nui e manaʻo ʻia ka ʻoihana moku holo moku e hoʻonui i $ 70 miliona no ka hoʻokele waiwai i kēia makahiki.

Ma ka loiloi hope o ka makahiki o ka Poaha, ua kuhi ke Kuhina i ka piʻi ʻana o ʻeono pakeneka o ka poʻe holo moku i ka makahiki 2010 a ʻōlelo ʻia ua kau inoa mua ʻia ʻelua mau laina moku no ka makahiki 2011.

Ua wehewehe ʻo Kauka Brown, ʻo ia hoʻi ke Kuhina o ka Mākaʻikaʻi, i ke kau moku holo moku no 2010, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana: “ʻO kekahi o nā loli nui i ka makahiki 2010 ʻo ia ka noho lōʻihi o nā moku. Ua ʻike mākou ʻo ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e noho ana no hoʻokahi lā wale nō, ʻaʻole lawa ka manawa e ʻike ai i nā mea a pau o ka Mokupuni.

"Ua noi aku nā mea kūʻai aku, nā mea hale ʻaina a me nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi e kūkākūkā mākou i nā noho lōʻihi. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua hoʻokō ʻia kēia noi me kahi pane maikaʻi.

ʻO kēia makahiki ka papa hana moku holo moku:

• E hana ana o Holland America i 24 mau mokuahi mai Nu Ioka a St. George's a me Hamilton.

• E hana ʻo Celebrity Cruises i 17 mau kelepona mai New Jersey a i Dockyard.

• E hana ana ka Royal Caribbean i 40 mau kelepona mai New Jersey a me Baltimore i Dockyard.

• He 45 mau kelepona mai Boston a me Nu Ioka a hiki i Dockyard.

• He ʻumi kelepona ʻo Princess Cruises e holo ana mai New York a i Dockyard.

"Ma waho aʻe o ka poʻe kelepona i kēlā me kēia pule, e kāhea ʻia kekahi mau laina holo moku ma Bermuda i 2010," i hoʻohui ʻia e ke Kuhina Nui. "Ke manaʻo ʻia nei ka nui o nā kelepona holo moku mai 138 i 2009 a i 154 i 2010.

"Ke manaʻo nei mākou e piʻi aʻe ka nui o ka poʻe malihini kipa mai ka 318,000 i ka makahiki 2009 a i ka 337,000 wale nō i ka makahiki 2010. He ʻeono pakeneka ka piʻi ʻana."

Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Kauka Brown, ʻo Heritage Wharf, ma Dockyard, ua manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa he $34 miliona ma o nā uku aupuni, nā hoʻolimalima ma ka Mokupuni e nā poʻe malihini holo moku a me nā poʻe holo moku a me nā huakaʻi kahakai i lawe ʻia e nā malihini holo moana.

Ma ka huina nui, ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina Nui ua manaʻo ʻia ka mākeke holo moku e hāʻawi ʻoi aku ma mua o $70 miliona i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Bermuda i 2010.

“ʻOliʻoli wau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kekahi mau nūhou hou aʻe. E hoʻi ana ka moku holo moku ʻo Holland America Line Veendam i Bermuda i ka makahiki 2011, "wahi āna. “Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka Veendam e hana i 24 mau kelepona mai New York, e lawelawe ana iā St. George a me Hamilton.

“ʻO kēia hoʻohiki ʻana a Holland America no ka makahiki 2011 e haʻi mai iaʻu ʻoiai aia kekahi poʻe i hōʻike i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ke kau ʻana ma St. George's; ʻAʻole kēia i pale iā Holland America. "

Ua hoʻohiki pū ʻo Norwegian Cruise Lines i Bermuda no 2011. E holo lākou i ʻelua mau moku mai ke kahakai ʻo US North East, e paʻa ana lāua ma mua o 2,220 mau ohua.