ʻO ka paʻi ʻelua o ka East Africa Regional Tourism Exhibition e hana ʻia ma Burundi i ka mahina aʻe ma hope o ka paʻi kūleʻa mua ma Tanzania i ka makahiki i hala.
ka Ke Kaiāulu o East Africa (EAC) Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e mālama ʻia ka 2nd EAC Regional Tourism EXPO e Burundi mai Kepakemapa 23 a 30 i ka manawa like me ka hoʻolauleʻa makahiki World Tourism Day.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo, i hoʻopuka ʻia e ka EAC Secretariat ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻākau o Tanzania o Arusha i ka Pōʻakolu i kēia pule, i ʻōlelo ʻia e hana ʻia ana ka lua o ka East African Regional Tourism Expo (EARTE) ma Circle Hippique de Bujumbura ma ke kapikala ʻo Bujumbura.
Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻōlelo ʻo ka 2022 regional tourism expo e manaʻo ʻia e ʻoi aku ma mua o 250 mau mea hōʻike mai 10 mau ʻāina, 120 mau mea huakaʻi huakaʻi a me nā wahi kūʻai aku, a me 2,500 mau malihini kipa.
ʻO ka pahuhopu nui o ka expo mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻolaha i ka EAC ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi hoʻokahi, wahi a ka ʻōlelo.
Hoʻolālā ʻia ka expo mākaʻikaʻi i ka hoʻolako ʻana i kahi kahua no ka hoʻolauna ʻana o nā mea hoʻolako ʻoihana huakaʻi, e hoʻokumu i ka ʻike i nā manawa hoʻolimalima huakaʻi, a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me nā holoholona hihiu ma ka ʻāina, wahi a ka ʻōlelo.
ʻO ka hōʻikeʻike mākaʻikaʻi kūloko mua no nā mokuʻāina ʻeono o ka East African Community (EAC) i hoʻomaka i ka mahina ʻo ʻOkakopa i ka makahiki i hala ma Arusha, Tanazania, e huki ana i nā kanaka koʻikoʻi a me nā mea hana kulekele mai kekahi mau hui mākaʻikaʻi a puni ka bloc āpana.
ʻO ke kumumanaʻo no ka 2022 EXPO ʻo "Rethinking Tourism for Social Economic Development in the East Africa Community", wahi a ka ʻōlelo.
Wahi a ka ʻōlelo, pili ke kumuhana me ka United Nations World Tourism Day theme, e koi ana i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mea kuleana a puni ka honua e hoʻohālike hou i ka mākaʻikaʻi, ma hope o ka hopena pōʻino o COVID-19 ma ka ʻāpana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Christophe Bazivamo, ka hope kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka EAC e mālama ana i ka Productive and Social Sectors, aia nā hōʻailona ikaika o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma nā mokuʻāina āpau o ka EAC - Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ukanada.
"Ua ʻike mākou e hoʻi mai ana ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a ke hilinaʻi nei mākou ma ka makahiki 2024 e hoʻōla hou ʻia ka ʻāina," wahi a Bazivamo.
Paipai ʻo Bazivamo i nā mea lawelawe mākaʻikaʻi āpau ma ka ʻāina EAC e hoʻohana pono i ka expo e hōʻike i kā lākou mau makana a hui pū me nā mea kūʻai mai ka ʻāina, a me nā wahi a puni ka honua.
E hoʻokumu pū ka Regional Tourism Expo i ka ʻike i nā manawa hoʻolimalima huakaʻi ma ka ʻāina ʻo East Africa. ʻO ka poʻe i komo, me ka poʻe hoʻokumu i nā kulekele mākaʻikaʻi, e hoʻolālā a kūkākūkā i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka mālama holoholona hihiu ma ka ʻāina EAC.
Ma o ka lua o ka EARTE, ua mākaukau ka hoa hui EAC e hoʻokipa i nā mākaʻikaʻi mai waho mai o ka ʻāina a laila e hāʻawi iā lākou i nā pūʻolo huakaʻi huakaʻi lehulehu ma o nā huakaʻi hui i loko o ka poloka Hikina Hikina.
Ua hāʻule ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻea ana i ka ʻāina EAC ma kahi o 67.7 pakeneka i ka makahiki i hala aku nei ma kahi o 2.25 miliona mau malihini kipa honua, e hōʻemi ana i kahi $ 4.8 biliona mai nā loaʻa o nā mākaʻikaʻi. Ua manaʻo mua ka ʻāina ʻo EAC e huki i 14 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi ma 2025 ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.
"ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pōʻai mākaʻikaʻi multi-destination a me nā manawa hoʻolimalima huakaʻi a me nā mea hoʻoikaika, ʻo ka hakakā ʻana i ka poaching a me ke kālepa holoholona hihiu hewa ʻole ʻo ia nā kumu nui e pono ai no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko", wahi a Kauka Peter Mathuki, ke Kakauolelo Nui o EAC.
ʻO ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi kekahi o nā wahi koʻikoʻi o ka hui ʻana no ka EAC ma muli o kāna hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻekekele o Partner States e pili ana i ka Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ma kahi o 10 pakeneka, loaʻa ka loaʻa kālā he 17 pakeneka a me nā hana ma kahi o ʻehiku (7) pakeneka.
Hāʻawi ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā pilina me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe i mea nui i kā mākou hoʻohui ʻana e like me ka mahiʻai, ka lawe ʻana a me ka hana ʻana he mea nui loa, wahi a Dr. Mathuki ma mua.
Hāʻawi ka Paukū 115 o ke Kuikahi EAC no ka launa pū ʻana ma ka ʻāpana mākaʻikaʻi kahi e hana ai nā Moku'āina Hoa e hoʻomohala i kahi ala hui a hui pū ʻia i ka hoʻolaha ʻana a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi maikaʻi i loko a i loko o ke Kaiāulu.
Kaʻana like nā mokuʻāina o ʻApelika Hikina i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā holoholona hihiu ma ke ʻano he kumu maʻamau ma o ka neʻe ʻana i nā palena o nā holoholona hihiu, nā mākaʻikaʻi, nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi, nā mokulele a me nā mea nona ka hōkele.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Hāʻawi ka Paukū 115 o ke Kuikahi EAC no ka launa pū ʻana ma ka ʻāpana mākaʻikaʻi kahi e hana ai nā Moku'āina Hoa e hoʻomohala i kahi ala hui a hui pū ʻia i ka hoʻolaha ʻana a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi maikaʻi i loko a i loko o ke Kaiāulu.
- The tourism expo is also aimed at providing a platform for tourism service providers' business-to-business engagements, creating awareness of tourism investment opportunities, and addressing challenges affecting the tourism and wildlife sectors in the region, the statement said.
- Wahi a ka ʻōlelo, pili ke kumuhana me ka United Nations World Tourism Day theme, e koi ana i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mea kuleana a puni ka honua e hoʻohālike hou i ka mākaʻikaʻi, ma hope o ka hopena pōʻino o COVID-19 ma ka ʻāpana.
