BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS - Ma luna o ka ʻumi mau kānaka Karipiano e loaʻa kālā mai ka ʻoihana hoʻomohala huakaʻi o ka ʻāina, ʻo ka Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ko lākou ʻike a me nā mākau i ka mākaʻikaʻi/hoʻokipa.
ʻO ka CTO, ma o kāna papahana hoʻonaʻauao, ʻo ka CTO Foundation, ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haʻawina kālā he US $31,000 i ʻeono mau haumāna Caribbean e ʻimi ana i nā haʻawina ma ka pae Masters ma nā ʻoihana like ʻole. Aia ʻelua o nā haʻawina ma ka inoa ʻo Audrey Palmer Hawks, ke poʻo mua o ka Caribbean Tourism Association (ka mea mua i ka CTO), i make ma 1987 i ka makahiki 44.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Hawks, i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi Caribbean, ma Guyana akā ua ulu ʻo ia ma Grenada. He kuhina mua ʻo ia no ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Grenada, a ʻo ia ka wahine mua a me ka lāhui Karipiano mua i poʻo i ka CTA.
ʻO kekahi o nā haʻawina ma kona inoa e hele i ka Grenadian, ʻo Diane Whyte, ka mea e ʻimi nei i kāna MSc i ka Tourism & Hospitality Management ma ke Kulanui o West Indies.
"E kōkua kēia haʻawina iaʻu i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kaʻu moeʻuhane e kūpono i ke aʻo ʻana ma kahi kiʻekiʻe. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻokō wau i ka hoʻokō ponoʻī, "wahi a Whyte.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka lua ʻo Audrey Palmer Hawks Scholarship iā Basil Jemmott, he haumāna Barbadian e ʻimi nei i kahi Master's Degree in Tourism & Hospitality Management, akā ma ke Kulanui ʻO Birmingham ma UK.
"Ua hāʻawi mai kēia haʻawina iaʻu i kahi manawa e hoʻokō ai i kahi moeʻuhane o ke ola i koʻu ʻimi ʻana i ka maikaʻi hoʻonaʻauao. Hāʻawi ia iaʻu kahi manawa e kōkua hou aku ai i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kā mākou huahana huakaʻi ma o ke aʻo ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana mai ka ʻike, nā mākau a me ka ʻike e loaʻa iaʻu," wahi a Jemmott.
ʻEkolu Jamaicans - Synethia Ennis (MBA ma International Hospitality & Tourism Management ma Schiller International University), Zane Robinson (MSc. in Hospitality Management ma Florida International University) a me Patricia Smith (MSc. Tourism & Hospitality Management ma ke Kulanui o West Indies) , a me Trinidadian Priya Ramsumair (MSc in Tourism Development at the University of Surrey), hoʻopiha i ka papa inoa o nā mea lanakila.
"He mea mahalo nui kēia hana a CTO a he hōʻailona ia o kāna kūpaʻa mau ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mana kanaka o ka ʻāina," wahi a Ramsumair.
"Maikaʻi ka ʻike ʻana aia nā hui ma waho e makemake e kākoʻo i nā manaʻo o nā ʻoihana hoʻokipa ʻōpio mai ka Caribbean," wahi a Robinson.
"Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kaʻu MBA, manaʻolana wau e hāʻawi nui i ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana o ka huahana huakaʻi o ka Caribbean ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kaʻu aʻo ʻana a me ka ʻike hou," wahi a Ennis.
ʻO Smith, ʻo ia kekahi i loaʻa iā CTO Foundation Scholarship i ka makahiki i hala, ua kau kona mau maka i ke aʻo ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke kulanui.
"Ke kakali nei au i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i koʻu ʻike a me koʻu ʻike i nā haumāna, nā mea hana kulekele a me nā luna hoʻokele i loko o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i koʻu hoʻoikaika ʻana e hāʻawi i kahi kōkua nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻāina," wahi āna.
Ma waho aʻe o nā haʻawina, ua hāʻawi ka CTO Foundation i nā haʻawina haʻawina o US $2000 i kēlā me kēia i ʻehiku lāhui mai Antigua, The Dominican Republic, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia a me Trinidad a me Tobago. Ua loaʻa pū i ʻekolu mau lāhui Karipiano he $10,000 ka huina kālā no ke komo ʻana i Management of Coastal Recreational Tourism ma ke Cave Hill Campus o ke Kulanui o West Indies. ʻO ka huina nui o nā haʻawina a me nā haʻawina he US $55,000.
ʻO ka CTO Foundation, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 1997, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma New York State ma ke ʻano he hui waiwai ʻole, i hoʻokumu ʻia no nā kumu aloha a hoʻonaʻauao. ʻO kāna pahuhopu nui ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haʻawina haʻawina a me nā haʻawina haʻawina i nā haumāna a me nā limahana ʻoihana he lāhui Karipiano, mai nā ʻāina lālā CTO, e makemake ana e ʻimi i nā haʻawina ma nā wahi o ka mākaʻikaʻi / hoʻokipa a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻōlelo. Kākoʻo ka Foundation i nā poʻe e hōʻike ana i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻokō hoʻonaʻauao a me ke alakaʻi alakaʻi a hōʻike i ka hoihoi nui i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi haʻawina i ka mākaʻikaʻi Caribbean.
Mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana, ua hāʻawi ʻo CTO Foundation i nā haʻawina nui 50 a ʻoi aku ma mua o 90 mau haʻawina haʻawina. ʻO nā mea kākoʻo nui ʻo CTO Foundation ʻo American Express, American Airlines, Interval International, Universal Media, nā mokuna CTO ma ka honua a me nā lālā pili CTO he nui.
Hiki ke loaʻa ka ʻike e pili ana i ka Polokalamu Hoʻonaʻauao ʻo CTO a me kahi papa inoa o nā haʻawina a me nā mea hāʻawi kālā ma www.onecaribbean.org.
