Ke puka mai nei ka nūhou mai Nairobi mai ua hoʻonui ʻia ka manaʻo kālā, e kau ana i ka budget ESTIMATE, no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina no ka makahiki kālā 2015/2016 ua hoʻonui ʻia ma mua o ʻeono mai ka 1.1 billion Kenya shillings i kēia makahiki a i kahi 7 billion Kenya shillings.
Ua hiki mai ka lono ma ke ano he mea pihoihoi i ka nui o ka poe hoohana makaikai i kamailio koke ia mai ka la i nehinei a e hoike mai ana ia i ka pane koʻikoʻi mua loa i nā noi o ka ʻoihana no kekahi hana paʻa a koʻikoʻi o ke aupuni e kōkua i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka ʻāpana hae.
ʻO nā loaʻa mai ka makahiki 2012, ʻo ia ka makahiki maikaʻi loa no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Kenya, ua hāʻule mai ka 100 billion Kenya Shillings i 86 billion wale nō i ka makahiki i hala a ke hoʻomau nei ke ʻano i ka makahiki 2015 me ka ʻole o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o nā waiwai i ʻike ʻia.
ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana mai no ka hapaha mua o kēia makahiki ua hāʻule like i kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i ʻike ʻole ʻia i nā makahiki he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ke kahua mokulele honua ma Mombasa.
Ua hāʻawi aku ka Tourism Recovery Task Force i kahi hōʻike kikoʻī i ke Kuhina Kuhina i mālama ʻia i ka Tourism, akā a hiki i ka wā i puka mai ai ka nūhou e pili ana i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka waihona kālā kūʻai o ka ʻāina he liʻiliʻi inā he mau hōʻailona e puka mai ana mai nā pōʻai aupuni pehea ka pane ʻana i ka papa inoa o nā manaʻo nui a me nā koi. He lōʻihi naʻe ka papa inoa o ka hōʻike a ʻo kahi hōʻailona koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe o ke aupuni e lawe koʻikoʻi ana i nā pilikia ʻoihana ma ka hope, ʻo ia ka wehe ʻana i ka VAT mai nā lawelawe mākaʻikaʻi, kahi i ʻike ʻia e ke aupuni hoʻokahi he mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia.
ʻO nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi maikaʻi ʻole, i paʻi ʻia ma Kenya e Beretania a me kekahi o nā hoa pili maʻamau o UK i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana iā ʻApelika, ua huki ʻia nā kaulahao holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa, e waiho ana i nā kahakai kahakai e haʻalulu mai ka hopena o nā helu mākaʻikaʻi haʻahaʻa, a ʻoiai ʻo Kenyans a me East Africa e maopopo. ʻO ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa ma nā kahakai i kēia manawa ma mua o ka palena ʻana i nā hopena pule lōʻihi, nā lā hoʻomaha aupuni a me nā wā hoʻomaha kula a hoʻokō ʻia e kekahi hoʻemi nui e hoʻolilo i kēlā mau hoʻomaha kūpono. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua haki kekahi mau hōkele i ka ʻāina hou, e like me Heritage Hotels, i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai lākou i nā pūʻolo e hui pū me ka huakaʻi kaʻa mai Nairobi a hiki i ka ʻāina i kahakai, a laila koho nā mea kūʻai aku ma ke kahua kaʻaahi a hoʻoneʻe ʻia i ka Voyager Resort. Ua hoʻomau ka poʻe ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka lele i loko o nā waihona waihona kālā i nā malihini e hiki ke heluhelu lōʻihi ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa loa me Jambojet, i kēia manawa ma 2.950 Kenya Shillings hoʻokahi ala a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i hana i nā kuʻikahi me Kenya Airways Holidays e hoʻolaha i nā lā hoʻomaha kahakai. a hiki i Uganda, Rwanda a ma o aku. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i kēia mau hana a pau ke hoʻopau i ka nalowale o nā mākeke koʻikoʻi e like me UK a me nā ʻāpana o ʻEulopa a me ke kālā i loaʻa, i ka wā a inā i hoʻopau piha ʻia - pono e ʻae mua ka pāremata Kenyan i ka waihona kālā - e kōkua e hoʻomaka i nā hana hoʻolaʻa hou aʻe i nā mākeke koʻikoʻi ma mua a ʻoiai e hana ikaika ana i nā mākeke hou a kū mai. E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kekahi ʻatikala i ka pō nei, pono anei ka Kenya Tourism Board a me nā hoa pili kūloko e hui pū me nā mokulele ʻē aʻe a me ka ʻāina e hui pū ai lākou i nā hana kūʻai aku e hoʻohana i nā mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i Mombasa. ʻO ka wehe ʻana i ka lani Kenyan ʻoiaʻiʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoʻonui hou akā i kēia manawa ʻaʻohe mea hōʻike i hoʻomaopopo piha ʻia ka KCAA i ka hopena o kā lākou kūkulu ʻana i kahi pā mokulele ʻo Berlin a puni ka ʻāina a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā pono mokulele kūloko ma luna o nā pono aupuni.
ʻO ka nūhou, inā pololei maoli - ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ke kumu e hoʻonui a alakaʻi hewa paha - ʻo ia ka pūʻulu nui mua o ka nūhou maikaʻi i loaʻa i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi o Kenya i nā makahiki ʻelua o kēia aupuni a hiki ke manaʻolana Hoʻohana ʻia ke kālā i ka hoʻohana maikaʻi loa e hoʻomālamalama hou iā Kenya ma waho.
Ma mua o ka pule i hōʻike aku ai ka ʻohana mākaʻikaʻi kahakai ʻo Kenya i ko lākou huhū no ka hōʻemi ʻia ʻana o ka waihona kālā hoʻolaha huakaʻi e ke aupuni ʻo Mombasa County i hōʻike ʻia ma aneʻi. ʻO ka manawa e nānā ai i kēia wahi e ʻike ai pehea e pāʻani ai kēia a inā hiki i ka hoʻonui kālā ʻana i ka ʻoihana kūʻai kālā ke unuhi i kahi hoʻoikaika hilinaʻi a hoʻomaikaʻi hou i ka ikaika a nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Kenyan e hoʻolaha nei i ka ʻāina ma ka INDABA i hoʻopau ʻia ma Durban a ʻelua pule ma mua ma ka World Travel Market Africa ma Cape Town.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The news, if indeed accurate – the source is not known to exaggerate or mislead – will be the first major set of good news Kenya's tourism stakeholders will have received in the two years of this government in place and it can only be hoped that the additional funding is put to the best possible use to make Kenya shine again abroad.
- The Tourism Recovery Task Force had in March handed in a detailed report to the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Tourism but until the news broke over the apparent sharp rise in the country's marketing budget were few if any signs emerging from government circles how the response to the list of extensive recommendations and demands would be.
- However, all these efforts cannot make up for the loss of key markets like the UK and parts of Europe and the available funding, when and IF it is fully disbursed – the Kenyan parliament will first have to approve the budget of course – will assist to launch major recovery marketing efforts in former core markets while also working new and emerging markets hard.
