Ua hoʻokuʻu aku nā luna mākaʻikaʻi ma Hong Kong i nā manaʻo e hōʻemi ana nā paio kūwaho ma waena o nā kamaʻāina a me nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina i nā makahiki i hala aku nei.
I ka makahiki i hala, 28.1 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina nui i kipa aku iā Hong Kong - 67 pakeneka o ka nui o ka poʻe kipa, wahi a Greg So, ke kākau ʻōlelo no ke kālepa a me ka hoʻomohala waiwai no ke aupuni o ka ʻāina hoʻokele kūikawā.
Ua lilo ka ʻāina nui i kumu nui loa o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi no Hong Kong, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, a ke ulu nei ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi i ke kūlanakauhale.
"Me ka wehe ʻana o ko mākou awa no nā moku holo moku i ka makahiki aʻe, manaʻo mākou e hāʻawi i nā koho hou aku no nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina nui," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Joseph Tung, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Hong Kong Travel Industry Council, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale i ka neʻe ʻana o ke aupuni kūloko i ka makahiki 2003 i ka wā i "aneane make" ʻo Hong Kong ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi SARS.
"ʻAʻohe mea i hele mai e kipa iā Hong Kong i kēlā manawa. Ua makaʻu nō hoʻi nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e hoʻolaha aku ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma Hong Kong i ka maʻi. Ua hopohopo nui mākou, "wahi āna.
I ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ke aupuni waena e ʻae i nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina mai kekahi mau kūlanakauhale e kipa iā Hong Kong me ka ʻole o ka hui ʻana i nā hui huakaʻi i Iulai 2003, ua hoʻoikaika koke ia i ka mākaʻikaʻi.
I ʻAukake 2003, ʻoi aku ma mua o 946,000 mau mākaʻikaʻi nui i kipa aku iā Hong Kong, he piʻi o 43 pakeneka ma mua o ka manawa like o ka makahiki i hala, e like me ka ʻaha kūkā.
Ua nui ka mana o ka poe makaikai ma ka aina nui. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā poʻe ma nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana kūʻai aku i aʻo i ka ʻōlelo Mandarin.
"ʻOiai ke hele nei mākou i ke kūʻai, ʻaʻole hiki i ka mea kūʻai aku ke haʻi mai iā mākou mai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina, e ʻōlelo mai iā mākou ma Mandarin, ma kahi o Cantonese," wahi a Greg So, me ka ʻakaʻaka ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka Mandarin i ka wā kūʻai.
Akā me ka ulu ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ke ulu nei ka nui o nā paio.
I ka makahiki 2010, ua maʻi puʻuwai ʻo Chen Youming, 65, ka mea pāʻani mua o ka hui ping-pong aupuni, a ua make ʻo ia i ka wā i koi ʻia ai ʻo ia e kūʻai aku e kahi alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻole ma Hong Kong.
I ka makahiki i hala, ua komo kekahi alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i nā hakakā waha a me ke kino me ʻekolu mau mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina nui. Ua ʻōlelo nā moʻolelo ua alakaʻi ke alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i ka hui 33 mau lālā i kahi hale kūʻai mea kūʻai, akā ʻaʻohe mea o ka hui i kūʻai i kekahi mea i ka manawa o ka noho ʻana ʻelua hola. Ua hoʻomaka ke alakaʻi huakaʻi e ʻōhumu iā lākou.
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, he wikiō e hōʻike ana i kahi wahine ʻāina nui a me kekahi mau kamaʻāina Hong Kong e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ana ma ke kaʻaahi i hele i ka pūnaewele. Ua ʻae ka wahine i kāna keiki e ʻai ma ke kaʻaahi, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ma Hong Kong. Ua hoʻomaka ka wikiō i kahi kūkākūkā wela ma ka pūnaewele.
Ua ʻōlelo nā ʻōlelo a ka Media he ʻano hou ka piʻi ʻana o nā paio. Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tung he mau hihia kaʻawale kēia mau hanana.
Ke hana nei ka ʻaha kūkā i ka mea maikaʻi loa e hoʻoponopono i ka ʻoihana a me nā alakaʻi huakaʻi e pale aku i nā hanana e like me kēia mai ka hōʻino ʻana i ke kiʻi o Hong Kong, wahi āna.
Ma kahi o ʻehiku mau alakaʻi huakaʻi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia kā lākou mau laikini, wahi āna. ʻO ka ʻoihana huakaʻi i hoʻolimalima i ke alakaʻi huakaʻi ʻole i koi ʻia iā Chen Youming e kūʻai lilo i kāna laikini ʻoihana, wahi a Tung.
Ua wehe ʻia nā hotline no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hoʻopiʻi a ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. Ua hāʻule ka nui o nā hoʻopiʻi e 40 pakeneka i nā mahina ʻelima mua o kēia makahiki i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka manawa like o ka makahiki i hala, wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tung, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e ʻae ke aupuni kūloko i nā kamaʻāina o nā kūlanakauhale nui e kipa aku iā Hong Kong me ka ʻole o ka hui ʻana i nā hui huakaʻi.
I kēia manawa, hiki i nā kamaʻāina o 49 mau kūlanakauhale nui ke hele i Hong Kong me ka ʻole o ka hui ʻana i nā hui huakaʻi.