BOGOTA, Kolombia - E hoʻolilo ke aupuni o Kolombia i kahi kokoke i $1.5 miliona e hui pū me nā mokulele a me nā hui pilikino i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina, ua lele ʻo 7.34% i ka makahiki 2013.
Ke hui pū nei ke Kuhina Kālepa, ʻOihana a me ka ʻoihana ʻo Colombia a me kāna National Tourism Fund (FONTUR) me nā mokulele i mea e wehe ai i nā ala hou a maʻamau i hiki ke lawe i nā mākaʻikaʻi i nā wahi nui o ka ʻāina. Manaʻo ʻia kēia e hoʻohui hohonu i nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Colombian me nā mākeke honua ʻē aʻe.
ʻO kahi ʻoihana niche e loaʻa ana ka manaʻo kūikawā i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiapuni, ʻoiai ʻo Kolombia ka lua o ka ʻāina ʻokoʻa bio ma ka honua ma hope o Brazil.
E kahe ana kekahi hapa o ka $1.5 miliona i nā mea hoʻolaha lawelawe nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiapuni a me nā mea hoʻolaha kūikawā, i mea e hoʻoikaika ai i ko lākou hiki ke lawelawe a hoʻoulu i nā huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ua hoʻomaka kekahi mau hui Kolombia e hoʻokumu iā lākou iho ma US, Kanada a me kekahi mau ʻāina ʻEulopa.
Hoʻolālā ʻo FONTUR ma kahi o 1,200 mau ʻoihana ʻoihana ma muli o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki.
Aia kekahi hoʻolālā e hoʻolaha i Kolombia ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi honua no ka mālama ʻana i nā hanana. E hōʻuluʻulu pū ka hana i nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi honua ma o nā misionari kalepa, nā ʻaha kūkā ʻoihana a me nā "huakaʻi kamaʻāina," e ʻae ana iā Colombia e lilo i "huakaʻi honua."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Colombia's ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and its National Tourism Fund (FONTUR) are partnering with airlines in order to open up new and customized routes that could bring potential tourists to larger areas of the country.
- ʻO kahi ʻoihana niche e loaʻa ana ka manaʻo kūikawā i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiapuni, ʻoiai ʻo Kolombia ka lua o ka ʻāina ʻokoʻa bio ma ka honua ma hope o Brazil.
- The initiative will also bring together international tourism entrepreneurs through trade missions, business conferences and “familiarization trips,” allowing Colombia to become a “world-class destination.
