Ua hōʻike aku nā luna o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka hopohopo i ke Keʻena ʻOihana a me nā huakaʻi ma mua o kēia makahiki e pili ana i ke ʻano o nā luna hoʻokele ma nā awa o ke komo ʻana ma hope o kahi kanaka India i lanakila i ka huakaʻi i ʻIlelani ma kahi hoʻokūkū kākoʻo mokuʻāina i hōʻike i ka hoʻomāinoino a me ka hoʻokae lāhui ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Dublin.
Ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka huakaʻi ma kahi hanana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Tourism Ireland ma Mumbai e hoʻolaha iā Ireland ma ke ʻano he wahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha.
Hōʻike nā palapala hou i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka mea lanakila i kākau iā Tourism Ireland i ka lā Malaki 2 e hoʻopiʻi ai i kāna mālama ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Dublin. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia pehea, ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā ia ka visa mākaʻikaʻi i koi ʻia a me ka lawe ʻana i kahi leka mai Tourism Ireland, ua koi nā luna hoʻokele i ko lākou manaʻo ʻaʻole he ʻoiaʻiʻo ka leka.
“A laila nīnau mai kekahi luna iā mākou i ka mea nāna i hoʻopaʻa i ko mākou hōkele. Ua haʻi mākou iā ia ua hana ʻia e Thomas Cook ma Bombay. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki ke hiki no ke aha e puke ai ʻo Ireland Tourism [sic] ma o Thomas Cook ʻoiai he hui Pelekane lākou. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike i ka mea e ʻōlelo aku ai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he nui nā poʻe kaʻa India ʻē aʻe i mālama pono ʻole ʻia. “ʻO ka poʻe India wale nō ka mea i paʻi ʻia ma ka hale kūʻai immigration. ʻO ia ka hoʻokae lāhui. He mea hilahila loa.
Wahi a nā leka i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka The Irish Times ma lalo o nā lula ʻo Freedom of Information, ua pane ʻo Tourism Ireland e haʻi i kāna "kaumaha nui" i ka mea lanakila ma kāna ʻike. "Ke huhū nui nei mākou a me ka hilahila e pili ana i ka mea i hana ʻia a e hāpai ana mākou i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa me ka ʻoihana aupuni e pili ana. . .” wahi a ka hui.
I ka lā aʻe, ua hoʻouna aku kekahi luna mai Tourism Ireland i ka leka uila i kahi hoa o ka 'Oihana noʻeau a me ka mākaʻikaʻi. "He moʻolelo haʻalulu e pili ana i ka neʻe ʻana," i kākau ai ʻo ia. "Pono mākou e hana i kekahi mea e pili ana i ia mea. ʻO ka huakaʻi aloha loa ma ka honua???"
Ua ukali ʻia me kahi leka mai ka luna hoʻokele o Tourism Ireland ʻo Paul O'Toole i ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ke keʻena ʻo Con Haugh. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia, e like me ke kulekele aupuni, ke ʻimi nei ka hui e hoʻomohala i nā mākeke hou ma ka ʻāina ʻo Asia-Pacific a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka pono o ka hoʻokūkū.
"Ua hōʻike ka nui o kā mākou mau hoa a me nā mea pili i nā manawa pōʻino i ka wā i ʻimi ai lākou a i ʻole kā lākou mea kūʻai aku i ke komo ʻana i Ireland, ʻoiai ko lākou manaʻo ua loaʻa iā lākou nā palapala e pono ai," i kākau ai ʻo ia.
Manaʻo ʻo Tourism Ireland ʻo India ʻo ia kekahi o nā mākeke hoʻomohala maikaʻi loa a wehe i kahi keʻena ma Mumbai i ʻekolu makahiki i hala.
ʻElua mau mahina ma hope o ka hanana, i ka pane ʻana i ka nīnau pāremata a Fine Gael's Olivia Mitchell, a laila ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Kuhina no Arts a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Martin Cullen "ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ke kulekele pili i ka manaʻo nui i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi".
Ua hoʻopiʻi mau nā hui malihini a me nā ʻelele o ka ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao ʻōlelo Pelekania i ka hana ʻino i ʻike ʻia e nā malihini kipa kānāwai ma nā awa komo.
Ma mua o kēia mahina, ua hopu ʻia kahi kahuna Katolika Nigerian i hele i ʻIlelani me ka visa mākaʻikaʻi ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Dublin ma mua o ka ʻimi ʻia ʻana a hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka hale paʻahao no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e komo i ka ʻāina me ke kānāwai ʻole.
