eTN: Pehea ke kūlana o kēia manawa i ka wā e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Costa Rica?

Carlos Ricardo Benavides Jimenez: E like me ke koena o ke ao nei, ua emi iki mai, no ka mea, o ko kakou makeke nui o Amerika Huipuia, a o Amerika Akau ponoi he aneane 62 pakeneka o ko kakou makeke, nolaila, ke iho mai o Amerika Akau i lalo, o ko kakou makeke pu kekahi. iho nui. Akā ua mālama mākou i kahi mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa, ʻo ia ka mea e hele ai no ka laʻana i ka Hyatt a i ʻole i nā Kau ʻEhā, e hiki mai ana, ʻaʻole ia he mea nui ka pilikia i kēia manawa. Aia mākou i kahi hoʻomaha liʻiliʻi ma ʻAukake a me Kepakemapa, a ke manaʻo nei mākou e hoʻomau i kā mākou holomua, a kōkua iki paha iā mākou me nā poʻe hoʻomaha e hele mai ana no Dekemaba i hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i kahi pohō maikaʻi ʻole no ka makahiki 2009 a puni -6 a i ʻole -7 pakeneka; ʻo ia kā mākou e wānana nei i kēia manawa.

eTN: ʻO nā loulou ea mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua emi lākou a i ʻole lākou i noho like?

Benavides Jimenez: ʻAe, ua emi kekahi o lākou, akā ʻaʻole no ka nele o ka poʻe e lele ana, akā no ka laʻana, i ka hihia ʻo Delta, no ka mana o nā ʻauwaʻa, ʻaʻole ia he wahie maikaʻi loa, no laila lōʻihi. nā huakaʻi, no ka laʻana nā mea mai New York a i San Jose, ma luna o kahi huakaʻi 5-hola, ua maikaʻi loa no lākou me nā mokulele āpau. Ua hoʻemi nā mokulele ʻē aʻe i ka nui o nā mokulele, e hoʻāʻo ana e lawe mai i nā mokulele piha a ʻaʻole pono i nā mokulele mai nā wahi like ʻole. Akā, ke lele nei lākou a pau. ʻAʻole mākou i nalowale i kekahi ʻano mea lawe. ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻohui mākou i ʻelua mau mea lawe hou mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻohui mākou iā JetBlue i hoʻomaka i nā mokulele mai Orlando pololei i San Jose, a ua hoʻohui mākou i ka Spirit Airlines nāna i hoʻomaka i nā mokulele mai Ft. Lauderdale ma United States, a i ka makahiki i hala ua hoʻomaka mākou i Frontier Airlines mai Denver.

eTN: Ua ʻōlelo ʻoe he 5-hōkū mākaʻikaʻi i Costa Rica he pilikia nui. Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i nā kumukūʻai e iho mai ana no nā hōkele?

Benavides Jimenez: ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole nui, ʻaʻole nui. He manaʻo ko mākou - ke hoʻolilo ʻoe i kāu huahana i mea liʻiliʻi loa, a maʻa ka poʻe i ka uku ʻana i $1 no kahi mea āu i ʻike ai he hoʻokahi haneli kālā, ke hoʻi ʻoe e uku iā lākou i $100, huli lākou iā ʻoe a ʻōlelo mai, akā, he $1 ka waiwai, a e haʻi aku ʻoe iā lākou, ʻaʻohe pilikia, kala wau. Inā e uku ʻoe i $1, no ka mea paha he $1 ʻaʻole $100.

eTN: Aloha au i kēia manaʻo, akā he mea ʻoiaʻiʻo paha ka hahai ʻana o nā hōkele i kāu ʻike?

Benavides Jimenez: ʻAʻole lākou i hele haʻahaʻa loa e hoʻolilo i ka huakaʻi i mea maʻalahi loa. Ua iho iki lākou, akā ʻo ka mea a mākou i hana ai he mea ʻē aʻe - ua hana mākou i nā pūʻolo kūikawā. No ka laʻana, inā ʻoe e noho i 3 pō, hāʻawi mākou iā ʻoe i 2 pō manuahi; inā ʻoe e noho i nā pō 5, e hāʻawi mākou iā ʻoe i kahi pō hoʻomaikaʻi a i ʻole kahi pāʻina manuahi ʻole ma ka spa, a me kahi huakaʻi hele. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka mea a mākou i makemake ai e hoʻohui ʻaʻole ia he huahana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, akā hoʻohui i nā huahana hou aku i kāu mea e uku nei. Ma ia ala, e loaʻa mau ana kāu huahana i ke kumu kūʻai maʻamau, akā e manaʻo ka poʻe e loaʻa hou ana lākou no ka mea a lākou e uku nei.

eTN: Ma waho aʻe o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kanada, he aha nā pahuhopu ʻē aʻe no ʻoe?

Benavides Jimenez: ʻO kā mākou mau pahuhopu nui ʻo Sepania, Kelemānia, Palani, ʻEnelani, a laila ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kanada, a me Mexico. E ʻōlelo wau mai ka pie nui e like me 75 pakeneka o nā kiʻi.

eTN: Ua haʻi mai nā wahi he nui iaʻu ke ʻike nei lākou i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka helu o nā noho ma waena o ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i ka mea like?

Benavides Jimenez: ʻAe, no ka mea, ma nā ʻaoʻao a pau o ka pakuhi, ua emi mau ka hoʻolilo, no laila ʻo ia hoʻi e iho pū ka loaʻa kālā mai ka mākaʻikaʻi - ʻaʻole hiki ke pale ʻia. Akā manaʻo wau e hoʻihoʻi mākou i kēlā makahiki aʻe. Manaʻo wau ke ʻike nei mākou - e piʻi mai ana nā helu.

eTN: He aha kāu mau loulou ea i kēia manawa mai Kelemānia? Aia nā mokulele hoʻolimalima a i ʻole ma luna o nā mokulele kalepa?

Benavides Jimenez: Loaʻa iā mākou Condor. Ke hana nei ʻo Condor i ʻelua mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule, a ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e hoʻāʻo iā Lufthansa i hoʻokahi lele pololei i San Jose, no ka mea, pono ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e hele i Madrid a hele ma ke ala o Iberia a i ʻole hele i ʻAmelika ma ke ala o Continental a alaila iho mai. Akā aia ka mākeke. Nui ko makou hakaka ma Kelemania; he nui nā mea kūʻai aku e hele nei ma Kelemānia, he nui nā hoʻolaha hui like ʻole no nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi e like me Tui, a ua ikaika loa mākou ma Kelemania. He mākeke maikaʻi ia no mākou.

eTN: Ma waho aʻe o ka manaʻo maʻamau, aia kekahi mākeke niche e ʻike ai ka poʻe ma Costa Rica?

Benavides Jimenez: ʻO ka mea nui, nā mea a mākou i hoʻolaha mau ai i ka eco-tourism - kahakai, lua pele, kūlohelohe - ʻo ia kā mākou pahuhopu nui. A haʻi mau wau i ka poʻe, ʻaʻole maikaʻi mākou i ka eco-tourism, akā ma ka liʻiliʻi loa mākou e hāʻawi i ka hakakā. No laila, no ka mālama ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiaola e like me kā mākou mākeke nui, loaʻa iā mākou he 25 pakeneka o ko mākou ʻāina i pale ʻia. Loaʻa iā mākou he 4.5 pakeneka o nā bio-diversity a pau o ka honua i Costa Rica. No laila ke pale nei mākou i kēlā ʻāpana o ke ʻano. No laila, inā makemake ʻoe e ʻike i ke ʻano, inā makemake ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōkele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ke ʻano o ka noʻonoʻo, me kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, hele ʻoe i Costa Rica.

eTN: Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻoe i ka GDP me ka mākaʻikaʻi, pehea ka nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi iā Costa Rica?

Benavides Jimenez: ʻAʻole i komo i waena o ka ʻāina, no ka mea ʻaʻohe ala e ana i waena o ka ʻāina, ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ka helu ʻekahi.

eTN: He aha ka hana a ke aupuni? I nehinei, ua lohe mākou iā Geoffrey Lipman e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i ke Ala Hoʻōla. ʻO kēia mau mea hoihoi a pau āu e hana like ai?

Benavides Jimenez: ʻAe, akā, ʻo ka mea a mākou i hana nui ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko; e hoʻāʻo e mālama i ka mākaʻikaʻi i loaʻa iā mākou.

eTN: ʻO kā mākou poʻe heluhelu he poʻe ʻoihana huakaʻi hele - ʻo kēia nā mea huakaʻi, nā mea hana huakaʻi, nā keʻena PR, nā mea nūpepa. Aia kekahi mea āu e makemake ai e ʻike lākou e pili ana iā Costa Rica?

Benavides Jimenez: Ke hiki ʻoe i Costa Rica, ke loaʻa nei ʻoe i kahi ala e hana ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi, a ma ka hopena e pili ana ʻoe no ka wā e hiki mai ana - no kou wā e hiki mai ana a me ka wā e hiki mai ana o kāu mau keikikāne a me nā moʻopuna a me nā moʻopuna, no ka mea ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e mālama. ka ʻōlelo e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma o ka mahalo ʻana i ke ʻano, a i ka wā e hiki mai ana, inā ʻaʻole mākou e hana pēlā, a laila ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kā mākou i hana ai me ke ʻano. Ua ʻike mākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e like me ka mea a ka poʻe i ʻōlelo ai, ʻo ka hakakā nui no ka wai a me ka meaʻai, no laila ke hiki mai ʻoe i ko mākou ʻāina, manaʻoʻiʻo mākou i kēia ʻano hana - hiki i nā mea āpau ke kaulike me kūlohelohe a me ka holomua a me ka mākaʻikaʻi.