WASHINGTON - Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻia nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi nui o ʻAmelika i loko o kahi hōkele ma Wakinekona i ka Pōʻakolu e hoʻolohe i kahi leo no ka ʻoihana mai nā luna aupuni Cuban, i ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao nunui ma o ka Pūnaewele mai Havana a hoʻolaha i ka mokupuni.
ʻO ka hālāwai - ʻo ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e kekahi o kāna mea hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia ka mea mua - ua hele mai nā hui huakaʻi i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻaha kūkā e hāpai i nā mea paʻa e pāpā ai i ka hapa nui o nā ʻAmelika e hele i Cuba.
Ua nānā ka poʻe hana i nā wikiō hoʻolaha o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e leʻaleʻa ana i ka heʻenalu, e hoʻomaha ana ma nā kahakai keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo a me ka ʻimi ʻana iā Havana kahiko. Ua nīnau lākou i nā luna Cuban i ka wā e mākaukau ai lākou no ka mea a ka pelekikena o ka US Tour Operators Association, ʻo Bob Whitley, i kapa ʻia he "wikiwiki nui" o nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika, inā e kāpae ʻia ka pāpā. Ua kākoʻo ka hui o Whitley i ka hanana me ka National Tour Association.
"Ua mākaukau mākou i ka minuke mua," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Miguel Figueras Perez, he ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo koʻikoʻi i ka Ministry of Tourism o Cuba. "E ʻoluʻolu e haʻi mai iā mākou."
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Figueras i kahi huakaʻi no ka poʻe hana, e kuhikuhi ana i ka hale ʻaina Floridita, ka "wahi a Ernest Hemingway i makemake ai e loaʻa kāna mojitos," a haʻi iā lākou i nā mākaʻikaʻi ma Cuba hiki ke "hoʻolimalima kaʻa, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i nā wahi āu e makemake ai."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua palekana ʻo Cuba, ʻaʻohe "lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻaʻohe hewa, ʻaʻohe hewa i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi" a "ʻaʻohe kanaka pupule e ʻaihue i kahi kaʻa me nā mākaʻikaʻi."
Ua hiki mai ka hanana ma muli o ka hōʻole ʻana o Cuba i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻOihana Moku'āina i kahi ʻoihana ʻAmelika i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Havana i ka lā 5 o Dekemaba ma hope o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kelepona a me nā kamepiula i nā poʻe kūʻē Cuban.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kirby Jones o Alamar Associates, kahi hui ma Wakinekona e kākoʻo ana i ke kālepa me Cuba, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i manaʻo e pili ana ka hanana i nā hana e hōʻoluʻolu i ka pāpā huakaʻi.
"Aia mau nā pilikia politika a ma laila mau nō, akā hoʻomau ka hana," wahi a Jones.
ʻO ka poʻe kākoʻo o ka pāpā huakaʻi e hakakā nei i ka hāpai ʻana e hoʻonui a hoʻonui i ke aupuni Castro, ka mea nāna e hoʻomalu i ka hapa nui o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Cuba.
Ua nīnau ʻo Jones i nā luna Cuban e pili ana i nā hoʻopiʻi mai kekahi poʻe kākoʻo i ka pāpā huakaʻi ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia nā Cubans ma ka mokupuni e noho ma nā hōkele ma laila. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Figueras ʻaʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua kūkulu ʻo Cuba ma mua o 100 mau hōkele i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei, ʻoiai ua lele ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka 11 pakeneka i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua ʻike ʻo ia, akā naʻe, ua lawe ka mokupuni i 30 mau makahiki e hoʻi hou i ka leo āna i hauʻoli ai ma mua o ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka hoʻokele ʻo Eisenhower i ka pilina me Cuba i ka makahiki 1961. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Figueras e ʻimi ana ʻo Cuba e kūkulu i 30 mau hōkele me 10,000 mau lumi i nā makahiki ʻelima e hiki mai ana. , akā ua ʻae ʻo ia e pono ana nā papa kolepa hou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua manaʻo ka ʻāina mai ka makahiki 1961, ua pale ka pāpā huakaʻi i 30 miliona ʻAmelika mai ke kipa ʻana aku i Cuba, ma ke kumukūʻai o $20 biliona. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka hōʻike o ka ʻaha kūkā mai ka American Society of Travel Agents e manaʻo ai he 1.8 miliona ʻAmelika e kipa aku i Cuba inā ua hoʻopau ʻia nā mea paʻa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he hiki ke ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 1 biliona no nā mokulele US, nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi a me nā hui huakaʻi.
ʻO Whitley, ka mea i ʻōlelo i kāna hui i hoʻoholo i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i ka makahiki 1981 e kākoʻo ana i nā "palena hāmama," i ʻōlelo ʻia ua makemake nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika e huakaʻi i Cuba.
"Makemake nā ʻAmelika e ʻike iā Cuba. Makemake maoli lākou e ʻike, "wahi āna. "ʻO kēlā me kēia moku holo moku e haʻalele iā Miami a me Fort Lauderdale, e koi ana ka mākeke i kahi awa o ke kelepona me Havana."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- travel operators gathered in a downtown Washington hotel Wednesday to listen to a pitch for business from Cuban government officials, who appeared on a giant screen via the Internet from Havana to tout the island.
- He noted, however, it took the island 30 years to get back to the volume it had enjoyed before the Eisenhower administration broke off relations with Cuba in 1961.
- Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kirby Jones o Alamar Associates, kahi hui ma Wakinekona e kākoʻo ana i ke kālepa me Cuba, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i manaʻo e pili ana ka hanana i nā hana e hōʻoluʻolu i ka pāpā huakaʻi.
