Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike mākaʻikaʻi hou i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka Pōʻalua e kū ana ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko o Australia i nā koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi i loko o nā mahina he 12 a hiki i Kepakemapa 2008, ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā kumu waiwai o kēia manawa, wahi a ka luna hoʻokele o Tourism Australia ʻo Geoff Buckley.
Hōʻike ka hōʻike hou, Travel By Australians, September Quarter 2008, i nā hopena o ka National Visitor Survey (NVS) a hāʻawi i ka ʻike hou loa e pili ana i ka huakaʻi a ka poʻe Australia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Buckley, ua liʻiliʻi ka poʻe Australia i nā huakaʻi i ka pō ma ko lākou ʻāina home i loko o nā mahina he 12 a hiki i Kepakemapa 2008 (ma lalo o 4 pakeneka i 71.5 miliona) akā ua lawe hou aku i nā huakaʻi ma waho.
"Ke hōʻoia nei ka hōʻike i ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai no kekahi manawa, ʻo ka hana paʻakikī o ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko i nā mahina he ʻumikumamālua a hiki i Sepatemaba '08 a hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia i kekahi mau mea hoʻokūkū," wahi a Mr.
"Ua komo kēia mau mea i kahi kālā Australia ikaika loa, ʻo ia ka mea i kona kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o ke kālā no ke kālā e kūʻē i ke kālā ʻAmelika - e hana ana i ka huakaʻi i waho i kahi koho maikaʻi loa. I ka manawa like ua loaʻa iā mākou nā kumukūʻai petrol kiʻekiʻe e pili ana i ka mākeke kaʻa kūloko.
"Akaka, i nā mahina i hala iho nei ua ʻike mākou i ka hāʻule ʻana o nā kumukūʻai petrol a me ka waiwai o ke kālā Australia e hiki ke kōkua i ka hāpai ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko. Eia naʻe, hiki i nā kumu waiwai ākea ke kū'ē i kēia mau mea maikaʻi.
"Mai kahi hiʻohiʻona kūʻai aku ke hana nei mākou i nā mea āpau e hiki ai ke hōʻoia i ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā lā hoʻomaha o Australia ma ka piko o ka papa inoa makemake hoʻomaha.
ʻOiai ua hāʻule ka nui o nā huakaʻi hoʻomaha hale i ʻelua pakeneka no ka hopena o ka makahiki Sepatemaba ua nui aʻe ka hāʻule ʻana o nā huakaʻi i ka pō no ka ʻoihana a me ke kipa ʻana i nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana (i lalo ʻelua i ka ʻelima pakeneka)," wahi a Mr. Buckley.
Ua noho ka poʻe Australia no nā pō liʻiliʻi (ma lalo o 5 pakeneka) akā ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā huakaʻi pō no ka hopena o Kepakemapa, piʻi 2 pakeneka i $44.8 biliona.
ʻO nā hopena ʻē aʻe o ka hōʻike e hōʻike ana ua emi nā huakaʻi i ka lā i ka 6 pakeneka, ʻoiai ʻo nā huakaʻi ma waena o ka pō ua emi iho i ka 2 pakeneka a ʻo nā huakaʻi intrastate i ka pō i lalo he 5 pakeneka.
I ka makahiki, ua piʻi ka huakaʻi ea i 1 pakeneka aʻo ka mākeke kaʻa i hāʻule i ka 5 pakeneka, e hōʻike ana i ka hopena o nā kumukūʻai petrol kiʻekiʻe.
I loko o ka makahiki i pau i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa 2008, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Buckley, ua hāʻawi ka huakaʻi kūloko i ka huina o $64.9 biliona i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Australia.
"I laweʻia me nā hopena o ka International Visitor Survey i hoʻokuʻuʻia i ka pule i hala aku nei, uaʻike mākou i ka nui o ka haʻawina hoʻokele waiwai o ka mākaʻikaʻi Australia, i ka huiʻana o ka honua a me ka huakaʻi home, ua uluʻo 3 pakeneka i $ 89.4 billion no ka makahiki," wahi a Mr. Buckley.
"ʻOiai he hopena maikaʻi kēia, ʻaʻole paipai ka emi ʻana o ka nui o ka poʻe e hele nei. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke haʻi ʻia inā e lōʻihi kēia mau ʻano ma muli o ke ʻano hoʻokele waiwai o kēia manawa.
"Ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana ʻoiai he mea nui ia e hoʻomau i kā mākou manaʻo i kēia mau manawa paʻakikī a ʻaʻole e huli i kā mākou mau mākeke.
"He nui nā hana i hoʻokumu ʻia e Tourism Australia e hoʻāʻo a hoʻomaka i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana me kahi hoʻolaha kūʻai hou a me ka papahana 'No Leave, No Life' e paipai i nā limahana e hoʻohana i kā lākou mau kuleana haʻalele e lawe i nā lā hoʻomaha nui o Australia. ," wahi a Mr. Buckley.
