DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (eTN) - Ke piʻi nei ka mākaʻikaʻi Inter-Arab. Ua paʻa maoli ka mākaʻikaʻi i loko a i waho i ka ʻāina e haʻaheo nei i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻoihana a me ka lawelawe hoʻokipa.

A inā e hoʻomau ka Middle East i ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi komo ʻole, pono nā ʻāina kūloko e hōʻoia i kā lākou huahana huahana e hoʻomaikaʻi kekahi i kekahi, wahi a HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, ka pelekikena o Dubai Civil Aviation Authority a me ka luna o ka Emirates Airline Group ma ka wehe ʻana o ka 15th Arabian Travel Market, ka huakaʻi huakaʻi a me ka hanana mākaʻikaʻi o ka Middle East.

"Ke ulu nei ka huakaʻi ma waena o ka Middle East, ʻaʻole wale ma UAE. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke hoʻomau ʻia kēia ulu inā hana mākou i kahi ala hoʻohui e hōʻoia i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o nā huahana huakaʻi a kēlā me kēia ʻāina i kekahi i kekahi, "wahi a Sheikh Ahmed.

Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma lalo o ke kākoʻo o kāna mea kiʻekiʻe ʻo Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ka hope pelekikena a me ke kuhina nui o ka UAE, ke aliʻi o Dubai, a ma lalo o ka mana o ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻokele a me Kālepa, Aupuni o Dubai, ua wehe ʻia ka Arabian Travel Market 2008. ʻO Mei 6 ma Dubai, loaʻa ka waihona mea hōʻikeʻike nui loa o 2,208, nā mea komo mai 70 mau ʻāina - he ʻewalu pakeneka hoʻonui ma ka 2007 paʻi. Ua piʻi aʻe ʻelima pakeneka ka helu ʻana o ka hōʻike ʻāina no ka hōʻike 2008 i ka makahiki i hala, me ka hōʻike ʻana mai nā ʻāina a pau o ka Hikina Hikina - he hōʻike mua - e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā manaʻo mākaʻikaʻi like ʻole o ka ʻāina. Ke hoʻomau nei nā helu ma muli o ka ulu ʻana o nā hōkele ma ka Hikina Waena a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka huakaʻi hele kokoke i loko.

"I loko o nā makahiki, ua ulu ka ATM me ka ulu a me ka ulu ʻana o ka huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a Richard Mortimore, ka luna hoʻomalu o Reed Travel Exhibitions, ka mea hoʻonohonoho o ka hōʻike. "He hana hoʻomau ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka hōʻikeʻike a hōʻike i ka puka ʻana mai o ka Middle East ma ke ʻano kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana a hoihoi loa o ka honua."

Wahi a Mortimore, ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ke komo ʻana o nā mea hōʻikeʻike kūloko a me ka honua he hōʻailona maopopo o ka hoʻonui ʻana o kēia mākeke. "ʻO ka ʻokoʻa o nā huahana a me nā lawelawe i hōʻike ʻia e hōʻike hou aku i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana a me ka hoʻokūkū."

ʻO ka lure mākaʻikaʻi o Dubai he kūʻai kūʻai manuahi ʻole. Maʻaneʻi, makemake ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻolilo i ke kālā no nā waiwai ʻauhau ʻole, o nā hana a pau e makemake ai ka poʻe huakaʻi e hana ma nā wahi āpau. ʻO kahi hapa nui o ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia i nā hanana kūʻai mua a me nā hanana ʻoliʻoli o Dubai: ka Dubai Shopping Festival a me Dubai Summer Surprises.

Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1996, ua hoʻonoho ka Dubai Shopping Festival iā Dubai ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi, e hoʻoulu ana i nā ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai a me nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka manaʻo ka mea mua loa o ia ʻano ma ka ʻāina i hōʻike ʻia he kūleʻa maikaʻi loa ma waena o ke aupuni a me ka ʻoihana pilikino. Ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia i ka hau o Dubai i nā loaʻa a me nā helu malihini, mai ka AED 2.15 biliona i hoʻolilo a me 1.6 miliona mau malihini kipa i ka AED 10.2 biliona ma nā lilo a me 3.5 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i nā lā 43 wale nō i 2006/2007.

I loko o nā mahina wela loa o ke kauwela, holo ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i Dubai, e kūʻai. ʻO kēia ke kumu i ka makahiki 1998; ua hoʻokumu ke kūlanakauhale i ka Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS), i hāpai ʻia ma ke ʻano he leʻaleʻa ʻohana koʻikoʻi i ke kauwela no nā ʻāina ʻo Gulf a me ka Middle East. Kuhi ʻia i nā malihini mai loko o ka UAE a ma waho, ua hoʻonui ka DSS i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi mai 600,000 mau malihini kipa a me AED 850 miliona i hoʻolilo ʻia ma 1998 a i 2.16 miliona mau malihini kipa a me AED 3.08 biliona hoʻolimalima i ka makahiki i hala. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka DSS e mālama i nā keiki a me nā ʻohana i loko o ka ʻāina, e huki ana i nā ʻāpana malihini i ke kauwela a e kālele ana i nā ʻano kumu o ke kūʻai ʻana, lanakila a me nā hanana ʻohana i loko o 10 mau pule.

I ka hoʻokō ʻana i ke kulekele o ke aupuni no ka hoʻonoho ʻana iā Dubai ma ka palapala honua ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi like ʻole a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana, ua hoʻokumu ka Dubai Shopping Festival i nā hanana kūʻai nui o Dubai e hele pū me ka pahuhopu o Dubai e huki i 15 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i ka makahiki 2010.

ʻIke ʻia nā manaʻo i ka wā e paʻa ai nā ʻāina Arab e mālama i kā lākou mau malihini kipa.

"I ka wā i hoʻomaka ai mākou i 15 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, akā ʻo ka ulu ʻana i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala aku nei ua haʻalulu. No ka ʻike ʻana i kēia makahiki ua loaʻa iā ia ma luna o 2,000 mau mea hōʻike mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa, me ke komo ʻana o ka ʻāpana kūloko, he hōʻailona ia e ulu nui ana ka wā e hiki mai ana, "wahi a Sheikh Ahmed.

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