Hoʻokumu ka East African Community i kahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi intra-regional hou

ka Ke Kaiāulu o East Africa (EAC) ua hoʻokumu i ka EAC Regional and Domestic Tourism Media Campaign i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hoʻolaha i nā wahi a me nā lawelawe hoʻokipa mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina a kūloko, me ka manaʻo e hoʻoulu a hoʻomohala i ka huakaʻi intra-regional.

Hoʻomaka ʻia i kēia pule, ʻo ka "Tembea Nyumbani", a i ʻole "Visit Home" ke ʻimi nei e hoʻohuli i nā kamaʻāina o ʻApelika Hikina e huakaʻi i ko lākou mau ʻāina ponoʻī, a laila a puni ka ʻāina, i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻolaʻa hou i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko a me ka ʻāina ma waena o ka ʻāina ʻo East Africa. ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.

Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka hoʻolaha e holo no ʻekolu pule, mai Dekemaba 1, 2021. He ʻāpana ia o ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka EAC Tourism Marketing Strategy a me EAC Recovery Plan i kākoʻo ʻia e ʻOihana Hoʻomohala Kelemānia, GIZ.

EAC Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Secretariat i ka hoʻolaha ma kona keʻena nui ma ke kūlanakauhale mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Tanzania ʻĀkau o Arusha.

Hāʻawi nui ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka ʻoihana o ka EAC Partner States a me ka pre-pandemic, hāʻawi i ka 10 pakeneka o Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 17% ka loaʻa kālā a me 7% i ka hana hana.

Ua ʻike ʻia ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka ʻāpana me ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi honua ʻO East Africa ke hāʻule nei ma kahi o 67.7%, i kahi 2.25 miliona i hiki mai i 2020 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 6.98 miliona i 2019.

EAC Ua paipai ke Kakauolelo Nui o Dr. Peter Mathuki i na mea paani o ka oihana kaapuni e hoonui aku i na puolo kupono i ko Aferika Hikina i mea e hoowalewale ai ia lakou e hoohana i na makana hoomaha e loaa ana i ke kau ahaaina e hiki mai ana.

"Me nā uku komo komo a me nā uku i hoʻonui ʻia i nā kamaʻāina EAC, ʻo ia ka manawa kūpono no ka poʻe ʻApelika Hikina e ʻimi i nā moʻomeheu like ʻole, lawe i nā safaris huakaʻi a kipa aku i nā kahakai exotic ma waena o nā manawa ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi ʻia e ka ʻāina," wahi a Dr. Mathuki i ka wā o ka pāpā. hoʻomaka ʻia ma ke keʻena nui o EAC ma Arusha i ka waena o kēia pule.

Ua hoʻomaopopo hou aku ʻo Kauka Matuki EAC ua hoʻomohala i kahi EAC Pass e hoʻohui a hōʻoia i nā hoʻokolohua COVID-19 a me nā palapala hōʻoia no ka EAC Partner States e hōʻoluʻolu i ka huakaʻi a puni ka ʻāina.

Ke hana ʻia nei ka hoʻolaha ʻo Tembea Nyumbani e ka EAC me ka hui pū ʻana me ka East African Tourism Platform e hōʻike ana i nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a puni ka ʻāina. 

Ma o ka hoʻolaha ʻana, ke paipai ʻia nei ka poʻe hōkele a me nā mea lawelawe huakaʻi ʻē aʻe e hoʻolaha i nā pōʻai kūpono i nā kamaʻāina EAC.

Ma kāna ʻaoʻao, ʻo ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka EAC i mālama i nā ʻāpana huahana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Jean Baptiste Havugimana e hana ana ka EAC i nā holomua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o ka Single Tourist Visa e nā mokuʻāina hoa EAC āpau.

"ʻO ka Sectoral Council on Tourism and Wildlife Management i kā lākou hālāwai kūikawā i mālama ʻia ma Iulai o kēia makahiki ua ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Secretariat e ʻākoakoa i kahi hālāwai multisectoral e pili ana i nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi e like me Tourism and Wildlife, Immigration and Security e hoʻomohala i kahi papa hana no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka ʻO ka Visa huakaʻi hoʻokahi e nā moku'āina hoa āpau, "wahi āna.

Ua ʻike ʻo Mr. Havugimana e ʻākoakoa ʻia ka hālāwai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki 2022, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa piha ʻia ai ka Visa e hōʻoluʻolu i ka huakaʻi e nā malihini kipa ma nā wahi āpau.

Eia hou, ua ʻike ʻo EAC Principal Tourism Officer, Mr. Simon Kiarie, e hana ana ʻo EAC me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma nā pae āpana a me nā pae ʻāina; hiki i ka ʻāina ke loaʻa ma kahi o 4 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i ka makahiki aʻe. 

"Ke piʻi nei ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a ke manaʻo nei mākou ma ka makahiki 2024, e loaʻa iā mākou ma kahi o 7 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 2.25 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 2020", wahi āna.