Ke hoʻonohonoho nei nā lālā lālā o ka East African Community no ka hoʻolaha ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi hui a me ka ʻāina, me ka manaʻo e hoʻonui i ka nui o ka poʻe kipa a me ka hoʻomohala waiwai o ka ʻāina.
ka Ke Kaiāulu o East Africa (EAC) Ua ʻike ʻo Secretariat e hāʻawi ana ka mākaʻikaʻi ma kahi o 10 pakeneka i ka Gross Domestic Product (GDP) o ka ʻāina a he 17 pakeneka ka loaʻa kālā o nā haole a ma kahi o ʻehiku pakeneka ka helu ʻana i ka hana ma nā lawelawe mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua hōʻoia ʻo Mr. Jean Baptiste Havugimana ka Luna Hoʻokele o nā ʻāpana huahana ma ka EAC, i ka wā o ka pau ʻana o ka hiku o ka paʻi ʻana o Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo i mālama ʻia ma Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort ma Uganda.
ʻO ka Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo i mālama ʻia i ka hopena o ʻApelila o kēia makahiki, ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ka EAC Secretariat, nā hui a pau o nā papa mākaʻikaʻi kūloko a me ka Papa Hoʻokipa ʻApelika (ATB).
Ua wehe ʻia ka hanana ʻehā mau lā e ke Kuhina ʻo Ugandan no Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Colonel Tom Butime.
ʻO ka Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo kahi hanana mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Ua hōʻuluʻulu ka expo i nā mea pili i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mea lawelawe ʻē aʻe i ka mākaʻikaʻi, e manaʻo ana e hālāwai me nā mea kūʻai hou, pūnaewele a kūkākūkā i nā ʻoihana ʻoihana me nā mea kūʻai kūʻai kūloko a me ka honua.
ʻO ka ʻehiku o ka paʻi ʻana o ka Pearl of Expo ua loaʻa ma luna o 150 mau mea hōʻikeʻike a ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 i hoʻokipa ʻia nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā media mai nā mākeke kumu mākaʻikaʻi like ʻole, me ka US, UK, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Polani, South Africa, Egypt a me Nigeria ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ua pani ʻia ka Papa Hoʻokele ʻApelika e kona Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Mr. Cuthbert Ncube nāna i komo i nā hanana like ʻole a me nā hana i ka wā o ka Expo.
Me nā ʻelele ATB, ua kipa aku ʻo Mr. Ncube i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi like ʻole ma Uganda me ka Chimpanzee Island ma Lake Victoria.
Ua hui pū ʻo ATB me nā mokuʻāina o ʻApelika Hikina i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma o ke komo ʻana i nā hanana koʻikoʻi ma East Africa a i kēia manawa he wahi e hiki mai ana no ka wahi mākaʻikaʻi intra-Africa.
Ua paipai ka EAC Secretariat i nā mokuʻāina hoa e komo i nā hanana hoʻolaha hoʻolaha i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina hoa.
ʻO ATB ka mea nui i komo i kēlā me kēia Expo mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina a kūloko ma o kona luna hoʻomalu, ʻo Mr. Ncube ma waena o kāna mau ʻelele hōʻailona ʻē aʻe.
Ma kāna ʻōlelo hoʻomaka i ka Pearl of Africa Expo, ua hōʻike ke Kuhina o Ugandan no Tourism Colonel Butime (Retired) i kona mahalo no ke aupuni a me ka poʻe o Uganda i nā mea hōʻikeʻike āpau a me nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea hoʻolaha no ka hele ʻana i ka hanana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Uganda i nā hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa a me nā ʻano like ʻole e hoʻopiʻi i ka poʻe huakaʻi honua, kūloko a me ka home.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Lily Ajarova, ka Luna Nui o ka Papa Hoʻokele ʻo Uganda, makemake nui ʻo Uganda a me nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe o ka EAC i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau a me ke kuleana.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Mr Jean Baptiste Havugimana ka Luna Hoʻokele o nā ʻāpana huahana ma ka EAC, i ke aupuni o Uganda no ke kono ʻana i ka EAC Secretariat a me nā mokuʻāina āpau e komo i ka Expo ma ka ʻuhane o ka hoʻohui EAC.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Mr. Havugimana ua kākoʻo ʻia ka EAC Secretariat a me nā National Tourism Boards e komo i ka Expo ma o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā ʻelele aupuni a me ke kūʻai ʻana i nā hale hōʻikeʻike.
Ua kākoʻo pū ka German International Cooperation Agency, GIZ, i ka Expo ma o kahi pūʻolo Sponsorship gula.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he mea nui ka EAC Treaty i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma muli o kāna hana i ka hoʻomohala socio-economic o ka ʻāina.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Mr. Havugimana i ka poʻe i komo e hoʻokō nei ka EAC i ka EAC Tourism Marketing Strategy 2021 a i 2025 me ke kākoʻo o GIZ ma o nā ʻano hana like ʻole me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka huakaʻi hui.
ʻO ka hoʻolaha hoʻolaha hoʻokipa kūloko o EAC i kapa ʻia ʻo "Tembea Nyumbani" a i ʻole "E kipa aku i kou Home" e kuhikuhi ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi intra-regional e hiki ai i nā kamaʻāina ʻApelika Hikina ke kipa i kēlā me kēia ʻāina i loko o ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka EAC Secretariat kekahi, e hana ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kūlana haʻahaʻa no nā mea lawelawe mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi, nā ʻelele huakaʻi a me nā alakaʻi huakaʻi me nā pae hoʻohālikelike no nā hōkele mākaʻikaʻi kūloko.
"I kēia manawa, ua hoʻomaka ke kaʻina hana o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi Brand Destination Regional Tourism no EAC ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi hoʻokahi a ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia i ka hopena o kēia makahiki", wahi a Mr. Havugimana.
ʻO ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēlā mau hana āpau e ʻike i ka ʻāina i ʻoi aku ma mua o 7.2 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi kipa honua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 2019 ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, wahi āna.
Ua hōʻoia hou ka Luna Hoʻokele o GIZ no Uganda, ʻo Mr. James Macbeth Forbes, i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ke aupuni Kelemania e hoʻomau i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hana hoʻohui EAC me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi hui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Forbes, ʻo ka wehe ʻana i nā mea pale i ke kālepa a me nā hoʻopukapuka kālā ma ka ʻāina EAC he mea nui ia i ke kaʻina hana hoʻohui.
Aia pū ma ka ʻaha wehe ʻana he mau ʻelele o ka Diplomatic Community.
