Ke alo nei ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Thailand i kahi manawa hoʻāʻo. Me nā kumu waiwai o Thai e lanakila ana a me ka baht nāwaliwali, he aha ka mea i mālama ʻia no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Thai?
Nui nā nūhou maikaʻi ʻole me nā wānana i kēlā me kēia lā i ke kumukūʻai o ka aila; hoʻonui i nā kumukūʻai meaʻai; nā pōʻino kūlohelohe a me ka hopohopo politika. E hoʻopilikia anei kēia i ka huakaʻi hele lōʻihi o Thailand a me ka huakaʻi home?
Manaʻo wau aia ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Thai ma kahi hui koʻikoʻi. ʻO ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana o ke aupuni Thai i ka ulu ʻana o ka hauʻoli o nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe a me ka hilinaʻi ʻole o ka lehulehu e hoʻāʻo ʻia e ka wikiwiki e hiki ai iā lākou ke hōʻike i ka holomua o ka nohona o kēlā me kēia lā.
He hana paʻakikī kēia a pono ke alakaʻi nui me ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻāina ma mua o kou iho. Eia naʻe, manaʻo nui ka poʻe nānā kālai'āina ʻaʻole hiki kēia i ka hoʻokele o kēia manawa.
ʻO ka hopena koke o ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai aila ʻo ia ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe e hele ana. Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike ʻoihana hou i ka emi ʻana o ka lele mokulele honua a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā huakaʻi ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kahi manawa like i ka makahiki i hala. Ke nānā pono ʻia nei ka pono o ka huakaʻi. E hoʻohui i nā pilikia hoʻokele waiwai o nā mokulele e kū nei ma kahi o 50 pakeneka o kā lākou mau kumukūʻai no ka uku ʻana i ka wahie a me ka emi ʻana o ka waihona mea kūʻai. Ua kāpae ʻo THAI International (TG) i kā lākou mau huakaʻi pololei i New York a ua hōʻemi i kā lākou Los Angeles i Bangkok papa hana mai kēlā me kēia lā i ʻelima mau manawa i kēlā me kēia pule. E nui aʻe nā mea like a me nā pani.
Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi kumu ʻoihana mahalo ʻia he nui nā mokulele mokulele, nā wahie a me nā uku pae ʻana ma Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Airport. Ke hakakā nei nā mokulele me ke kahe kālā. E kū hou ana nā mokulele mokulele i kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi kālā i loko o nā pule. Ua hōʻike mua ʻia nā pepa aupuni i ka hiki ke pani ʻia o Nok Air, ma muli o nā poho nui. ʻO ka mokulele haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa he kaikaina ia no THAI.
E hāʻule ka mea nāwaliwali ma kapa alanui, akā e ʻoki ka mea ikaika. Liʻiliʻi nā ala, liʻiliʻi nā koho a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe. ʻAʻole kahi kūlana olakino no kahi ʻoihana e hilinaʻi nui nei i nā mokulele e lawe i nā mākaʻikaʻi, me ka 80 pakeneka e hōʻea ana ma ka lewa.
ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai aila ʻaʻole wale ke ʻano o ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai akā ke piʻi nei ka piʻi kālā. ʻO Vietnam a me India ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa o Asia. ʻO Vietnam ka luna o ka papa inoa ma 25 pakeneka. ʻO ka hoʻoikaika hou ʻana e lana i ka dong hiki ke alakaʻi i kahi hōʻemi e loaʻa ai ka hopena ma Thailand a me Asia Hema.
ʻO ka baht, ke kālā o Thailand, ke nalowale nei i kona ʻālohilohi, ua hana ke kālā nāwaliwali i kahi baht nānā ikaika akā e nānā pono i ka helu baht/euro a ua nāwaliwali ka baht i 8 pakeneka i loko o 3 mahina. ʻO ka paʻakikī i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā huaʻōlelo no ka kūʻai ʻana i mua o baht ua waiho i kekahi mau mea e noʻonoʻo e hiki ke hoʻoponopono nui. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi no ka mākaʻikaʻi Thai a me nā mea e hoʻokuʻu aku ai, akā ke kau nei i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ke aupuni i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o nā waiwai i lawe ʻia mai.
Ke lilo nei nā kumukūʻai meaʻai i mea hopohopo honua. ʻO ka meaʻai no ka wahie a me ka nele o ka laiki ke hopu nei i nā poʻomanaʻo. ʻO ka laiki ʻo Hom Mali, ka laiki Thai ʻala kaulana, ua piʻi aʻe i ka makahiki i hala ma kahi o Bt 900 ($28) no ke ʻeke (50kgs) i ka hopena o 2007 a hiki i Bt 1850 ($58). Ua piʻi aʻe ka moa a me ka puaʻa. ʻO ka puaʻa e like me ka 50 pakeneka i hoʻohālikelikeʻia i ka makahiki i hala. ʻO ka hopena, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā kumukūʻai, ʻaʻole wale no nā mea kūʻai home akā no nā mākaʻikaʻi.
Ke piʻi aʻe nei ka uku, ka ikehu a me ke kumukūʻai o nā mea maka. Ke nānā aku nei nā mea ʻai i loko o ka ipu kuke e hoʻolapalapa. ʻO ke ʻano o ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana o ke aupuni i nā mea he mea nui ia i ka wā pōkole. Pono ʻo OPEC e alakaʻi, akā makemake lākou e hoʻonui i ka huahana? Nui ka poʻe i manaʻo ʻaʻole. Me $250 no ka barela aila e wānana ʻia ana, hiki i nā mea hana o nā mea kūʻai like ʻole ke manaʻo i nā waiwai olakino, akā he aha ke kumukūʻai? ʻOi aku ka pilikia o ka poʻe o nā lāhui ʻilihune o ka honua i ka liʻiliʻi o ka meaʻai a ke piʻi aʻe nā kumukūʻai.
A pehea ke aupuni? ʻAʻole i hopohopo nui kēia mea kākau i ka wā e kū nei ka ʻāina i kahi paʻa o ka hoihoi bi-polarised e hoʻokūkū i nā poʻe kālai'āina akamai loa. ʻO ka People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) a me ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe democratic he mea liʻiliʻi loa i ka hui aupuni i alakaʻi ʻia e ke alakaʻi o ka People Power Party a me ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Samak Sundaravej. Mahalo nui i ka hana ʻana me ka ʻike ʻole o ka mākaʻikaʻi kipa ʻana, eia naʻe ke kū nei ka ʻāina i kahi manawa pilikia a he liʻiliʻi loa nā hana e hoʻoponopono ai i nā pilikia hoʻokele waiwai i kēia manawa e puka mai ana mai kahi aupuni i manaʻo nui i ke kākau hou ʻana i ke kumukānāwai, e ʻae i ka mua. Ua hoʻi hou nā hoaaloha a me nā kālai'āina i ka mana.
Akā, he aha nā wahi mālamalama? Ke hoʻomau nei ka Tourism Authority (TAT) i hiki iā lākou ke hōʻea i kā lākou pahuhopu i kēia makahiki o 15.7 miliona mau malihini kipa me Kina, India a me nā mākaʻikaʻi olakino e kōkua ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā helu. A e makemake paha mākou, akā ma ke ʻano he Kuhina Kūʻai mua o D. Suvit Yodmani i ʻike pololei ʻia, ʻo ka maikaʻi ʻaʻole ka nui paha he pahuhopu ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā mākou mana mākaʻikaʻi aupuni.
Me ka 20,000 mau lumi hōkele hou i manaʻo ʻia e hele mai ana ma ka laina ma Thailand i ka makahiki 2011, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka nui o nā malihini e hoʻopiha i kēia mau lumi hou mai nā mea nona ka hōkele. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi no nā ʻelele a me nā mākaʻikaʻi… pono e mālama i nā kumukūʻai hōkele no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
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