NAIROBI, Kenya (eTN) - Ke hopohopo nei ka poʻe pāʻani mākaʻikaʻi o Kenya ʻaʻole hiki ke ola hou ka ʻāpana i kēia makahiki ma hope o ka haunaele i nā mākeke kālā honua a me nā haunaele politika i ka huakaʻi i ka makahiki i hala.
ʻO kahi spurt i Dekemaba 2008 i ʻike i nā hōkele ma ke kahakai Kenyan i hoʻopaʻa piha ʻia i nā ʻahaʻaina Kalikimaka a me ka Makahiki Hou e nā malihini kipa a me nā mākaʻikaʻi honua e hāʻawi iki i ka manaʻolana e ola hou.
Wahi a nā mea pāʻani i ka ʻāpana i ka hāʻule ʻana mai ka mākeke moraki sub-prime ma US a me ʻEulopa, nā mākeke kumu kuʻuna o ka ʻāina, manaʻo ʻia e hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka huakaʻi leʻaleʻa. Ke hoʻomau nei ka ho'ōla hou ʻana ma hope o ka hana ʻino i makaʻu i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka hapaha mua o 2008 ʻaʻole nō hoʻi e uku i nā ʻāpana piha.
Inā ʻike ʻia nā makaʻu, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu mākaʻikaʻi mai ke koena o ʻApelika a mai ka Hikina Hikina, ʻo Kina paha, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokō i ka hemahema.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka makahiki 2007 i ka helu kiʻekiʻe loa o ka poʻe malihini kipa, i manaʻo ʻia e ke aupuni a me ka Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) mai 1.7 a 1.8 miliona mau malihini kipa. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hōkele no nā hoʻomaha Kalikimaka a me ka Makahiki Hou ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Dekemaba 2007.
Akā naʻe, ua holo ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka ʻāina i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2008 ma hope o nā hakakā politika ikaika i ʻike ʻia he mau haneli o nā Kenyans i make koke ma hope o ke koho balota nui o Dekemaba 27, 2007, kahi i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia ai nā hopena pelekikena. Akā ʻaʻohe mea mākaʻikaʻi i hōʻeha ʻia i ka wā o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia ma nā wahi o Kenya Komohana o Nyanza a me Rift Valley a ma nā wahi ʻilihune o Nairobi.
ʻO ka hopena, ua hōʻemi nā ʻumi o nā hale mākaʻikaʻi i nā hana, pani i ka hapa nui o nā ʻēheu o nā hōkele a me nā hale hoʻokipa, a hoʻokuʻu i nā tausani o nā limahana.
Ma ʻApelila o ka makahiki i hala, ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻi i ko lākou mau kahakai punahele ma ke kahakai ʻo Kenyan. ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ke kālepa kūʻai a ka KTB, ua paʻakikī nā helu.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka nui o ka nalowale o ka hana ma ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi maikaʻi ma muli o ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā huakaʻi nui ma hope o ka haunaele.
Wahi a ka Kenyan Bureau of Statistics' hōʻike hoʻokele waiwai hou, ua hōʻole ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i ka 34.7 pakeneka ma mua o ka hapa nui o ka makahiki i hala. Manaʻo ka KTB ponoi i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o Ianuali a me ʻOkakopa i ka makahiki i hala ua emi iho he 35.2 pākēneka, mai 873,00 t0 565,000. Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā helu hou mai ka KTB i ka mahina aʻe.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers Association ʻo Mike Macharia i ka poʻe nūhou i ka mahina i hala aku nei ʻaʻole paha e hoʻomaikaʻi ke kūlana ma 2009. “Ma Kekemapa 2007, ua loaʻa iā mākou he 41 mau mokulele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēlā me kēia pule ma Mombasa. Ma hope o ka hana ʻino koho, ʻaʻole loaʻa iā mākou ʻekolu. I kēia lā, loaʻa iā mākou ma kahi o 11, "i ʻōlelo ʻo Macharia i ka Daily Nation i kekahi mau lā ma mua o ka Kalikimaka i ka makahiki i hala.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo ia i ka hana ʻino no ka emi ʻana o ka huakaʻi. "Ke hoʻololi ʻia nā hoʻolālā mokulele, hoʻomaka nā mea hopohopo e kūʻai aku i nā wahi hou. ʻAʻole ia ʻaʻole mākou e manaʻo e hoʻihoʻi hou i ka manawa koke, "hoʻohui ʻo ia.
Eia nō naʻe, manaʻo maikaʻi ka KTB e ola hou ka ʻāpana ma muli o ke kūʻai aku ʻana a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai i nā mākeke kumu mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka crunch kālā o ka honua.
