Ma Malaki 27, alakaʻi nā ala āpau i Mombasa, Kenia, no kahi hālāwai hui hui i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Uganda a me Kenya a me nā Pelekikena ʻelua o nā ʻāina ʻelua i hele maoli. Ua ʻākoakoa ka hālāwai i nā kuhina, nā poʻe ʻoihana nui mai nā ʻāina ʻelua e kūkākūkā i nā kumuhana o ka hoihoi like no ka ulu ʻana. Ua kānalua wau e hele no ka mea e huakaʻi ana kaʻu wahine a me kaʻu kaikamahine i kēlā pule a makemake ʻole lākou e haʻalele me ka ʻole o koʻu aloha.
ʻAʻole wau makemake i nā hālāwai kahi e kamaʻilio ai ka poʻe a ʻaʻole e noʻonoʻo i nā hopena maoli no nā pilikia e kū nei. Ua huakaʻi wale wau ma hope o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o koʻu ʻohana. Ua lele au i kakahiaka kakahiaka ma luna o Kenya Airways e hui pū me nā hoa aloha ʻelua o Kenya (Shivam Vanayak a me ka wahine) mai Nairobi a Mombasa a mahalo, ua hoʻokele lākou i ʻekolu mau tikika ma ke kaʻaahi Madaraka. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā noho ma ke kaʻaahi mai Nairobi a Mombasa kahi hana i piʻi aʻe ma muli o ka nui o ke kaʻa.
Ua hele au i Nairobi i mau manawa me ka pahuhopu e hoʻopaʻa i nā noho a holo pono ʻole ma muli o ke koi. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka papa ʻoihana ma muli o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o nā likiki ma mua ma mua.
Hōʻaʻahu nā limahana o ke kaʻaahi Madaraka e like me nā hostesses lewa me kahi hoʻokipa Kenyan kūpono. Hāpai ka kaʻaahi ma kahi o 1,500 mau kānaka i kēlā me kēia ala a aia he mau kaʻaahi ʻelua e haʻalele nei iā Nairobi i kēlā me kēia lā no Mombasa a ʻo ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe i hāʻule ʻo 3,000 mau kānaka i Mombasa i kēlā me kēia lā kahi manawa kūpono nui loa no nā mea lawelawe ʻo Mombasa e like me nā hōkele, nā hale ʻaina, nā hoʻokele kaʻa kaʻa, nā hui leʻaleʻa, nā waʻa, nā kī, a pēlā aku.
Hele ke kaʻaahi ma Tsavo National Park ʻo ia ka nui a nui loa o Kenya e kū ana ma 13,747 kilomika kilomika. ʻOiai ma ke kaʻaahi, ʻike pū mākou i ka Yatta Plateau 300 mile ka lōʻihi, ke kahe pele pele loa ma ka honua. ʻO Tsavo kahi home o nā māmela nui, nā ʻāpana nui o nā ʻelepani, nā rhino, nā buffaloes, nā liona, nā leopadi, nā hua lāʻau hippo, nā crocodiles, nā wai wai, nā kudu liʻiliʻi, nā genenuk a me nā ola manu hoʻohua.
Ma ke kolamu ʻoihana ma Mombasa, ua hāʻawi ʻia mai iaʻu kahi manawa kūpono e kamaʻilio aku ai i ka poʻe e pili ana me Pelekikena Museveni a me Pelekikena Uhuru Kenyatta e pili ana i ka hui huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻo Uganda a me Kenyan. Ua nānā kaʻu kamaʻilio i nā helu ʻehiku a mākou i ʻae ai ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana o nā Pelekikena i ke one o Sarova kahi i mālama ʻia ai ka hālāwai.
ʻO ka helu mua i kau ʻia ma nā mokulele ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻApelika Hikina ʻoiai ʻo Kenya a me Uganda. ʻO kā mākou mea e ʻike ai he kumukūʻai nui nā tikika ma waena o Uganda a me Kenya no ka nui o nā ʻauhau i ʻauhau ʻia e nā aupuni ʻelua. Hoʻopaʻa ʻo Kenya e laʻa $ 50 ma kēlā me kēia likiki a uku ʻo Uganda i $ 57 i loaʻa ka huina o $ 107. ʻO kēlā helu ke kumu kūʻai o kahi likiki ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua. Paipai mākou e lawelawe i nā mokulele ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua.
ʻO ka lua o ka helu i nānā ʻia i nā wisa a ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻApelika Hikina e hana pū ana ʻo Uganda, Kenya a me Rwanda. ʻO kā mākou noi e hōʻoia nā pelekikena ʻelua i ke alakaʻi o Tanzania e hui pū i nā hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi. Nui ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e ʻike maʻalahi nei i ka uku ʻana i $ 100 no kahi visa e uhi ana i nā lāhui ʻekolu i luna e ʻae iā lākou e neʻe i mua a i mua.
Ma muli o ka makemake o nā mea lawelawe mokulele kūloko e like me ke kahakai e lele i loko o nā pāka aupuni ʻo Ugandan, e hoʻopili maikaʻi ia i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma waena o nā aupuni ʻehā. ʻO ke kiko ʻekolu ka nānā ʻana i ka politika. ʻO ka manawa o ka manawa, ua ʻike mākou ʻo nā mea mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi i ka ʻāina i ka politika i ka nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano o ka wā o nā hoʻouka kaua a no ka hiki ʻole o ka palekana a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ke noho pū, makaʻu ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi haole e huakaʻi i ka ʻāina.
Ua noi ʻia nā alakaʻi e hoʻomanaʻo i ke ʻano o kā lākou hana i ka ʻoihana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa. Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia kēia kiko kikoʻī e nā alakaʻi ʻelua a lana ka manaʻo e ʻike i kekahi hoʻololi me ka manawa. ʻO ka manaʻo ʻehā e kia ana i ka manawa kūpono mākaʻikaʻi palena palena e nānā ana i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi like e like me Lake Victoria a me Mountain Elgon.
Manaʻo ka fraternity huakaʻi pono mākou i kahi hana like i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea i luna aʻe no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou e loaʻa i nā piliona kālā e hiki ke puka mai nā hana e like me nā holoholo, ka lawaiʻa haʻuki, ka lawe wai, nā hale noho ma kahakai a me nā mokupuni he nui i loaʻa ma ka loko. . Ua kamaʻilio pū mākou e pili ana i nā manawa kūʻai hui like ma o ka honua āpau e ʻike i ka miliona o ka ʻohana i Uganda a me Kenya no laila nā loaʻa hou.
Ua noi mākou i nā pelekikena e hele maʻalahi i nā koina kāleka melemele no nā kamaʻāina mai nā ʻāina ʻelua no ka mea he mea hōʻoluʻolu ʻole ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana ʻoiai pinepine lākou.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The tourism fraternity feels we need a combined effort in exploiting the above because we miss out on potential billions of dollars that could come out of activities such as cruises, sport fishing, water transport, accommodations on the shores and the many islands found on the lake.
- Overtime, we as the tourism operators in the region have seen politics affect tourism a lot especially during campaigns and since insecurity and tourism can't co-exist, foreign tourists will fear to travel in the region.
- At the business forum in Mombasa, I was given an opportunity to address the audience which included President Museveni and President Uhuru Kenyatta on behavior Uganda and Kenyan tourism group.
