ʻOi aku ma mua o kanakolu mau alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ma Grenada i hoʻopau i ka pae hoʻokahi o ke aʻo ʻana i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e ka ʻO Aquila Center no ka maikaʻi o ka holo moku, ka hoa hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūhelu o ka Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA). Kākoʻo ʻia e ka Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA), ʻo ka papa hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻehā lā he manawa kūpono no nā alakaʻi huakaʻi e lilo i mau moʻolelo moʻolelo e pili ana i nā ʻike ma ko lākou ʻāina ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea mua i loaʻa ka manawa e loaʻa ai ka palapala hōʻoia i ʻike ʻia ma ka honua.

Ua kōkua ʻia ka papa e Claudine Pohl, Luna Hoʻokele, International Business Development and Training ma Aquila. ʻO nā kumuhana i uhi ʻia, ke akamai o ka moʻolelo, ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku, ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā a me ka hoʻoholo pilikia. Ua hauʻoli nā alakaʻi huakaʻi i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa ma mua o ka 2019/2020 Winter Cruise Ship Season.

Ua hōʻike ʻo Ms. Pohl e pono i nā alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi e hala i ʻelua loiloi ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kā lākou palapala hōʻoia. ʻO kahi loiloi he hoʻokolohua koho nui kahi e pono ai lākou e hoʻopaʻa i ka helu 70% a i ʻole ke kiʻekiʻe aʻe a ukali ʻia e kahi mea wikiō kahi e hōʻike ai lākou i kā lākou mau mākau aʻo hou.

Ma waho aʻe o ka poʻe e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka GTA a me Aquila Inc. no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa manawa, Co-ordinator of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) ma ke TA Marryshow Community College (TAMCC) ʻo Ms. ākea. E hoʻokomo pono mākou i nā ʻano o kēia aʻo ʻana i ka papahana hōʻoia alakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa a mākou e hāʻawi nei ma ka TAMCC.

Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, ua alakaʻi ʻo Ms.Pohl i ʻelua mau haʻiʻōlelo huakaʻi huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa me nā haumāna o ka papahana Hoʻokipa a i hoʻokō hou ʻia ka papahana Tourism Studies ma TAMCC. I ka pau ʻana o nā haʻiʻōlelo, ua hāʻawi ʻo Ms.Pohl i ʻelima mau haumāna me nā papa palapala hōʻoia pūnaewele manuahi mai ʻAquila.

Ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku ʻo Nautical Development Manager ma GTA Nikoyan Roberts i nā poʻe i komo i ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "ʻO kēia kou manawa kūpono e lilo i mea mua ma Grenada i hōʻoia ʻia ma ka honua. Manaʻo mākou i nā loiloi maikaʻi aʻe e hele mai ana mai kā mākou poʻe kipa ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i kāu lawelawe maikaʻi.

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i nā poʻe i komo, ua koi ʻo GTA CEO Patricia Maher i nā alakaʻi huakaʻi i hele mai e hoʻokumu i kahi hui. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "He mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi hui i kou hoʻomohala ʻana a me kou hiki ke hoʻohana i nā manawa kūpono no ke aʻo ʻana a me ka hōʻoia. ʻO ka hana pū ʻana ma ke ʻano he hui e ʻoi aku ka ʻoihana a hui pū mākou i ikaika. "

Ua mālama ʻia ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma ka National Stadium mai Kepakemapa 9-12.

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Sponsored by the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA), the four-day training course was an opportunity for the tour guides to become master storytellers about the experiences in their country while becoming the first to have the opportunity to receive internationally recognized certification.
One assessment is a multiple choice exam in which they will need to secure a 70% pass rate or higher followed by a video component in which they will display their newly learnt skills.
Nautical Development Manager at the GTA Nikoyan Roberts congratulated the participants saying, “This is your opportunity to become the first in Grenada to be internationally certified.