ʻO ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Jamaica, a me ka mea hoʻokumu o ka Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center (GTRCMC), ʻo Hon Edmund Bartlett, ke hōʻike nei i ka hopohopo no ka hopena pōʻino o ke ōlaʻi 7.2 i hala ma Haiti.
Ma ka Pōʻaono ʻAukake 14, ua hōʻino loa ke ōlaʻi 7.2 ka nui i kekahi mau kūlanakauhale, ke kanu nei i ka poʻe i nā ʻōpala o nā hale i hiolo i nā ʻāpana o Haiti.
Ma ka liʻiliʻi he 724 poʻe i make me ka hapa nui o nā mea i koe i Haiti. Ua hoʻouna ka US a me nā ʻāina ʻē i nā hui hulina e kōkua i ke Aupuni Haiti.

Inā ʻaʻole lawa kahi ōlaʻi 7.2, kahi ʻinoʻino ʻino e hiki mai ana i kēia ʻāina Caribbean i kēia manawa.

"Aloha wau me ko mākou mokupuni kokoke iā Haiti no ka mea ke ʻōwili nei ia mai ka luku ʻia ʻana e ke ōlaʻi. Ke hōʻike nui nei kēia mau hanana anilā iā mākou, pono e mākaukau ka ʻāina nāwaliwali i ka Caribbean e hoʻokele a hoʻoliʻiliʻi ke hiki mai lākou, "wahi a ke Kuhina o Jamaica ʻo Bartlett.

Aloha ʻo Bartlett i kona ʻāina hānau ʻo Jamaica a me kāna hana ma ke ʻano he kuhina nui o ka huakaʻi. Eia naʻe, ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka honua o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma o ka maka o ka honua. ʻO kēia ka mea i alakaʻi iā Jamaica i mua o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma nā wahi āpau o ka honua.

Ua hoʻomau ʻo Bartlett i ka ʻōlelo ʻana: “ʻO kēia ke kumu o ka GTRCMC ua hana ʻia e kōkua i nā ʻāina i ka mākaukau a me ka hoʻokele o nā haunaele o nā ʻano like ʻole i hiki ʻole ai iā lākou ke ola akā hoʻi ka ikaika.

"Ma ke ʻāpana o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo, e hui pū ka GTRCMC me nā alakaʻi kūloko e hui e kūkākūkā i ka hopena o ke ōlaʻi a nānā i nā hopena no ka mākaʻikaʻi Caribbean ma muli o ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole o kēia ola i nā ola, nā hana ola, a me ka hopena o ka huakaʻi. ”Wahi a Kuhina Bartlett.

Pono ʻo Haiti ma mua o nā kime ʻimi a me ke kākoʻo maikaʻi. ʻO ka palekana a me ka palekana kahi pilikia nui. Ma muli o nā kipi e hana nei i nā ala e alakaʻi ai i ke kapena nui ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale pono ʻia nā kōkua e pono ai. Ua noi ke aupuni Haitian iā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e kōkua i kēia pilikia polikī, akā ke waiho nei nō kahi pane.

ʻO Peter Tarlow, kaulana honua mākaukau palekana a me ka palekana, a me ka lunahoomalu o ka World Tourism Network i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kahi hoʻolaha eTN News i kēia lā: "ʻO ka palekana a me ka palekana mākaʻikaʻi he kī nui no nā wahi huakaʻi e kūleʻa ai. ʻO ka World Tourism Network me kā mākou hoʻolaha pane wikiwiki i mākaukau e hana lima pū me ke Kuhina Bartlett a me ka GTRCMC e kōkua iā Haiti ke mākaukau lākou.

ka ʻO Global Resilience a me Crisis Center ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a ke Kuhina Hoʻokipa ʻo Jamaica ʻo Bartlett ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kahi pane Caribbean i nā pōʻino kūloko, akā he hana i ka honua āpau i ka ulu nui ʻana o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi.

ʻO Haiti, kahi i lūlū ʻia e kahi ōlaʻi ikaika hou i ka makahiki 2010 nāna i luku aku ma mua o 220,000 mau kānaka, ke mākaukau nei hoʻi no ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana mai ʻo Tropical Storm Grace.

"E like me kā mākou hoʻohui pōkole ʻana i ka mitterm mitigation no ka luaʻi pele i hana ʻia ma St. Vincent a me Grenadines, e hui pū ana ka GTRCMC me kā mākou mau hoa ʻāina no ke ala i mua," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka GTRCMC, ʻo Professor Lloyd Waller.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

"Ma ke ʻāpana o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo, e hui pū ka GTRCMC me nā alakaʻi kūloko e hui e kūkākūkā i ka hopena o ke ōlaʻi a nānā i nā hopena no ka mākaʻikaʻi Caribbean ma muli o ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole o kēia ola i nā ola, nā hana ola, a me ka hopena o ka huakaʻi. ”Wahi a Kuhina Bartlett.
The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Center under the leadership of Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Bartlett are more than a Caribbean response to local disasters, but a global initiative in a growing number of tourism destinations.
ka World Tourism Network with our established rapid response outreach is ready to work hand in hand with Minister Bartlett and the GTRCMC to assist Haiti when they are ready.