TUMON, Guam - Ua hāʻawi aku ka 'Oihana o Homeland Security i ka mana parole visa no nā malihini Lūkini e hele mai i Guam. ʻAe ka mana Parole i nā mākaʻikaʻi e komo i ka mokupuni ma kēlā me kēia hihia, me ka ʻole o ka wisa. ʻAe ʻia nā mākaʻikaʻi Lūkini e kipa aku iā Guam a 45 mau lā, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hoʻolaha ʻia kahi kaʻina manawa no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka papahana.
ʻO kēia kūkala he nūhou aloha ia i nā alakaʻi ʻoihana kālepa i ʻākoakoa no kahi Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Forum i mālama ʻia i ka Pōʻalua ma Hyatt Regency Guam. Ua kono ʻia nā panelist e kū ana i ke aupuni, kālepa kālepa, a me ka hoʻokipa e kaʻana like i ka ʻike pili e pili ana i ka ʻehā mau makahiki o ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi wai visa piha no nā mea kipa Kina a me Lūkia. Ua hoʻonohonoho ka Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) i ka hanana ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna mau hana e hoʻomau nei i ka lawe ʻana i kahi wai visa i kahi hua.
Ua haʻi aku ke kiaʻāina ʻo Guam ʻo Edward Baza Calvo i nā mea kuleana e kuhikuhi ana ʻo Guam ka ʻāina ʻAmelika kokoke loa iā East Asia. "Inā hoʻohui ʻoe iā Kina, Iāpana, Kōlea, a me nā lāhui ʻē aʻe o Asia hikina, loaʻa iā ʻoe he 1.7 biliona mau kānaka me nā ʻoihana e ʻike nei i ka ulu 7 pākēneka," wahi a Calvo.
Wahi a kahi hōʻike a ke alakaʻi aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo kulekele nui i ke kiaʻāina, ʻo Arthur Clark, he nui nā mea e loaʻa iā Guam mai kahi papahana haʻalele wai visa. ʻO kahi wānana conservative he US $ 144.5 miliona (i ka 2011 kālā) i nā loaʻa kālā makahiki hou i ke aupuni o Guam i ka makahiki 2020. ʻO Kina wale nō ka helu no US $ 138.5 miliona o kēlā hoʻonui, he 21 pakeneka e hoʻonui ai i kā Guam huina loaʻa kālā makahiki.
Manaʻo piha nā alakaʻi ʻoihana i kēia mana parole hou e hele i kahi haʻalele visa maʻamau a lana ka manaʻo no ka haʻalele wai visa Kina ma mua o ke koho balota pelekikena hou. Ua ʻae pū nā alakaʻi i kahi "Team Guam" e hoʻokokoke ana i ka pilikia ma Wakinekona. ʻO Guam's US Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo i kākoʻo nui i ka wai wai waiver e hoʻolilo iā ia i hoʻokahi o kāna mea nui i ka ʻahaʻōlelo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo GVB Board Member Bruce Kloppenburg ke hana nei ʻo Kina i 45 mau kahua mokulele hou i nā makahiki he 10 e hiki mai ana. Ua hōʻike ka World Tourist Organization e manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa iā Kina he 100 miliona mau huakaʻi hele i waho e ka 2020, kahi hoʻonui o 20 miliona. ʻO Iapana he 16 miliona mau huakaʻi hele i waho i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Wahi a ka hōʻike a Euromonitor International, ukali ʻo Rūsia iā Kina me ka hoʻonui ʻana o 12 miliona mau huakaʻi hele i waho.
ʻO Lūkia huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Natalia Bespalova o Guam Voyage, i ʻōlelo aku e ʻimi nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Lūkini i nā hale hoʻokipa ma kahi mehana a me kahi hoa aloha, e hoʻolilo pinepine ana iā 2 a i 3 mau pule hoʻomaha. ʻO Michael Ysrael, ka luna hoʻomalu o Guam International Airport Authority o ka Papa, i ʻōlelo aku e hoʻonui nui ana nā mākaʻikaʻi Lūkini i ka ʻano FIT - kūʻokoʻa a kūʻokoʻa hoʻi - ma mua o ka hele ʻana i kahi mea huakaʻi. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "Ke kūʻai aku ʻoe i kahi FIT, ʻo kēia kekahi mau huakaʻi pākahi - ʻoi aku ka pilikino o nā mea āpau. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kālā. ”
"He ʻāpana kūpono ke ala o ka parole haʻalele wai ʻana ma Rūsia, akā ke koi nei nā mea āpau āpau i ka haʻalele ʻana o ka visa Kina, kahi e hopena ai i ka hoʻokele waiwai kūloko," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Luna Nui ʻo GVB ʻo Joann Camacho, "He haʻalele wai visa Kina. e hopena maikaʻi hoʻi ia i ka huakaʻi hele a ka US no ka mea ʻo Guam ka wahi kokoke loa o ʻAmelika i ʻAsia a me kahi ʻīpuka i ʻAmelika Hema. ”
I kēia makahiki ʻekena a hiki i kēia lā, ua loaʻa iā Guam 6,375 mau malihini Kina, kahi hoʻonui 50.2 pakeneka ma mua o 2010.
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