ʻO Matua Agupa Corp., ka lima kūʻai kūʻai o ka Guam Visitors Bureau ma Manila, ke hoʻomaka nei ka piʻi ʻana he 5 pākēneka a hiki i ka 8 pākēneka o nā huakaʻi Filipino i ka mokuʻāina i ka makahiki 2010.

Ma kahi ninaninau i ka manawa o ka Hui Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻai ʻo Guam ma Iune 30, ua haʻi ʻo Herbert P. Arabelo Jr., ka pelekikena o Matua Agupa, i ka Journal e hōʻike ana ka ulu ʻana i ka hiki ke hoʻihoʻi hou i ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi honua. Aia ka mākaʻikaʻi honua holoʻokoʻa ma muli o ka emi ʻana o nā ʻoihana waiwai nui ma US, ʻEulopa a me Asia.

Ua hōʻike ʻia nā ʻikepili mai GVB mai Ianuali a ʻApelila 2009, ua piʻi ka poʻe i hōʻea mai Philippines mai 3 pakeneka i 3,877 mai 3,764 i ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala. Ko e toko 2008 naʻe hiki mai mei Filipaina mei Sānuali ki Tīsema 10,867, ʻo maʻu 24.3 patene mei he 8,744 naʻa nau hiki ʻi he taimi tatau ʻi he 2007.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Arabelo, ʻo ka hōʻea ʻana mai o Pilipo i hōʻemi i ka nui o ka hōʻea ʻana i Guam, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia he ʻehā mau mahina, ua hāʻule i ka 7 pakeneka i 369,163 mai 396,864 i ka manawa like i ka makahiki 2008.

ʻO nā hāʻule nui loa o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hiki mai ana ma Guam no ka manawa o Ianuali-ʻApelila 2009 mai kāna mau mākeke mākaʻikaʻi nui o Iapana, kahi i hōʻemi ʻia e 4.1 pakeneka i ka 296,746; a me Korea, emi iho 37.3 pakeneka i 24,117. Ua ʻike ʻia nā emi ʻē aʻe i ka poʻe huakaʻi mai ka ʻĀpana Mariana ʻĀkau ma 6.5 pākēneka i 5,223; Palau ma 14.3 pakeneka i 854; Hong Kong ma 49.2 pakeneka i 845; Australia ma 9.5 pakeneka i 717; a me ʻEulopa ma ka 5.1 pakeneka i ka 571.

Ua hāʻule pū ka hōʻea ʻana ma ke kai i 26.1 pakeneka i 4,330 mai 5,857.

Ua wehewehe ʻo Arabelo mai Ianuali a Malaki 2009, ua hāʻule nui ka poʻe i hōʻea mai nā Philippines ma 17 pakeneka i 2,193 mai ka 2,641 i ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala. "Akā ua holoi ʻia kēia e nā helu ʻApelila wale nō. Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻomaha kauwela ma ʻaneʻi ma Philippines, ua hele kekahi mau Pilipino i Guam, "wahi āna. No ʻApelila wale nō, ua lele ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Pilipino i ka mokuʻāina i ka 50 pakeneka i ka 1,684 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka hiki ʻana mai i ʻApelila 2008 he 1,123 wale nō.

ʻAʻole i emi ka pahuhopu o ka makahiki aʻe ma mua o ka manaʻo mua o nā luna ʻo Matua Agupa e lawe mai i 50,000 mau mākaʻikaʻi Filipino i Guam i ka makahiki 2010. (E nānā i ka "GVB ims for 50,000 tourist arrivals from the Philippines," in the June 13, 2005, edition of the Journal.)

Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Arabelo i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā mokulele a me nā huakaʻi huakaʻi i hoʻonui i ka nui o nā huakaʻi Pilipino i Guam i loko o nā mahina ʻehā. “Ua ʻoki ʻo [Philippine Airlines] i kāna huakaʻi holo kaʻa i Guam i US$110 [mai ka US$250 maʻamau]. Ua hoʻokuʻu pū ʻo Continental i kāna mau kumukūʻai i US $200 roundtrip [mai US $300] no ke kauwela, "wahi āna. Hāʻawi pū ka PAL i nā pūʻolo huakaʻi no nā malihini i Guam.

No ka paipai ʻana i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Filipino e hele i Guam, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Matua Agupa i hoʻokūkū kolepa ma ʻOkakopa ma Guam ma waena o nā poʻe alumni o ke Kulanui ʻo De La Salle a me ke Kulanui ʻo Ateneo de Manila. He mau hoʻokūkū kuʻuna nā kulanui ma nā kula a me nā haʻuki. ʻO ka hoʻokūkū kolepa e pili ana i 140 mau mea pāʻani.

“He heihei alanui no Guam Koko' ma ka la 18 o Oct. e malama like ana me ka Hale Hoikeike Mokupuni o Guam Micronesia ma Oct. ” wahi a Arabelo. Ua lanakila ʻo Deapera i ka hapalua marathon i ka makahiki i hala.

ʻO ka ʻaelike hou a Matua Agupa me GVB mai ka makahiki 2008 a i ka makahiki 2010, a ma lalo iho e loaʻa ai i ka hui Pilipino ka uku hoʻopaʻa ʻana he $4,000 i ka mahina “ʻaʻole i hoʻololi ʻia mai ka makahiki 2006,” a i ʻole $48,000 o ka makahiki. Me ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kālā no kāna mau papahana, e mau ana ka waihona kālā makahiki o ka hui ma US$100,000, ʻoiai ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia kēia i ka makahiki 2006 mai US $150,000 i ka makahiki 2005 i ka wā i koho mua ʻia ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻelele kūʻai no ka Philippines.

Ma kahi hoʻomohala pili, hōʻike pū ʻia ka ʻikepili GVB no ke kālā 2009, aia he 6,942 mau Pilipino i huakaʻi i Guam mai ʻOkakopa 1, 2008, a hiki i ʻApelila 30, 2009, ua piʻi 4.7 pakeneka mai ka 6,630 i hōʻea mai ʻOkakopa 1, 2007 a hiki i ʻApelila 30, 2008. No ka fiscal 2008 (mai ʻOkakopa 2007 a i Sepatemaba 2008), ua hōʻea ka huina o ka poʻe i hōʻea mai Pilipine i 10,668, ʻoi aku ka 31 pakeneka mai ka 8,166 i hele i Guam i ka makahiki 2007. no ka manawa.

Wahi a ka ʻikepili like, mai ʻOkakopa 1, 2008, a hiki i ʻApelila 30, 2009, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā emi nui i ka hōʻea ʻana o Iapana (i lalo 8.9 pakeneka i 490,340); Korea (i lalo 31.4 pakeneka i 43,848); NMI (lalo 10.7 pakeneka i ka 9,468); a me Hawaii (i lalo 4.5 pakeneka i ka 5,583).

ʻO ka nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i hōʻea mai ma Guam no ke kālā 2008 (mai ʻOkakopa 1, 2007, a hiki i Sept. 30, 2008) i hāʻule i ka 3.6 pakeneka i ka 1.18 miliona mai ka 1.22 miliona.

Ua lawe mai ʻo Kalena 2008 i 1.14 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i Guam me ka helu ʻana o Iapana no ka helu nui loa ma 849,831; ukali ʻia e nā Korea ma 110,548; malihini mai ka ʻāina nui o ʻAmelika, 42,564; Taiwanese, 22,592; a me nā malihini mai ka NMI, 17,429. He 48,592 ka hōʻea ʻana ma ke kai.

Ua hōʻike ʻo David B. Tydingco, ka luna o GVB ma Manila no ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo Guam Trade Mission, i ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai honua e lawe hou mai i nā mākaʻikaʻi i ka mokupuni.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia ʻo ka hoʻoili ʻana o kekahi mau pūʻali koa US 8,000 mai Okinawa, a me kā lākou 9,000 mau mea hilinaʻi, e hoʻāla hou aʻe i ka hoihoi ma Guam ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi.

I loko o kāna hōʻike o Ianuali, ua kuhi ka United Nations World Tourism Organization e iho i waena o ka zero a me 2 pakeneka i ka makahiki 2009, ma muli o ka hopena mau o ka hoʻokele waiwai honua. He hoʻololi kēia mai ka ulu ʻana o 2 pakeneka i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki 2008.

ʻOiai ka palupalu holoʻokoʻa o ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi honua, ʻo ka UNWTO Ua manaʻo ʻo ia e ʻike paha nā ʻoihana ʻĀsia a me ka Pākīpika i nā helu maikaʻi i ko lākou hiki ʻana mai i kēlā me kēia mākaʻikaʻi, "ʻoiai e hoʻomau ʻia ka ulu ʻana o ka lohi i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka hana o ka ʻāina i nā makahiki i hala iho nei."