Ke alakaʻi nei i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma ka Pōʻalua, Iulai 4, ma ka Hale Haʻahaʻa (Parliament) ma ka Bila Airport Service Charge (Amendment) Bill 2023, Kuhina o ka huakaʻi a me nā kaʻa kaʻa honua, ʻo Ian Gooding-Edghill, i hōʻike ʻia e manaʻo ʻia ka hōʻemi ʻeono mahina e hoʻoulu i ka huakaʻi CARICOM i Barbados.
E paʻa ana kēia hōʻemi a hiki i Dekemaba 14, 2023.
Ua ʻike ʻo Kuhina Gooding-Edghill he kiʻekiʻe ke kumukūʻai o ka huakaʻi ma waena o ka ʻāina a "hoʻoulu i ka mākeke kūloko" ke hoʻokō ʻia nei kēia ana.
“No laila, ua lawe mākou i kēlā hoʻoholo. ʻIke mākou he ʻano koʻikoʻi ka mākeke CARICOM [a] ʻike mākou inā mākou e hoʻokele i nā kaʻa i kahi e hele ai me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka LIAT i kona ʻano mua, a laila pono mākou e hana i nā hana kūpono e hana i nā hoʻoponopono… .
"Ua hana mākou i kēia kaʻina no ka mea ua manaʻo mākou e hoʻemi ʻia ka uku lawelawe mokulele e hoʻoulu i ka huakaʻi i loko o ka ʻāina a e hōʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi e loaʻa iā mākou nā mea hou mai ka Caribbean i Barbados," wahi a ke Kuhina Kūʻai.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia ma kahi o ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka uku lawelawe mokulele, ua hana pū ke Kuhina me nā mokulele mokulele, e like me Air Antilles a me interCaribbean, e hoʻonui i ka helu o nā mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule i ka mokupuni.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Gooding-Edghill: "ʻOliʻoli wau i ka ʻōlelo ʻana, ma muli o nā kumu ukana e puka mai ana mai nā mea lawe āpana ʻelua, ke ʻike nei mākou i ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o ka poʻe i hōʻea mai i loko o CARICOM."
Ua hoʻoholo ʻia ka bila lawelawe ʻoihana mokulele (Amendment) 2023 i ka Senate (Hale luna), ma ka Pōʻakolu, Iulai 5.
Hāʻawi ka mokupuni ʻo Barbados i kahi ʻike Karipiano kūʻokoʻa i piha i ka mōʻaukala waiwai a me ka moʻomeheu kala, a ua paʻa i nā ʻāina kupaianaha.
ʻO Barbados ka home o ʻelua o nā hale noho ʻekolu o Jacobean i koe i waiho ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana, a me nā hale hoʻoheheʻe lama piha.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua ʻike ʻia kēia mokupuni ʻo ia ka wahi hānau o ka rama, hana kūʻai a hoʻopiha i ka ʻuhane mai ka makahiki 1700.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻokipa ʻo Barbados i nā hanana honua honua me ka Barbados Food and Rum Festival; ka Barbados Reggae Festival; a me ka Crop Over Festival makahiki, kahi e ʻike pinepine ʻia ai nā mea kaulana e like me Lewis Hamilton a me kāna Rihanna ponoʻī. He ākea a ʻokoʻa nā hale noho, mai nā hale mahiko nani a me nā villa a hiki i nā moena moe a me ka ʻaina kakahiaka; nā kaulahao honua hanohano; a me nā hale hoʻokipa ʻelima daimana lanakila.
I ka makahiki 2018, ua loaʻa i ka ʻāpana noho ʻo Barbados nā makana he 13 i nā ʻāpana ʻo Top Hotels Overall, Luxury, All-Inclusive, Small, Best Service, Bargain, a me Romance o ka 'Traveler's Choice Awards'. A ʻo ka hele ʻana i ka paradaiso he makani: hāʻawi ka Grantley Adam International Airport i nā lawelawe kūʻokoʻa ʻole a pololei mai ka nui o nā ʻīpuka US, UK, Kanada, Caribbean, ʻEulopa, a me ʻAmelika Latin, e hana ana ʻo Barbados i ka ʻīpuka maoli i ka Hikina. Karipiana.
E kipa aku iā Barbados a ʻike i ke kumu no ʻelua mau makahiki i ka lālani i lanakila ai ka hanohano Star Winter Sun Destination Award ma ka 'Travel Bulletin Star Awards' ma 2017 a me 2018.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka huakaʻi i Barbados, e kipa www.visitbarbados.org, hahai ma Facebook ma http://www.facebook.com/VisitBarbados, a ma o Twitter @Palepakoa.
