HONOLULU, HI — Ua hoʻolaha ka Hawaii Ecotourism Association (HEA), he hui o nā mea hoʻokele kaʻahele pono a me nā kākoʻo huakaʻi kuleana, i kēia lā ua hoʻolaha ʻo Hawaiian Sailing Canoe ma ke ʻano he Ecotour Operator o ka makahiki 2009.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻike ʻo HEA i kahi hui lālā no ko lākou kūpaʻa ʻana i nā loina o ka ecotourism a me ka huakaʻi hoʻomau ma Hawaiʻi me ka makana Ecotour Operator of the Year. Loiloi ʻia nā palapala hoʻouna no ke koho kūlana i loiloi ʻia e nā lālā HEA ma o ke kaʻina hana loiloi hoa i alakaʻi ʻia e kahi papa o nā lālā HEA e helu i ka hana a kēlā me kēia moho ma nā wahi o ka mālama kaiapuni, ka mālama moʻomeheu a me ka mōʻaukala, nā haʻawina i ke kaiāulu kūloko, a me ka hoʻonaʻauao. a me ka hoʻonaʻauao.
“ʻO kēia makahiki ka 14 makahiki o ka HEA, a hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kēia kāne ʻōpio, ʻoihana ʻoihana e kaʻana like ana i ka hauʻoli a me ka huakaʻi o ka waʻa holo me kā mākou poʻe malihini. ʻO ka Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Adventures ka makana kaiaola maikaʻi loa no ka mea e pili ana ia i ka moʻomeheu a me ke kūlohelohe, a no ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi ʻike pilikino maoli, "wahi a ka lālā hoʻokumu a me ka pelekikena o HEA ʻo Annette Kaohelaulii.
ʻO nā lālā i hoʻopau i ke kaʻina hana loiloi e ʻike ʻia e ka HEA no ʻelua makahiki; hoʻohanohano ʻia me ka sila "nānā" o ka hui (he hōʻailona o ka misionari a ka hui); a ua koho ʻia kekahi o nā lālā i loiloi ʻia ma ke ʻano he lanakila o ka "Hawaii Ecotourism Association's Ecotour Operator of the Year Award" no kāna hana hoʻohālike i ka ʻoihana. Manaʻo ʻia nā mea hoʻokele i ka loiloi e hoʻomau i kā lākou kūpaʻa i nā kumu o ka ecotourism a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka huakaʻi hoʻomau no nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana.
E ʻike ʻia ka mea i loaʻa i ka HEA's 2009 Ecotour Operator of the Year me ka 2009 Travel Writer of the Year ma ka HEA's Annual Awards Luncheon ma Honolulu i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ʻApelila 2009. Loaʻa nā ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i ke Kaʻina Hoʻoponopono o HEA ma www.hawaiiecotourism. org/Reviewprocess.
About Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Adventures: Ecotour Operator of the Year 2009
ʻO ka Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Adventures, nona nā Liz lāua ʻo Sage Spaulding, ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi o ka hoʻokele kaiaola ma Hawaii. Hoʻokumu ʻia kā lākou huakaʻi kaiaola kūʻokoʻa i ka hoʻomau ʻana i kahi mea koʻikoʻi o ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi, ʻo ka Waʻa Waʻa Hawaiʻi. Ma ke ʻano maoli, paʻa ka ʻoihana ma ka pae ikehu no ka mea e hoʻoikaika ʻia ka waʻa e ka makani a me ka ikehu kanaka, akā hele ka poʻe nona i hoʻokahi mile keu a hoʻohana i kahi kaʻa biodiesel no kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao o ka halihali ʻāina e pili ana i ka ʻoihana. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou huakaʻi kaiāulu, hāʻawi ʻo Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Adventures i nā huakaʻi i nā ʻōpio o ke kaiāulu i hiki iā lākou ke ʻike mua i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu o Hawaiʻi, me ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i ka hohonu o ka ʻike moʻomeheu a me ke ʻano o kahi.
No Hawaii Ecotourism Association
ʻO ka Hawaii Ecotourism Association he hui hoʻonaʻauao waiwai ʻole 501(C)(3) nona nā lālā e kū nei i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi, nā hui aupuni, nā ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao, nā waiwai ʻole, nā hui kaiapuni, ʻoihana, a me nā kānaka - e hana pū ana lākou a pau e alakaʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kaiaola ma Hawaii. No ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i nā pono o ke komo ʻana a me ke kākoʻo ʻana iā HEA, e kipa www.hawaiiecotourism.org\joinus.
