E hoʻopiʻi koʻikoʻi ʻia ka huakaʻi leʻaleʻa o Tobago ma muli o ka hāʻule ʻana o ke kālā o ʻAmelika, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻoihana ʻo Trinidad, wahi a John Bell.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bell, ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o ke kuhina mākaʻikaʻi mua ʻo Howard Chin Lee, e manaʻo paha ʻo Tobago i ka hopena o ka hāʻule ʻana i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ke kau hoʻoilo, e holo ana mai Nowemapa 2008 a ʻApelila o ka makahiki aʻe.
ʻEkolu pule i hala aku nei, ua paʻa nā mākeke kālā ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e kahi pilikia ma hope o ʻelua mau hale hoʻopukapuka nui-Lehman Bros lāua ʻo Merrill Lynch-i hāʻule i ka wā i loaʻa ai iā lākou nā piliona kālā i nā poho ma muli o ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka moraki a me nā ʻoihana waiwai.
"He makahiki paʻakikī loa mākou e hiki mai ana ma muli o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana US. E hoʻomaloʻo ia i ka mākeke huakaʻi ʻAmelika, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Bell i ka Express.
"Ua laha mua ka hāʻule ʻana ma waena o ka Atlantika i ʻelua mau panakō ʻEulopa. E hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēlā mākeke huakaʻi, akā ʻaʻole ʻino e like me ka US.
"ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka mokulele e hele mai ana i ka Caribbean a me kahi ʻoihana palupalu loa i nā mākeke kumu āpau (ka mākaʻikaʻi) he hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka huakaʻi Caribbean."
Ma ke kuhikuhi ʻana iā Tobago, ʻōlelo ʻo Bell: "He pilikia koʻikoʻi ʻo Tobago ma muli o ka hoʻokahi a ʻelua wale nō mau hōkele i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻO ka mea i makemake nui ʻia e Tobago he 1,500 mau lumi hōkele maikaʻi o ke ʻano branded i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
"A laila aia ka pilikia o nā mokulele ʻEulopa e ʻoki ana i nā mokulele i ka ʻāina. E hele mai ana ʻo Monarch ma luna o ka moku akā ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu i ka nui o ia mea e kōkua ai.
I ka pule i hala aku nei, ua hōʻoia ʻo Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Tourism and Transportation Secretary, Neil Wilson, e hoʻomaka ana ʻo Monarch Airlines e lawelawe iā Tobago mai Dekemaba 17.
E hoʻololi ka mokulele i ka Excel Airways nona ka Pelekane, ka mea i hoʻolaha e huki ana ia mai Tobago mai Nowemapa ma mua o Miami, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i uku ʻia ke ala ʻo Gatwick-Caribbean.
Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Excel e hoʻopau i kāna mau lawelawe iā Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts a me St Lucia.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Wilson ua loaʻa ka THA i kahi ʻaelike me Condor, e hana ana ma waho o Kelemania, e paʻa i nā noho 200 wale nō no nā poʻe kaʻa Tobago. E hoʻololi ʻo Condor iā Martin Air, ka mea i haʻalele i nā hana ma mua o kēia makahiki. ʻO ka mokulele, i hoʻokele ʻia mai Amsterdam, Netherlands, lawelawe i nā ʻāina Scandinavian
No Trinidad, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bell, ka luna nui mua a me ka luna hoʻokele nui o ka Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA): "E hele mai ana nā poʻe e iho mai ana e hele i kahi hālāwai ʻoihana a i ʻole ʻaha kūkā. E emi mai ana kekahi, akā e emi mai.
ʻO kāna ʻōlelo aʻo ʻo ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa e hoʻololi i ka hōʻemi ʻana o ka airlift a me ke koi ʻana i nā lumi a loaʻa kahi ala e noho ai me ke kūlana.
"ʻO ia ka mea like, ʻo ka poʻe i hana maoli i kā lākou haʻawina home e hana maikaʻi akā hana ʻole."
