Hauʻoli ʻo Ottawa Tourism e hoʻolaha e hoʻi i World Market Market (WTM) ma London's ExCel Center 5 - 7 Nowemapa. ʻO ko lākou kū ʻana ma kekahi o nā kālepa huakaʻi huakaʻi nui a ʻEulopa e hōʻike nei i nā ʻāpana o ke komite hoʻokipa kūlanakauhale e hoʻomau nei i ka mākeke UK.
ʻO ka hele ʻana i ka hōʻike ʻo ia ka mea hou loa i nā ʻano hana i hoʻolālā ʻia e hōʻike i ka leʻaleʻa maikaʻi o ke kapikala a me nā makana huakaʻi huakaʻi i ke kālepa UK. Ma hope o ka huakaʻi kūʻai aku ʻo Ottawa Tourism i Ladana i ʻApelila a ua hoʻokipa kahi papa mākaʻikaʻi i ka hanana i Iune ma Gleneagles ma Scotland no nā mea ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 UK a me ʻEulopa, MICE a me nā hoa media.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Ottawa Huakaʻi i kāna huakaʻi WTM ma 2016 ma mua o kahi makahiki huakaʻi nui i 2017, i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka Canada 150 hoʻolauleʻa kūhelu. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha mai ka hōʻike ma 2017, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ke kapena nui me kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi ma ke kūlana ʻo Destination Canada.
E nānā ka hui ʻo Ottawa Tourism i kāna mau hoa UK e kūkulu i ka ulu hou ʻana o ka huakaʻi i ke kūlanakauhale a me ka ʻāina ākea. Ma 2017 Ottawa i ʻike ai i ka hoʻonui he 8.8% o nā helu kipa me ka hoʻonui he 10.3% o ka hoʻolilo. Hāʻawi kēia mau helu i kahi makahiki huakaʻi haʻihaʻi hoʻopaʻa no Kanada, me 20.8 miliona mau poʻe e kipa ana i ka ʻāina - me ʻoi aku ma mua o 800,000 Brits, e hoʻolilo ana i ka UK ka mākeke kumuwaiwai nui loa ma waho.
ʻO Jantine Van Kregten, ka Luna Hoʻokele o Ottawa Tourism's Communications, e alakaʻi i ke alo o ke kūlanakauhale ma ka hōʻike a hui pū ʻia e London-based Axis Travel Marketing, ka mea e kū nei i ka papa mākaʻikaʻi ma UK a me Ireland. Aia lākou ma ka lima e hoʻolako i nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi a me nā mea hoʻolaha huakaʻi me nā nūhou hou o ka ʻoihana mai Ottawa, me nā kikoʻī o ka ʻōnaehana kaʻa uila uila hou multi-biliona kālā e wehe ana i Nowemapa 2018 a me nā papahana ʻoihana koʻikoʻi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- It follows an Ottawa Tourism sales mission to London in April and a tourist board hosted event in June at Gleneagles in Scotland for more than 50 UK and European tour operator, MICE and media partners.
- The attendance at the show is the latest in a series of initiatives designed to highlight the capital's fantastic leisure and business travel offerings to the UK trade.
- The Ottawa Tourism team will look to its UK partners to build on the recent growth in travel to the city and wider region.
