Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Kaʻikaʻi, ʻo Hon Edmund Bartlett, ua pōmaikaʻi nui ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Jamaica mai ka hana ʻana i nā ʻahaʻaina mega culinary a me nā ʻoliʻoli.
I ka mahina o Malaki, ua hoʻokipa ʻo Jamaica i kāna lua makahiki ʻo Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, ka hui hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Jamaica Rum Festival a me ka Buju Banton Long Walk to Freedom i manaʻo nui ʻia. Ua ʻike ʻia kēlā me kēia hanana i nā tausani o ka poʻe kipa, me ka nui o nā kipa mai nā ʻāina ʻē.
“ʻOliʻoli loa wau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana ua hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻia ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma Malaki, mai kēia mau mega-festival. Hāʻawi lākou i manawa kūpono no mākou e hoʻonui i ka mākeke ma o ka lawe ʻana i nā poʻe hou aʻe i kahi huakaʻi e hālāwai ai me nā ʻano makemake like ʻole e pili ana i ka maikaʻi loa o kā mākou meaʻai, moʻomeheu a me nā mele," wahi a Kuhina Bartlett.
Ua ʻike pū ke Kuhina i nā helu mua e hōʻike ana i ka hōʻea ʻana i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Norman Manley International o Kingston, i ka Pōʻalima i hala, ma mua o ka Buju Banton's Long Walk to Freedom ʻahamele, e hōʻike ana he 2,434 mau lāhui ʻē aʻe i kipa aku. Hōʻike kēia i ka piʻi ʻana o 143% ma mua o ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala.
Hōʻike pū ka ʻikepili mai ka Jamaica Tourist Board he 7,389 mau lāhui ʻē i hōʻea i Montego Bay i ka Pōʻalima, ʻo ia ka piʻi ʻana he 58% ma mua o ka lā hoʻokahi i ka makahiki i hala.
"Ua ikaika loa ka hiki ʻana mai i ka hopena pule a ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana mākou e hauʻoli nei. ʻO kā mākou manaʻo nui i kā mākou huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi koʻikoʻi e hoʻomau i ka wāwae ikaika mai kā mākou mau mākeke kumu nui. Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki, e like me i nehinei ua loaʻa iā mākou he 72,999 mau malihini kipa ma mua o ka makahiki i hala ma mua o ka manawa like, "wahi a ke Kuhina.
