E hōʻike ʻia ka 2018 World Tourism Awards i Global Himalayan Expedition, ka Jordan Trail Association, a me The Intrepid Foundation, ma Nowemapa 5, 2018, ka lā wehe o Mākaʻikaʻi Huakaʻi Honua (WTM) Ladana ma ka ExCel Center. Eia kekahi, e loaʻa i ka mea hana keaka ʻo Maggie Q ka World Tourism Humanitarian Award ma ke ʻano o ka hanana makahiki World Tourism Award. Kākoʻo pū ʻia nā makana e Nā Hōkele ʻo Corinto, The New York Times, Hawaiian Airlines a me ka mea kākoʻo pūnaewele Nā Hōʻike Huakaʻi ʻo Reed. ʻO ka mea kākau moʻolelo lanakila ʻo Emmy Award, ʻo Peter Greenberg, CBS News Travel Editor a me ka loea huakaʻi kaulana honua, e hoʻokipa i ka hōʻike hōʻike.
Hoʻomaopopo ʻia nā mea hanohano 2018 no nā hana koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā papahana e hoʻihoʻi i nā kaiāulu kūloko.
E hanohano ka makana mua ʻO ka huakaʻi Himalayan honua, no ka ʻike ʻana i kā lākou kūpaʻa i ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana o nā kaiāulu mamao e kū ana ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 12,000 ft ma o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi, e hāʻawi ana i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe, ka hoʻonaʻauao kikohoʻe a me nā manawa hana ola no nā poʻe 30,500 ma waena o 71 off-grid Himalayan villages a hiki i kēia lā.
E hoʻohanohano ka lua o ka makana i ka Ahahui Alanui Ioredane, he NGO waiwai ʻole, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2015, no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāna kūpaʻa i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, mālama ʻana, a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka Jordan Trail ma ke ʻano he kahua no ka hoʻomohala socioeconomic no nā kauhale 52 ma ke ala, me ka hopena o $6 miliona USD a hiki i kēia lā.
E hoʻohanohano ka makana ʻekolu ʻO ka Intrepid Foundation, no ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka hui ʻo Intrepid ma o kāna waiwai ʻole, ʻo The Intrepid Foundation, e hoʻoikaika i ka poʻe huakaʻi e hāʻawi i hope ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā haʻawina āpau kālā-dollar, e loaʻa ana kahi haʻawina ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 4.2 miliona USD i luna o 100 mau kaiāulu kūloko a nā hui honua mai ka makahiki 2002.
I kēia makahiki, e hāʻawi ʻia ka World Tourism Humanitarian Award i ka mea hana keaka ʻo Maggie Q, Good Will Ambassador for ʻO Kageno, i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāna mau hana kōkua kanaka ma o ka hōʻiliʻili kālā ʻana no ke kākoʻo ʻana iā Kageno, kahi hui e hoʻololi i nā kaiāulu ʻilihune, kikoʻī ma Kenya a me Rwanda, e ka nānā ʻana i nā papahana no ka wai maʻemaʻe, mālama olakino, mālama a me ka naʻau.
ʻO ka makana ponoʻī, Mālama i ko mākou Honua, ua hoʻolālā kūikawā a hana lima ʻia ma ka Mokupuni Mediterranean o Malta e Mdina Aniani, a hoʻolauleʻa i nā ʻano o ke alakaʻi a me ka ʻike e hoʻoikaika i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e mālama i nā poʻe āpau a puni ka honua.
ʻO ka World Tourism Awards, e hoʻolauleʻa ana i kāna 21st Hōʻike ʻia ka Anniversary i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma World Travel Market (WTM) London a kākoʻo ʻia e Nā Hōkele ʻo Corinto, The New York Times, Hawaiian Airlines a me ka mea kākoʻo pūnaewele Nā Hōʻike Huakaʻi ʻo Reed. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia e "ʻike i nā kānaka, nā hui, nā hui, nā wahi a me nā mea hoihoi no nā hana koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, a i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā papahana e hoʻihoʻi i nā kaiāulu kūloko. Ano i kona 21st makahiki, Ua hana ʻia ka World Tourism Award e The Bradford Group ma ka inoa o nā mea kākoʻo.
E mālama ʻia ka ʻaha makana a me ka hoʻokipa ma ka Pōʻakahi, Nov. 5, 2018, ma WTM London, 4:30 PM a 5:30 PM, ma ExCel Center, Lādana. Hoʻokipa ʻia ka hoʻokipa e United Airlines.
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