ʻO ke Komisina o ka mākaʻikaʻi no nā mokupuni ʻo US Virgin, ʻo Beverly Nicholson-Doty, i hoʻouna i kēia leka i ka manawa o ka World Tourism Day:
Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei mākou i ka World Tourism Day, me ka United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), hoʻolauleʻa mākou i nā mea a ka ʻenehana kikohoʻe i hana ai a hiki ke hana no ka mākaʻikaʻi.
Eia nō naʻe ka mea hou i ko mākou hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka makahiki i hala i ka wā a ko mākou Teritori e pono ai e hoʻonohonoho hou i kāna hoʻolālā kūʻai ma hope o ka Hurricanes Irma a me Maria.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā kamaʻilio kuʻuna a me nā hoʻolālā ʻoihana a me ke kālepa ke hoʻokō pono i nā pilikia koke a me ka hoʻololi wikiwiki ʻana i ka ikaika o kā mākou hoʻōla. ʻO kēia hoʻohaunaele ʻana i ke kūʻai aku ʻana e like me kā mākou i ʻike ai lilo ia i manawa kūpono e hana i nā ʻike ikaika ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā papahō uila hou.
Ua lawelawe ʻo USVIupdate.com ma ke ʻano o ko mākou puka ʻike ma mua, i ka wā a ma hope o ka ʻino. Ua hoʻololi ʻia a lawelawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he pūnaewele no nā hanana hou loa i kā mākou hoʻokele ma hope o ka Hurricane. Ua lawelawe pū kā mākou pāhana kaiaulu ma ke ʻano he hub e pane i nā nīnau, e hoʻokipa i nā nīnauele a hoʻouna i ka ʻike maoli i ka manawa maoli i kā mākou poʻe ukali. Ua ʻae kēia mau paepae iā mākou e kaʻana like i kā mākou moʻolelo me ka honua.
Ma ke ʻano he mau mokupuni liʻiliʻi me ka palena palena o nā waihona mākaʻikaʻi e kūʻai aku i nā wahi i hele mai ai, pono mākou e hoʻomau i ka hana hou a hoʻohana i nā ʻenehana i hiki iā mākou. ʻAʻole pili kēia i ke aupuni wale nō, akā i nā hōkele a me nā ʻoihana he nui, i loaʻa ʻole nā kumuwaiwai no nā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha nui. ʻOiai ʻaʻole manuahi ka hoʻolaha digital, hiki i kāna mea hiki ke ʻae i ka ʻoihana liʻiliʻi loa e hoʻokūkū ma ka pae honua.
ʻAe ʻenehana ʻenehana i kēia mau mea neʻe koʻikoʻi i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai, me nā hana he nui e pili ana iā lākou, e hōʻike pololei i kā lākou waiwai i nā malihini kipa, e puke iā lākou ma ka pūnaewele, a lawelawe i kā lākou noi a me nā nīnau. Hāʻawi iā lākou e mālama pono i nā huahana hou loa a me ka ʻike mākeke - a, i kēia manawa o ka makahiki, e nānā i nā wānana o ke anilā.
Manaʻo mākou e kaʻana like i ka UNWTOLoaʻa nā ʻike o ka holomua kikohoʻe no ka ʻoihana ma waena o kā mākou mau keʻena aupuni, kā mākou ʻoihana pilikino a me kā mākou ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao ʻoiai mākou e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ko mākou mau mākaukau a hoʻolako i kā mākou poʻe ʻōpio no nā hana a me nā ʻoihana ma kēia ʻāpana koʻikoʻi i ko mākou wahi a me ko mākou ʻāina.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Manaʻo mākou e kaʻana like i ka UNWTOLoaʻa nā ʻike o ka holomua kikohoʻe no ka ʻoihana ma waena o kā mākou mau keʻena aupuni, kā mākou ʻoihana pilikino a me kā mākou ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao ʻoiai mākou e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ko mākou mau mākaukau a hoʻolako i kā mākou poʻe ʻōpio no nā hana a me nā ʻoihana ma kēia ʻāpana koʻikoʻi i ko mākou wahi a me ko mākou ʻāina.
- As small islands with limited tourism budgets to market our destinations, we need to continue being innovative and leverage the technologies at our disposal.
- Digital technology allows these very important movers in our economy, with numerous jobs dependent on them, to showcase their wares directly to potential visitors, to book them online, and handle their requests and queries.
