Nānā ʻole i nā mea āu i lohe ai e pili ana i nā pua Mei, nā pua e huki i nā mea kipa nui loa i Wakinekona, DC i hōʻea i ka hopena o Malaki.
Ua hoʻomaka ka National Cherry Blossom Festival o kēia makahiki i ka Pōʻaono a hiki i ka lā 11 o ʻApelila. ʻO ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 3,700 mau kumu cherry e laina ana i ka Tidal Basin a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke kapitol ua wānana ʻia e pua i ko lākou lā kiʻekiʻe i ka Pōʻalima a i ʻole Pōʻalima. ʻO ka pua kiʻekiʻe no kēia mau lāʻau kaulana, he makana mua ia mai Iapana i ka makahiki 1912, ua unuhi ʻia i ka wā mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe no ke kūlanakauhale kahi e ulu ai lākou. He mea naʻauao ka poʻe ʻimi Bloom i ka manawa o kā lākou huakaʻi i kēia makahiki me ka noʻonoʻo - a noʻonoʻo paha i kekahi mau wahi ʻē aʻe.
Kuhi ʻia ka noho ʻana o ka hōkele ma ka ʻāina a ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o kēia makahiki ma mua o ka makahiki 2009 akā naʻe "kokoke i nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa," wahi a Bjorn Hanson, he loea ma New York University's Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, "no laila e mau loa ka loaʻa no nā malihini. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi makana maikaʻi ma mua o ka mea maʻamau no ka mea ʻokoʻa ka nui o nā lumi lumi mai ke kūlanakauhale a i ke kūlanakauhale a mai ka hōkele a i ka hōkele, wahi a Hanson.
I nā wā huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe i kēia makahiki, ʻike paha nā mea kūʻai aku i ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu ʻelua o nā lumi lumi, akā e loaʻa mau nā huakaʻi hele ma waho o ka piko, wahi a Hanson. ʻO ka hoʻolālā maikaʻi loa i kēia kaiapuni ʻo ka hana wale ʻana i kāu noiʻi, wahi a Hanson. Kāhea i nā hōkele he nui, a e hoʻomau i ka noi ʻana i ka uku kūpono loa. "Manaʻo wau ua hilahila ka poʻe e hoʻomau i ka noi ʻana, a i kēia mau lā ʻaʻole loaʻa ka lua a i ʻole ke kolu o ka noi i ka helu maikaʻi loa - ʻo ia paha ka hā o ka noi," wahi a Hanson. Inā makemake ʻoe e lawe i ka pilikia, ʻo ke kali ʻana a hiki i ka lā o kou hōʻea ʻana hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻimi i nā hōkele e makemake nui ana e hoʻopiha i kā lākou lumi, wahi āna.
ʻO ka hoʻomau ke kī i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumukūʻai ea maikaʻi pū kekahi, wahi a nā mea loiloi ʻoihana. Ua ʻoki nā mokulele i ka hiki ke hana i ka hāʻule ʻana, e ʻae iā lākou e hoʻopaʻa i nā kumukūʻai ʻoiai he haʻahaʻa ke koi, wahi a Basili Alukos, kahi loiloi ʻoihana mokulele no Morningstar. Ke hoʻolālā nei nā mokulele i nā piʻi liʻiliʻi o nā ala i ʻEulopa a me ʻAsia, akā "ke hoʻāʻo nei lākou e paʻa i kahi papahele ma ke kumu kūʻai," wahi a Henry Harteveldt, ka mea loiloi ʻoihana huakaʻi no Forrester Research. "E lilo ana ʻoe i kahi manawa kūʻai" no ka loaʻa kālā, wahi a Harteveldt.
Hiki i nā mea aloha pua ke loaʻa kekahi mau huakaʻi huakaʻi a me nā hōkele ma o ka pūnaewele pūnaewele o ka ʻahaʻaina, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā uku kūʻai aku ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka ʻahaʻaina i ka lā 11 ʻApelila. manaʻo:
Nā ʻahaʻaina ʻē aʻe
Hāʻawi ka Brooklyn Botanical Garden i ka hōʻiliʻili o nā kumulāʻau cherry, a ua paʻa lākou i ko lākou kiʻekiʻe ma hope iki ma mua o nā pua o Wakinekona. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina Sakura Matsuri o ka Garden e hoʻolauleʻa ana i ka moʻomeheu Iapana no Mei 1-2. ʻO ke komo ʻana he $8 no nā mākua, a ua pani ʻia i ka Pōʻakahi. ʻO ka noho ʻana ma Brooklyn, e kūʻē iā Manhattan, hiki iā ia ke mālama i ke kālā i ka huakaʻi i New York - ʻo ka Brooklyn Marriott i kēia manawa he kuʻikahi hoʻolaha e holo ana ma Iune no nā lumi haʻahaʻa e like me $199 i ka pō, aʻo ka hoʻolaha like ʻana ma ka Times Hāʻawi ʻo Square Marriott i nā lumi ma lalo o $239 i ka pō.
Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ka Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival ma Kapalakiko ma ʻApelila 10-11 a me ʻApelila 17-18. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka pua cherry, pono e mohala ʻo Golden Gate Park's Rose Garden mai ka waena o Mei a Iulai. He manuahi a wehe ʻia ka Botanical Garden ma Golden Gate Park i kēlā me kēia lā.
Ma waho aʻe o nā Cherry Blossoms
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ʻo Longwood Gardens ma Pennsylvania no kāna mau kumulāʻau cherry, akā pono nā malihini kipa e ʻike i nā dogwood pua, hyacinths, tulip, a me nā columbines. Aia ka māla ma kahi o 30 mau mile ma waho o Philadelphia - a i ʻole 12 mau mile mai Wilmington, Del. ʻO ke komo ʻana he $ 16 no nā mākua, a pono e mākaukau nā malihini no nā hola ʻelua o ka hele ʻana e ʻike i nā māla i loko a me waho.
Hiki i nā mea aloha puaʻa ke nānā aku i ka Garden in the Woods ma Massachusetts, he 40 mau minuke kaʻa mai Boston. Wehe ka māla no ke kau ma ʻApelila 15 a pani ʻia i ka Pōʻakahi. ʻO ke komo ʻana no nā pākeke he $8 - akā manuahi ma ka Lā Honua, ʻo ia ʻo ʻApelila 24. Hiki i nā huakaʻi hele nui ke hele i kahi huakaʻi i Great Smoky Mountains National Park ma Tennessee a me North Carolina, i kekahi manawa i kapa ʻia ʻo "Wildflower National Park." He manuahi ke komo ʻana i ka paka. ʻO ka hoʻomoana i ka pō ma laila he $14 a $23 i ka pō - a i ʻole nā kūlanakauhale kokoke e like me Gatlinburg e hāʻawi i nā kaulahao hōkele aupuni e like me Best Westerns a me Comfort Inns a me nā koho kūloko.
Hele International
Ke hāʻule mau nei ka Euro i ke kālā no nā mahina e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻAmelika i ka mana kūʻai aku ma ʻEulopa. Akā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai. "Ua pau ka manawa o $99 mai New York a i Lākana," wahi a Harteveldt. Pono ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ʻEulopa e nānā i nā hōʻaiʻē hotel-plus-airfare, a noʻonoʻo e hana pū me nā ʻelele huakaʻi i hiki ke loaʻa i nā kumukūʻai hoʻolaha ʻole, wahi āna. Ke hoʻoholo nei ʻo British Airways i kāna hoʻopaʻapaʻa hana i kēia manawa, hiki iā ia ke holo i nā kuʻikahi no ka loaʻa hou ʻana o kekahi ʻoihana, a hiki i nā mokulele ʻē aʻe ke pane mai me nā hoʻolaha ʻana no lākou iho, no laila e nānā nā mea kūʻai aku i nā uku hoʻemi i nā pule e hiki mai ana, wahi āna.
Ua hoʻonui hou ʻia kekahi mau mokulele i ʻAsia, no laila he makahiki maikaʻi kēia e nānā i nā pua cherry ma Iapana. Mohala ka hapa nui o nā pua cherry o Iapana i Malaki a me ʻApelila, akā ʻo nā pua ma Hokkaido e pua i ka hoʻomaka o Mei.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Staying in Brooklyn, as opposed to Manhattan, could save travelers some money on a trip to New York, too – the Brooklyn Marriott currently has a promotional deal running through June for rooms as low as $199 a night, while a similar promotion at the Times Square Marriott offers rooms as low as $239 a night.
- Hotel occupancy nationwide is forecast to be slightly higher this year than it was in 2009 but still “near record lows,” says Bjorn Hanson, a professor at New York University's Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, “so availability remains very favorable for travelers.
- Airlines are planning slight capacity increases on routes to Europe and Asia, but “they're trying to hold a certain floor on pricing,” says Henry Harteveldt, a travel industry analyst for Forrester Research.
