ʻOiai e kāhea ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi visa hoʻohana hoʻokahi no nā malihini, ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Kuhina, Hon. Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Edmund Bartlett, ʻo ka hui pū ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi hoʻolālā mākaʻikaʻi multi-destination, pono e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka huakaʻi ma ka Caribbean.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka "Karipiana Saudi Arabia Summit mua loa" ma Dominican Republic i kēia lā (Iulai 7), ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett "e like me ka mokuʻāina o kēlā me kēia moku, e hoʻolōʻihi ʻia kā mākou hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai ka pōʻino o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 inā ʻaʻole kokoke hiki ʻole," akā naʻe, "he nui ka mana o ka ʻāina e hana like a kūʻai aku i ka Caribbean ma kahi huakaʻi hoʻokahi."
Ua ʻike pū ʻo ia ʻo ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mākaʻikaʻi Caribbean "ua paʻa i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hui ʻana o ke kūʻai aku a me nā hoʻonohonoho huahana i hui pū ʻia me ka huakaʻi ea a me ka logistic transport."
Ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Bartlett "ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana i kekahi mau protocols, e komo pū ana me kahi aupuni visa hoʻokahi e hiki ai i ka maʻalahi o ka neʻe ʻana ma nā palena no nā kumu mākaʻikaʻi, e hiki ai i ka hui pū ʻana a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana."
ka Kuhina Huakaʻi ua wehewehe no hoi keia:
"E ho'ā i nā ʻike he nui ma ka ʻāina no ka poʻe kipa i ko mākou mau mokupuni e huakaʻi mai nā mākeke hou me Asia, ʻApelika a me ka Middle East."
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia ua hoʻopau ʻo Jamaica a me Dominican Republic i kēia lā i ka pae mua o ke kaʻina kūkākūkā lehulehu. Ua hui ʻo Kuhina Bartlett me ka Association of Hotels and Tourism of Dominican Republic a me nā ʻelele o "ka nui o nā mokulele i makemake i ka hoʻopili ʻana."
ʻOiai ʻo ia ma ka Caribbean Saudi Arabia Summit, ua hui pū ʻo Kuhina Bartlett me ke Kuhina Hoʻokalakupua no ke Aupuni o Saudi Arabia, ka Mea Hanohano Ahmed Al Khateeb e pili ana i ka "Memorandum of Understanding i kau inoa mua ʻia e nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua e pili ana i ka pili ʻana i ka ea."
Ua wehewehe ʻo Mr. Bartlett ma o ka MOU, e "hoʻonohonoho ʻo Kuhina Al Khateeb i nā mokulele mega ma ka wahi ʻo Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) e hui me kahi ʻelele mai ka Caribbean i mākaukau e holomua i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi lehulehu ma ke ʻano he ala koʻikoʻi no ka ea. ka pilina ma o nā ʻīpuka o ka Hikina Waena.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Addressing the “first ever Caribbean Saudi Arabia Summit” in the Dominican Republic today (July 7), Minister Bartlett stressed that “as individual island states, our recovery from the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic will be elongated if not near impossible,” adding however that “there is enormous capacity for the region to collaborate and market the Caribbean as a single destination.
- Bartlett explained that through the MOU, Minister Al Khateeb will “coordinate the mega airlines in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) area to meet with a delegation from the Caribbean who are prepared to advance multi-destination tourism as a critical pathway for air connectivity through the gateways of the Middle East.
- While at the Caribbean Saudi Arabia Summit, Minister Bartlett also met with the Minister of Tourism for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb regarding the “Memorandum of Understanding that was previously signed by both parties concerning air connectivity.
