ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kānāwai a me ke kūlana hoʻonohonoho e kōkua i ka piʻi ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma Lanka

Colombo - Ua hoʻonui mau ʻia ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e kipa aku ana iā Sri Lanka a manaʻo ʻia e hele i 7.11 lakh i kēia makahiki, ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana immigration, e pili ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kānāwai a me ke kūlana kauoha.

"ʻOiai ʻo nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi maikaʻi ʻole e kekahi mau ʻāina, ua hoʻonui nui ʻia ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻi ʻana o ka maluhia ma ka ʻāina," i ʻōlelo ai ka Controller, Visa, o Sri Lankan Department of Immigration and Emigration, Damayanthi Jayaratne.

Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ka Sri Lankan Tourism (SLT) i kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi mua i kau ʻia e ke aupuni o Belgium e aʻo ana i nā malihini e haʻalele i ka huakaʻi hele ʻole i Sri Lanka ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia mai ka Pōʻalima, ʻAukake 29 i ka mahina i hala.

"ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hou e hiki ai i nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi mai Belgium ke kūʻai ikaika aku iā Sri Lanka no ke kau hoʻoilo e hiki mai ana," i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi hoʻomaha e haʻi wale i nā palena huakaʻi i ka ʻĀkau a me ka Hikina a me Yala.

"Ke manaʻolana nei ʻo ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi Pelekania e hopena i nā hoʻomaha like ʻana o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi mai nā lāhui ʻē aʻe o ʻEulopa," wahi a ka SLT i kahi ʻōlelo.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jayaratne no nā haole he nui ʻo Sri Lanka he "ʻāina moeʻuhane" me kona ākea ākea o nā kahakai a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻoihana maikaʻi.

"Ua hoʻopuka mua mākou i nā visa mākaʻikaʻi 5.19 lakh no ka haole a hiki i ʻAukake 31, 2008 a ke hiki mai nei ka manawa mākaʻikaʻi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Jayaratne me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā hōʻailona hōʻeuʻeu o nā pae maʻalahi i nā makahiki hope he 7.11 lakh.