Ua kapa ʻo Pelekikena FCCA ʻo Michele M. Paige iā Jamaica ma ke ʻano he "mea nani" a me nā awa o Ocho Rios, Falmouth a me Montego Bay i waena o nā "maikaʻi loa o ka honua", ʻoiai e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i nā hana i hoʻohana ʻia ma ka ʻāina e hauʻoli ai nā malihini i nā ʻike i loaʻa iā ia. ia lakou ma ka aina.
Ua hana ʻo Ms. Page i nā ʻōlelo i ka wā o kahi kūkākūkā paʻi ma ka Hale Hōkele ʻo Half Moon, Montego Bay, ma hope o ʻelua mau lā o nā hālāwai o ka poʻe kuleana a me ka nānā ʻana i nā awa e nā luna o ka FCCA; ke Kuhina o ka Makaikai, Hon. Edmund Bartlett; Luna Hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Paul Pennicook; Hope Peresidena, Cruise Shipping and Marina Operations at the Port Authority of Jamaica, William Tatham; a me nā luna hoʻokele o ka Hui Hoʻomohala Huakaʻi Kūkaʻikaʻi (TPDCo) a me ka Waihona Hoʻonui Kūʻai Kūʻai (TEF).

Ma ka haʻi ʻana iā Jamaica ʻo "ko mākou home," me ka hui pū ʻana ma luna o 50 mau makahiki o nā moku holo moku e hele mai ana i Jamaica, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ms. Paige, "he hoʻomaka hou kēia," ma hope o ke Kuhina Nui, ka Hon. ʻO ka hui ʻana o Andrew Holness me nā Luna Nui o ka ʻoihana i ka mahina ʻo Dekemaba i hala a me nā mea i ʻike ʻia i nā lā ʻelua.

“Maikaʻi ka ʻike holoʻokoʻa ma Jamaica. ʻO Jamaica kahi wahi i hoʻokumu ʻia akā aia kekahi mau pilikia. I loko o nā lā ʻelua i hala iho nei, he mea kupanaha ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai; ʻO ka hoʻokō ʻana mai Jamaica, ka poʻe ma Jamaica, makemake lākou e piʻi i kahi pae aʻe e lilo i wahi makemake, makemake lākou e hoʻokipa i nā mākaʻikaʻi i ko lākou home a e hōʻike i ke ʻano kūikawā o Jamaica, "wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hope Pelekikena o Strategic and Commercial Port Development ma Carnival Cruise Lines, ʻo Carlos Torres de Navarra, ua like ka huakaʻi "he male i kahi kokoke i 50 mau makahiki a ua like ia me ka hoʻohiki ʻana i nā hoʻohiki."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hele mai ka hui FCCA ma ʻaneʻi me ka manaʻo e nānā i kēlā me kēia wahi "a ua loaʻa iā Jamaica ka pōmaikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻekolu mau awa kūʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole kēlā me kēia ʻāina; ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke kūʻai aku i ka ʻike o ko lākou ʻāina ma ʻekolu mau wahi like ʻole. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ko lākou manaʻo "e hele i nā ʻanuʻu like a kā mākou poʻe malihini e hele nei a hāʻawi i kekahi manaʻo e pili ana i ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ke ʻano he mau hoa e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka ʻike o nā malihini."

Ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻokipa ʻia e nā malihini ma kahi e kipa aku ai i hoʻokahi manawa i loko o ke ola, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. ʻAha nui ma waena o kēlā waiwai marquee a me nā mea a kā mākou poʻe malihini e ʻike nei i ka hopena o ka lā i ka wā e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe ka hōʻeha a me ka emi ʻana o ka noi no ka huahana Jamaican.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett e ʻimi nei ʻo Jamaica e hoʻonui i ka hōʻea ʻana i ka moku holo moku i 2.5 miliona i nā makahiki ʻehā e hiki mai ana mai ka 1.66 miliona i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki 2016 a "ua paʻa ʻo ia e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o ka malihini, ʻaʻole maikaʻi wale nō akā ʻokoʻa." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hana ʻia nā hana e hiki ai i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho noʻonoʻo e hoʻokele i nā wahi hoʻomaha a me nā wahi e hele ai a hāʻawi i ka nānā ʻana no kēlā hoʻokele.

A laila ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka hoʻololi ʻana mai nā Papa Hoʻokele i nā ʻAha Kūkākūkā o ka Destination Assurance a me ke koho ʻana i nā Mana Hoʻokele, e hoʻomaka ana me Falmouth a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o $ 1 biliona e hoʻolako i kahi wahi palekana a leʻaleʻa. E hui pū ʻia kēia me kahi papahana hoʻonaʻauao lehulehu e hoʻonaʻauao ai i nā kamaʻāina.

Ua kono pū ʻo Kuhina Bartlett i nā luna o ka FCCA e ʻimi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā Jamaicans hou aʻe i ka ʻoihana holo moana.

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Navarra said, “the important thing to remember is that people have high expectations and it's all about delivering on those high expectations because if you got a big gap between that marquee value and what our guests are seeing at the end of the day that's when you get the disappointment and the reduced demand for what is the Jamaican product.
Paige has branded Jamaica as “a jewel” and the ports of Ocho Rios, Falmouth and Montego Bay as among the “best in the world”, while commending initiatives being employed locally to make visitors happy with the experiences available to them on land.
He then outlined the change from Resort Boards to Destination Assurance Councils and the appointment of Destination Managers, starting with Falmouth and the allocation of $1 billion to provide a safe and enjoyable environment.