MANILA, Philippines - ʻAʻole hopohopo ka Department of Tourism (DOT) i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka Philippines ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma muli o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi maikaʻi ʻole ma ka ʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo mua ka ʻelele ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻaʻole ia e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi ma luna o ka Philippines i ka wā e hoʻomau ʻia ana nā hōʻike o nā pōkā a me nā hewa i hana ʻia i nā mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kakauolelo ʻIkaʻikaʻi ʻo Ramon Jimenez, ʻoiai ke loaʻa nei nā ʻōlelo aʻo huakaʻi maikaʻi ʻole i ka Philippines, ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻekolu miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi e hele mai ana, e hōʻike ana he wahi maikaʻi a palekana ka ʻāina.
"ʻAʻole loaʻa iā ʻoe ka 3.5 miliona a 3.6 miliona mau malihini kipa inā ʻo ʻoe ka ʻāina makaʻu loa ma ka honua," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻoiai aia nā pilikia e like me ka pollution a me ka hewa ma ka ʻāina, aia nō hoʻi i ka Philippines kekahi o nā ʻāpana ʻoihana maʻalahi loa a me kekahi o nā spas a me nā hale ʻaina maikaʻi loa o ka honua.
"Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ke kūlanakauhale ma kahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe kahi nani o ka hōkele, akā weliweli ka lawelawe. ʻOiai ʻo ka haumia, ka lepo, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia paha kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale ikaika loa o ka honua, "i hoʻohui ai ʻo Jimenez.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Kāleka ʻo Benito Bengzon e hoʻopuka mau nā ʻelele haole i nā ʻōlelo aʻo huakaʻi akā ʻaʻole lākou e pili i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina.
Ke hele mai nei ka DOT me kahi huaʻōlelo mākaʻikaʻi hou. Ke loiloi nei kāna Kōmike Bid and Awards (SBAC) i nā manaʻo o nā hui hoʻolaha ʻehiku no ka hōʻailona ʻāina hou.
ʻO WOW Philippines, i manaʻo ʻia e ke senator mua ʻo Richard Gordon, ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo hoʻopōmaikaʻi holomua o ka ʻoihana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jimenez ke nānā nei ʻo ia i ka National Tourism Development Plan i hoʻolālā ʻia e kona mea mua ʻo Alberto Lim.
“ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻopau i ka loiloi, akā ʻo kā mākou pahuhopu e hoʻopau i ka noi. Manaʻo wau e hiki ke mālama i ka nui o ia mea no ka mea he manaʻo nui ia ʻoiai ʻo kekahi mau wahi e koi ai i ka paʻa a me ka nānā hou ʻana, "wahi āna.
Ma ka manawa like, ke hoʻohana nei ke keʻena i nā pūnaewele pūnaewele e hoʻolaha i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina.
“ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻolilo iā Palawan i ʻoi aku ka nani ma mua o ka mea i kēia manawa, akā ke hoʻololi nei ke āpau i ka poʻe i mau ʻāpana huakaʻi hoihoi. E noʻonoʻo inā e blog wale nā mea a pau i ka nani o ka ʻāina, "wahi a Jimenez.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hui pū ana ʻo ia me nā lālā o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā e hoʻohui i ka ʻoihana.
Manaʻo ka DOT e loaʻa iā 6 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi e hiki mai ana i ka makahiki 2016.
