eTN: Pehea ke kūlana o kēia manawa i ka wā e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Costa Rica?
Carlos Ricardo Benavides Jimenez: E like me ke koena o ke ao nei, ua emi iki mai, no ka mea, o ko kakou makeke nui o Amerika Huipuia, a o Amerika Akau ponoi he aneane 62 pakeneka o ko kakou makeke, nolaila, ke iho mai o Amerika Akau i lalo, o ko kakou makeke pu kekahi. iho nui. Akā ua mālama mākou i kahi mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa, ʻo ia ka mea e hele ai no ka laʻana i ka Hyatt a i ʻole i nā Kau ʻEhā, e hiki mai ana, ʻaʻole ia he mea nui ka pilikia i kēia manawa. Aia mākou i kahi hoʻomaha liʻiliʻi ma ʻAukake a me Kepakemapa, a ke manaʻo nei mākou e hoʻomau i kā mākou holomua, a kōkua iki paha iā mākou me nā poʻe hoʻomaha e hele mai ana no Dekemaba i hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i kahi pohō maikaʻi ʻole no ka makahiki 2009 a puni -6 a i ʻole -7 pakeneka; ʻo ia kā mākou e wānana nei i kēia manawa.
eTN: ʻO nā loulou ea mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua emi lākou a i ʻole lākou i noho like?
Benavides Jimenez: ʻAe, ua emi kekahi o lākou, akā ʻaʻole no ka nele o ka poʻe e lele ana, akā no ka laʻana, i ka hihia ʻo Delta, no ka mana o nā ʻauwaʻa, ʻaʻole ia he wahie maikaʻi loa, no laila lōʻihi. nā huakaʻi, no ka laʻana nā mea mai New York a i San Jose, ma luna o kahi huakaʻi 5-hola, ua maikaʻi loa no lākou me nā mokulele āpau. Ua hoʻemi nā mokulele ʻē aʻe i ka nui o nā mokulele, e hoʻāʻo ana e lawe mai i nā mokulele piha a ʻaʻole pono i nā mokulele mai nā wahi like ʻole. Akā, ke lele nei lākou a pau. ʻAʻole mākou i nalowale i kekahi ʻano mea lawe. ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻohui mākou i ʻelua mau mea lawe hou mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻohui mākou iā JetBlue i hoʻomaka i nā mokulele mai Orlando pololei i San Jose, a ua hoʻohui mākou i ka Spirit Airlines nāna i hoʻomaka i nā mokulele mai Ft. Lauderdale ma United States, a i ka makahiki i hala ua hoʻomaka mākou i Frontier Airlines mai Denver.
eTN: Ua ʻōlelo ʻoe he 5-hōkū mākaʻikaʻi i Costa Rica he pilikia nui. Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i nā kumukūʻai e iho mai ana no nā hōkele?
Benavides Jimenez: ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole nui, ʻaʻole nui. He manaʻo ko mākou - ke hoʻolilo ʻoe i kāu huahana i mea liʻiliʻi loa, a maʻa ka poʻe i ka uku ʻana i $1 no kahi mea āu i ʻike ai he hoʻokahi haneli kālā, ke hoʻi ʻoe e uku iā lākou i $100, huli lākou iā ʻoe a ʻōlelo mai, akā, he $1 ka waiwai, a e haʻi aku ʻoe iā lākou, ʻaʻohe pilikia, kala wau. Inā e uku ʻoe i $1, no ka mea paha he $1 ʻaʻole $100.
eTN: Aloha au i kēia manaʻo, akā he mea ʻoiaʻiʻo paha ka hahai ʻana o nā hōkele i kāu ʻike?
Benavides Jimenez: ʻAʻole lākou i hele haʻahaʻa loa e hoʻolilo i ka huakaʻi i mea maʻalahi loa. Ua iho iki lākou, akā ʻo ka mea a mākou i hana ai he mea ʻē aʻe - ua hana mākou i nā pūʻolo kūikawā. No ka laʻana, inā ʻoe e noho i 3 pō, hāʻawi mākou iā ʻoe i 2 pō manuahi; inā ʻoe e noho i nā pō 5, e hāʻawi mākou iā ʻoe i kahi pō hoʻomaikaʻi a i ʻole kahi pāʻina manuahi ʻole ma ka spa, a me kahi huakaʻi hele. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka mea a mākou i makemake ai e hoʻohui ʻaʻole ia he huahana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, akā hoʻohui i nā huahana hou aku i kāu mea e uku nei. Ma ia ala, e loaʻa mau ana kāu huahana i ke kumu kūʻai maʻamau, akā e manaʻo ka poʻe e loaʻa hou ana lākou no ka mea a lākou e uku nei.
eTN: Ma waho aʻe o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kanada, he aha nā pahuhopu ʻē aʻe no ʻoe?
Benavides Jimenez: ʻO kā mākou mau pahuhopu nui ʻo Sepania, Kelemānia, Palani, ʻEnelani, a laila ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kanada, a me Mexico. E ʻōlelo wau mai ka pie nui e like me 75 pakeneka o nā kiʻi.
eTN: Ua haʻi mai nā wahi he nui iaʻu ke ʻike nei lākou i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka helu o nā noho ma waena o ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i ka mea like?
Benavides Jimenez: ʻAe, no ka mea, ma nā ʻaoʻao a pau o ka pakuhi, ua emi mau ka hoʻolilo, no laila ʻo ia hoʻi e iho pū ka loaʻa kālā mai ka mākaʻikaʻi - ʻaʻole hiki ke pale ʻia. Akā manaʻo wau e hoʻihoʻi mākou i kēlā makahiki aʻe. Manaʻo wau ke ʻike nei mākou - e piʻi mai ana nā helu.
eTN: He aha kāu mau loulou ea i kēia manawa mai Kelemānia? Aia nā mokulele hoʻolimalima a i ʻole ma luna o nā mokulele kalepa?
Benavides Jimenez: Loaʻa iā mākou Condor. Ke hana nei ʻo Condor i ʻelua mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule, a ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e hoʻāʻo iā Lufthansa i hoʻokahi lele pololei i San Jose, no ka mea, pono ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e hele i Madrid a hele ma ke ala o Iberia a i ʻole hele i ʻAmelika ma ke ala o Continental a alaila iho mai. Akā aia ka mākeke. Nui ko makou hakaka ma Kelemania; he nui nā mea kūʻai aku e hele nei ma Kelemānia, he nui nā hoʻolaha hui like ʻole no nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi e like me Tui, a ua ikaika loa mākou ma Kelemania. He mākeke maikaʻi ia no mākou.
eTN: Ma waho aʻe o ka manaʻo maʻamau, aia kekahi mākeke niche e ʻike ai ka poʻe ma Costa Rica?
Benavides Jimenez: ʻO ka mea nui, nā mea a mākou i hoʻolaha mau ai i ka eco-tourism - kahakai, lua pele, kūlohelohe - ʻo ia kā mākou pahuhopu nui. A haʻi mau wau i ka poʻe, ʻaʻole maikaʻi mākou i ka eco-tourism, akā ma ka liʻiliʻi loa mākou e hāʻawi i ka hakakā. No laila, no ka mālama ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiaola e like me kā mākou mākeke nui, loaʻa iā mākou he 25 pakeneka o ko mākou ʻāina i pale ʻia. Loaʻa iā mākou he 4.5 pakeneka o nā bio-diversity a pau o ka honua i Costa Rica. No laila ke pale nei mākou i kēlā ʻāpana o ke ʻano. No laila, inā makemake ʻoe e ʻike i ke ʻano, inā makemake ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōkele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ke ʻano o ka noʻonoʻo, me kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, hele ʻoe i Costa Rica.
eTN: Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻoe i ka GDP me ka mākaʻikaʻi, pehea ka nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi iā Costa Rica?
Benavides Jimenez: ʻAʻole i komo i waena o ka ʻāina, no ka mea ʻaʻohe ala e ana i waena o ka ʻāina, ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ka helu ʻekahi.
eTN: He aha ka hana a ke aupuni? I nehinei, ua lohe mākou iā Geoffrey Lipman e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i ke Ala Hoʻōla. ʻO kēia mau mea hoihoi a pau āu e hana like ai?
Benavides Jimenez: ʻAe, akā, ʻo ka mea a mākou i hana nui ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko; e hoʻāʻo e mālama i ka mākaʻikaʻi i loaʻa iā mākou.
eTN: ʻO kā mākou poʻe heluhelu he poʻe ʻoihana huakaʻi hele - ʻo kēia nā mea huakaʻi, nā mea hana huakaʻi, nā keʻena PR, nā mea nūpepa. Aia kekahi mea āu e makemake ai e ʻike lākou e pili ana iā Costa Rica?
Benavides Jimenez: Ke hiki ʻoe i Costa Rica, ke loaʻa nei ʻoe i kahi ala e hana ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi, a ma ka hopena e pili ana ʻoe no ka wā e hiki mai ana - no kou wā e hiki mai ana a me ka wā e hiki mai ana o kāu mau keikikāne a me nā moʻopuna a me nā moʻopuna, no ka mea ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e mālama. ka ʻōlelo e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma o ka mahalo ʻana i ke ʻano, a i ka wā e hiki mai ana, inā ʻaʻole mākou e hana pēlā, a laila ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kā mākou i hana ai me ke ʻano. Ua ʻike mākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e like me ka mea a ka poʻe i ʻōlelo ai, ʻo ka hakakā nui no ka wai a me ka meaʻai, no laila ke hiki mai ʻoe i ko mākou ʻāina, manaʻoʻiʻo mākou i kēia ʻano hana - hiki i nā mea āpau ke kaulike me kūlohelohe a me ka holomua a me ka mākaʻikaʻi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- We have a philosophy – when you make your product very cheap, and people get accustomed to paying $1 for something that you know that is worth a hundred dollars, when you got back to charge them the $100, they will turn to you and say, but that was worth $1, and you will tell them, no there was a crisis, I'm sorry.
- Well, some of them decreased, but not because of lack of people flying, but for example, in the case of Delta, it was because of the power of the fleet, and it was not very fuel efficient itself, so long trips, for example the ones from New York to San Jose, over a 5-hour trip, were very positive for them with all planes.
- We have been in a small recuperation in August and September, and we hope to maintain our progress, and probably help us a little bit with vacationers coming for December so we can have maybe a negative loss for the whole 2009 around -6 or -7 percent.
