Ke kope nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hema i nā hoʻolālā mākaʻikaʻi o New Zealand a ke lilo wikiwiki nei i hoʻokahi o kāna mau mea hoʻokūkū nui loa i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi.

Ua ʻike mua nā poʻe hana mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi ʻo New Zealand i ka piʻi ʻana o ka huakaʻi ma ka 2008 Adventure Travel World Summit ma Sao Paulo, Brazil, a kāhāhā lākou i ka wikiwiki o ke aʻo ʻana o ka hoʻokūkū.

"Ua ʻike mākou aia lākou ma laila, akā ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i ka nui o kā lākou ulu ʻana," wahi a Derek Melnick o ka hui skydiving ʻo NZONE.

ʻO ka pili kokoke ʻana o ʻAmelika Hema i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo ke kolu o ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi nui loa o New Zealand, ua hana ʻo ia i nā wahi ʻAmelika Hema i mea ʻē aʻe i New Zealand, wahi a Mr Melnick.

'O ka nui o lākou i loa'a nā waiwai kūlohelohe like a 'oi aku ka nui ma mua o ko Aotearoa. Ma kahi i hāʻule ai lākou a hiki i kēia lā, ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. "

Akā ua loli kēlā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Melnick, ʻo ka manaʻo o Peru e hoʻonui i kāna huakaʻi ma waho o Machu Picchu i hoʻohana i nā manaʻo like a me ka ʻōlelo i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka mākeke a me nā hoʻolālā o Tourism New Zealand.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e ʻimi nui ana ka poʻe huakaʻi i nā ʻike hoʻololi i ke ola ma luna o nā hiʻohiʻona a me nā leʻaleʻa.

"He hana maikaʻi kā mākou e hoʻopuka ai i kēia manawa, akā ʻo ka moʻolelo lōʻihi ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaha i kā mākou laurels."

ʻO ka huakaʻi ʻoihana, kākoʻo ʻia e New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and Tourism Industry Association, i manaʻo ʻia e "hōʻailona" i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o New Zealand me ka honua i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi huakaʻi.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Geoff Ensor, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka hui, ʻo Geoff Ensor, ua hōʻike ka piko i ka mahalo nui ʻia o New Zealand i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi, a ua hōʻike ʻia he mau mea hoʻokūkū aʻo wikiwiki.

Ua ʻike mau ʻia ʻo New Zealand i ka wā o ka ʻaha kūkā ʻelima mau lā ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi, a ʻoi aku ka mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi, akā ʻo nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe a me nā mea hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka ʻoihana.

"Ke nānā nei lākou iā mākou a ʻaʻole ʻo ka ʻoluʻolu ke koho," wahi a Mr Ensor.

ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi ʻike ʻike holoʻokoʻa i ka mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻokaʻawale iā New Zealand a kōkua i ka paʻa ʻana i ka mākeke, i kālai ʻia i ka palekana a me ka hana hou.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Anne Murphy, nona ka hui hele wāwae alakaʻi ʻo Hiking New Zealand, ke haʻalele nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hema iā New Zealand i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, akā loaʻa nā kumu kūʻai kūʻai kūʻokoʻa e hiki ai ke hopu i nā mākaʻikaʻi mai New Zealand i ka manawa.