- Hui ʻo Bahamas Tourism Ministry team me nā hoa ʻoihana ʻoihana mokulele a me ka pāpāho.
- Nui nā mea e kipa aku ana i ka pahu Bahamas i nā nīnau mai nā pailaka i hele i kēlā me kēia lā e lele ana i nā seminar Bahamas i hoʻolālā ʻia no lākou.
- ʻO nā papahana hoʻohui e hoʻonui hou a hoʻonui i ka pili o ka Bahamas ma ka mākeke e pili pū me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kamaʻilio kikohoʻe a me ka hoʻokele waiwai i ke komo ʻana.
"Ma waho aʻe o ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hoihoi i hōʻike ʻia e nā poʻe e makemake ana e kipa iā Bahamas ma kā mākou keʻena, ua loaʻa iā mākou nā nīnau he nui mai nā pailaka i hele i kā mākou seminar ʻo Flying to The Bahamas i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no lākou, a ʻo wai ake hoʻolālā nei i kahi lele i Bahamas. "
"ʻEhā mau lā i loko o ka hōʻike ʻehiku mau lā, ua mālama mua mākou i kahi mau hālāwai kūkā hoʻokahi a me hoʻokahi me nā luna ʻoihana nui e like me ka Aircraft Owners Pilots Association (AOPA), ma nā papahana hui e hoʻolaulaha hou a hoʻonui i ka ʻikepili o Bahamas ma ka mākeke. a i kona kino lālā pailaka 400,000 e hoʻonui hou i ka hōʻea ʻana o nā malihini kipa. E komo pū kēia mau papahana i nā hana no ke kūʻai aku like ʻana, hoʻonui i nā kamaʻilio kikohoʻe, hiki i ka hoʻokele waiwai, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻowahāwahā i ka mea nui o ko mākou alo ma nā paepae e like me Oshkosh a i ʻole ka waiwai o ka hana pololei ʻana, he alo a he alo me nā alakaʻi o AOPA, International Federal Partnership (IFP), EAA, kā mākou mau limahana paʻa paʻa a me kā mākou Bahamas Flying Ambassadors. Ua kōkua kēia mau pilina i ka paepae ʻana i ka Bahamas i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe, ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o General Aviation ma ka Caribbean, "wahi hou a Thompson.
"E like me ka hāʻawi ʻana o kēia paepae iā mākou i nā manawa kū hoʻokahi no ka ulu ʻana, hōʻike pū kekahi ia iā mākou e lohe mua, i nā pilikia a i nā kūlana kūpono paha e ʻike ʻia nei e nā pailaka i hiki ke keʻakeʻa i kā lākou hoʻoholo e kipa i ko mākou wahi maikaʻi."
"Ma kēia hōʻike, ua ʻike mākou ʻaʻole i lawa ka hoʻolaha i hāʻawi ʻia i nā pailaka e pili ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka uku hoʻomalu palekana $ 9 a ka Bahamas Airport Authority e uku ʻia i nā mokulele pilikino a me kēlā me kēia kanaka e hōʻea ana i ka honua. ʻOiai ua hoʻonui ʻia ka uku e $ 2 a ua ola ma The Bahamas no nā makahiki he nui, ua kūlike ʻole ka transparency o kāna rula, a ua hoʻokō ʻia ka hoʻokō ʻana ma lalo o hoʻokahi mahina i hala. Ke neʻe nei i mua, e hana mākou e hoʻoponopono i kēia mau hemahema a hāʻawi i kahi hoʻolaha kūpono i kēia mau pailaka, o nā loli e hiki mai ana, "wahi a Thompson.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “In addition to the high level of interest shown by persons wanting to visit The Bahamas at our booth, we have received so many enquiries from pilots who have attended our daily Flying to The Bahamas seminars, specifically designed for them, and who are planning a fly out to The Bahamas.
- A Full Circle Moment – The newest Bahamas Flying Ambassador, Steveo Kinevo, a famed pilot and social media influencer who VLOGs all his Bahamas flights on YouTube to millions of viewers, stopped by The Bahamas' booth at Oshkosh.
- “Four days into the seven days show, we have already held some very productive one-on-one meetings with key industry executives like Aircraft Owners Pilots Association (AOPA), on joint programs to further promote and enhance The Bahamas' profile in the marketplace and to its 400,000 pilot-member body to further increase visitor arrivals.