ʻO Kampala - Uganda e hoʻokipa i ka 5th Africa-Asia Business Forum (AABF) 2009 ʻaha kūkā ma Iune 15-17, 2009.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka ʻaha kūkā e hōʻuluʻulu i nā luna kiʻekiʻe a me nā ʻelele ʻoihana pilikino mai 65 mau ʻāina ma ʻApelika a me Asia a me nā hui honua e nānā, nānā a loiloi i nā hoʻolālā e kū nei ma ʻApelika no ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka ʻaha kūkā e UNDP me ka hui pū ʻana me ke Kuhina o ko nā ʻāina ʻē a Iapana, ka World Bank, UNIDO a me ka United Nations World Tourism Organization. E noʻonoʻo pū ia pehea e hoʻonui ai i nā manawa kūʻai aku i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hoʻopukapuka huakaʻi ma waena o nā lāhui ʻAsia a me ʻApelika.
Ua haʻi aku ke kuhina mokuʻāina no ka mākaʻikaʻi, Serapio Rukundo i ka poʻe nūpepa i ka pule i hala aku nei e hāʻawi ka ʻaha kūkā i kahi kahua no ka ʻohana mākaʻikaʻi a me ke kaiāulu ʻoihana e hoʻololi i nā manaʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, kālepa a me ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ma waena o Asia a me ʻApelika.
E hōʻike pū ana i nā poʻe komo i ka ʻike o nā manawa ʻoihana kūpono, a me ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā hana maikaʻi loa a me nā pilikia.
"Ma o ka hoʻolaha kalepa ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻaha kūkā, ke manaʻo nei mākou e hōʻike i ka mana mākaʻikaʻi o Uganda. A e like me nā ʻaha kūkā honua ʻē aʻe, e hoʻonui ia i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma Uganda, "wahi a Rukundo.
Ua haʻi aku ka pelekikena o Uganda Tourism Association, ʻo Mr. Amos Wekesa ma kahi ninaninau e pili ana ke kiʻi o ʻApelika a ʻo ia ka manawa e hoʻohana ai i kēia ʻaha kūkā e kūʻai ai. Hāʻawi ʻo ʻApelika i 4% wale nō o ka loaʻa kālā o ka honua.
“Pono ʻo ʻApelika i nā hui. Manaʻo mākou e hoʻohana nā luna aupuni a me nā ʻāpana kūʻokoʻa i kēia ʻaha kūkā no ka ʻoihana a loaʻa ka ʻoihana, "wahi a Wekesa, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hoʻonohonoho.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hele ana nā pūnaewele media nui e like me CNBC, CNN, BBC a me Reuters e hōʻike i ka hanana ola mai Kampala.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Wekesa e pōmaikaʻi nui ka ʻoihana pilikino a me ka lehulehu mai kēia ʻaha kūkā ma o ka hui pūnaewele a me nā hālāwai ʻoihana-i-ʻoihana.
E loaʻa i ka ʻaha kūkā nā hana e like me kahi hōʻikeʻike ʻekolu lā, hōʻike i ka ʻike gorilla a me nā hula kuʻuna o Uganda i waena o kekahi.
ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā, ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e huki ʻia ma kahi o 300 mau ʻelele kūloko a me ka honua, me 11 mau kuhina mai nā ʻāina like ʻole, e mālama ʻia ma Kampala's Speke Resort Munyonyo a e hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism. ʻO kekahi poʻe i hōʻoia i ka hele ʻana mai Asia mai Iapana, Kina a me Singapore.
