ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka hopena o hoʻokahi makahiki o ka Tourism Awareness Campaign (TAC) akā ʻo ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi wā e hiki mai ana no nā haumāna o nā kula mua o Grenada ma ke ʻano he ʻelele huakaʻi. ʻO ia ka ʻōlelo a ke Kuhina Kaʻikaʻi a me nā mokulele ʻo Hon. ʻO Kauka Clarice Modeste-Curwen ka mea e kamaʻilio ana ma ka hui pine pine i mālama ʻia ma ka Spice Basket ma ka Pōʻalua, Nowemapa 20, 2018.
Ua hui pū ʻia nā haumāna mai nā kula haʻahaʻa a puni ka ʻāina a me kā lākou mau kumu ma ke kikowaena hālāwai e heluhelu i ka Tourism Pledge a loaʻa i kā lākou Tourism Ambassador pins a me nā palapala hōʻoia ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka Grenada Tourism Authority's 'Tourism and Me Booklet', i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki i hala.
Ua kamaʻilio kekahi mau haumāna e pili ana i nā pono o ka puke Tourism & Me a lākou i aʻo ai i kēia makahiki a pehea e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻolaha i ko lākou ʻāina i nā malihini. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi haumāna e pani ana i ke Kula ʻo First Choice Junior, "Ua pani au i Grenada ma ka OECS Swimming Competition a ua ʻōlelo wau i koʻu mau hoa Caribbean e kipa aku i ke kahakai kaulana ʻo Grand Anse Beach" a ʻo kekahi haumāna o ke Kula ʻo Grace Lutheran i ʻōlelo, "ʻO ka mea aʻu i makemake nui ai. ʻO ka puke kahi e kipa ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma Grenada. ʻO nā wahi aʻu e makemake ai e hele, ʻo ia ka zip lining, ka Underwater Sculpture Park a me ka Seven Sisters Waterfall.
ʻO ka hui o ka Grenada Tourism Authority i waho i ka ikaika piha i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka hana i loaʻa nā ʻōlelo hoʻokipa mai ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka GTA, ʻo Patricia Maher, nā ʻōlelo hōʻike mai Hon. ʻO Clarice Modeste-Curwen, he mele mele mai kahi haumāna a me ka mascot aloha keiki "Nutasha". ʻO Nutasha ka mea nui i loko o ka puke puke a me ka ʻelele o Pure Grenada, ka Spice of the Caribbean i hōʻike ʻia ma nā hōʻailona mākaʻikaʻi, nā pine, a me ke koʻikoʻi.
Ua kauoha ʻo Patricia Maher i nā haumāna ʻōpio ʻaʻole e lawe wale i ko lākou ʻāina nani, e hoʻomau i nā loli o ka Tourism e pili ana i ka ʻenehana, nā ʻano a me ka hoʻokūkū, e noʻonoʻo i waho o ka pahu no nā ʻoihana a me ka piʻi ʻana i kā lākou pāʻani i ka lawelawe lawelawe.
Ua koi pū ʻo Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Modeste Curwen i nā keiki e hoʻomau i ka hoʻoilina o Grenada o ka mahanahana a me ke aloha. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, “He poʻe aloha mākou a aloha. Ke kakali nei mākou i kāu mau minoʻaka nani e pumehana ana i nā puʻuwai o ko mākou poʻe malihini a me kou mau hoa makaʻāinana i kou hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka mea maikaʻi loa e kōkua a lokomaikaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ke Kuhina, "ʻO kāu hoʻohiki mua i kou kaiapuni. Nani ko mākou mau mokupuni a makemake mākou e mālama i kēlā ʻano. Ua aʻo ʻoe pehea e hoʻolei pono ai i kāu mau ʻōpala a makemake wau e hoʻomau ʻoe e aʻo i kou mau hoaaloha, ʻohana a me nā kamaʻāina e mālama i ke kaiapuni.
ʻO ka luna hoʻomalu o ka GTA, ʻo Mrs. Brenda Hood, aia ma ka lima e kōkua i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pine a me nā palapala hōʻoia i nā haumāna ʻōpio akamai i hiki ke ʻike i ko lākou ikaika a me ka hoihoi no nā mea e hiki mai ana o ka Tourism.
ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei, ʻo nā haumāna o Carriacou a me Petite Martinique ka mea mua i lawe i ka hoʻohiki a loaʻa i kā lākou mau ʻelele ʻelele huakaʻi mai ke Kuhina no Carriacou a me Petite Martinique Affairs Hon. Kindra Mathurine Stewart. Ua mālama ʻia ka hanana ma ka lumi ʻaha kūkā o Carriacou Health Services Center.
