ʻO ka loea ʻoihana a me ka mea kūʻai aku kaulana ʻo David Barrett ma ke kūkākūkā me Andrew J Wood ma ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai ka hopena o ka ka hui coronavirus ma ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Thailand.
💠Q1. Ke hoʻomaka nei ʻo Thailand e puka mai i ka laka ʻana he aha kāu e manaʻoʻiʻo ai nā mea nui loa e noʻonoʻo ai e hōʻoia i ka kūleʻa?
DB: Ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e hoʻōla, ua hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou ka manawa e hoʻihoʻi hou i ke kumu hoʻohālike mākaʻikaʻi o Thailand a kūkulu i kahi wā e hiki mai ana. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Thailand no ka mākaʻikaʻi lehulehu a inā makemake mākou e ʻike i ka ulu mau ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana, pono mākou i ka hoʻokele maikaʻi a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā wahi a me nā kumuwaiwai.
Pono mākou e ʻimi i nā mākeke lanakila wikiwiki mai nā mākeke kumu bubble kokoke i ka home e like me ka hana mua. ʻO ka nānā ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe ke ala e hele ai, e like me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi lehulehu, ʻoiai e noʻonoʻo ana i ka pono e hoʻokele maikaʻi i nā kumuwaiwai o ke Aupuni, e pale ana i ke kaiapuni.
💠Q2. Ke hoʻomaka ka poʻe e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka huakaʻi, he aha kou manaʻo e ʻimi nei lākou i kahi honua post Covid-19?
DB: ʻO nā hana biosecurity ka luna o ka papa inoa no nā neʻe mua i ka huakaʻi honua. ʻO nā hōʻoia e mālama ʻia ana ko lākou olakino a maikaʻi. Hiki i nā hana maʻemaʻe a me ke olakino ke hoʻohālikelike i ka huakaʻi hele manuahi ma mua o COVID, akā pono e ʻike ʻia nā hana hou e hōʻoluʻolu i ka poʻe huakaʻi, ʻoiai ʻo ka palekana ka mea nui. ʻO ka nalu mua o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ka mea nui loa e hana i nā kapuaʻi pēpē, e holo ana i ka ʻāina i kēia makahiki, e lele ana i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana i ka pōkole i loko o 4 mau hola a me ka manaʻolana e hoʻihoʻi hou i ka leo i ka makahiki 2022. ʻaʻole ʻoe e komo i ka marathon. Ua haki ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi honua a ke ola hou nei, pono mākou e hana i nā wahi liʻiliʻi kokoke i ka home.
💠Q3. Ma kahi koho balota i hala iho nei, ua ʻōlelo ʻo 75% o nā mea pane ʻaʻole hiki ke holomua ka ʻoihana hōkele ma Thailand me ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko wale nō. ʻAe ʻoe?
DB: Pono mākou e hilinaʻi a ola i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko no ka mea ʻo kēia ka mākeke mua e huakaʻi. Mahalo i ka ʻike ʻana o ke Aupuni Aliʻi Thai i ka ʻāpana kūloko i ke kī i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me kā lākou stimulus package o 22.4 biliona baht me nā haʻawina a me nā mea hoʻoikaika e hoʻoikaika i ka mākaʻikaʻi home kahi ala e hele ai. E hoʻomau ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka hoʻokele o ka ulu ʻana no ka ʻoihana Thai. ʻO ka mōʻaukala, ua hoʻolalelale nā malihini kipa i ka ʻoihana, akā ʻo ka makemake o Thais e huakaʻi a puni Thailand i ʻike i ka ulu ʻana o ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi kūloko. Inā ʻoe e nānā i kekahi o nā ʻāpana niche - eco tourism, ʻoi aku ma mua o 60% o nā mea hoʻokele kaiapuni liʻiliʻi ma Thailand he mau pūnaewele a me ka hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ma Thai wale nō. ʻO ia ka mea e pili ana i ka kūleʻa i hala a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e kūkulu hou i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana neʻe mua. E mālama ʻole i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko i kou pilikia.
💠Q4. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia kou inoa me ka ʻoihana MICE. Me nā alakaʻi alakaʻi kaiapuni hou i kahi no nā hālāwai ma Thailand, manaʻo paha ʻoe e hiki ke hoʻi hou ka ʻoihana ma Thailand?
DB: E hoʻi mai ka MICE. Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻoki ʻoe i nā milo maikaʻi a pau, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka MICE honua, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka hua maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka rebound. Manaʻolana shorthaul MICE me Singapore e like me ka 'āpana hui hui, e hānai ana i nā hālāwai i Thailand, e hoʻi mai i ke kolu o ka hapaha o 2021. Longhaul markets e like me 'Eulopa a me ka kiʻekiʻe rolling insentives mai ka US, ua hoomaka makou e ike i ka ulu ana ma mua o COVID, lanakila. 'a'ole e ho'i nui a hiki i ka hapa hope o 2022. He pā'ani kali ia. ʻO ka paʻakikī no nā DMC i hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou mau wā e hiki mai ana ma kēia mau mākeke lōʻihi. Loaʻa iā lākou nā ʻeke hohonu e holo ai i kēia pāʻani kali? Ua huli ka nui o nā DMC liʻiliʻi i ke kūʻai aku e hoʻoulu iā lākou, akā ua koʻikoʻi lākou e pili ana i ka manawa no ka hoʻi ʻana o kā lākou ʻoihana.
Ma ke ʻano o ka hele palekana ʻana i nā hanana ʻoihana, e hoʻololi ka ʻoihana a me ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi honua, ʻike wau e hoʻomaha ʻia kekahi o nā alakaʻi maʻemaʻe a me ke olakino. Aia ka makemake e huakaʻi a hui i nā poʻe i loko o kā mākou DNA, a ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e hoʻi hou ka MICE i nā pae pre-COVID, akā hiki ke 3 a 5 mau makahiki.
💠Q5. Makemake ka PM Thai e hui pū me nā poʻe loea ʻoihana. He aha nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi a me nā mākaʻikaʻi āu e hāʻawi ai iā ia?
DB: E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻolauna i ka launa pū ʻana ma waena o ke Kuhina Kalaiaina, nāna e hoʻopuka i nā laikini hōkele, a me ke Keʻena ʻo Tourism & Sports. Pono nā ʻoihana ʻelua e kamaʻilio a hui pū no ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi o Thailand. A e lawe mai i ka Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment i ke kamaʻilio pū ʻana. Pono mākou i ka mana maikaʻi a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai mākaʻikaʻi.
💠Q6. Nui nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka ʻoihana. He aha kāu e manaʻo ai e pono ai kā mākou mea nui?
DB: No ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka ʻoihana (1) E hoʻokomo pono i nā ʻaelike aupuni bilateral no ka huakaʻi, no laila hiki iā mākou ke wehe i nā mākeke kumu nui, ʻoiai ke hoʻopau ʻia nā kapu komo. (2) He papahana hoʻolālā lōʻihi no ka mākaʻikaʻi Thai e kūpaʻa ana no ke kaiapuni a me nā mea kuleana. (3) E hoʻomau i ka hana nui a ka Tourism Authority o Thailand i ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā Thailand ma ke ʻano he momi ma Asia. A e ʻoluʻolu hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa i kahi hoʻolaha hou a hoʻokuʻu i ka "Amazing" i holo i kāna ala.
No David Barrett
Ua hōʻea mua ʻo David i Thailand i ka makahiki 1988 i loaʻa iā ia kahi hana kūleʻa ma ka mākeke ʻinikua Lloyds o London. Ua hele ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi hoʻololi ola i Asia, ma mua o ka paʻi ʻana i 30, kahi i pae iā ia i Thailand.
Makemake nui ʻo David Barrett i ka huakaʻi ma Thailand a me ke kaiapuni.
Ua paʻa ʻo David i nā kūlana ma ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Thai ma ke ʻano he poʻo o Prestige Travel Consultants i nā makahiki mua o Nineties e pani ana iā Cunard, Forte Hotels, Reed Travel a me ka hana pū me ka British Tourist Authority. A laila ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ke kūʻai aku a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana o Siam Express. I ka makahiki 1999, ua komo ʻo David i Diethelm Travel Group, i ka hāpai ʻana a me ke poʻo ʻana o Diethelm Events no 13 mau makahiki. A laila lele ʻo ia i ka pā a hana ʻo ia no ONYX Hospitality ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele Hoʻokele no kā lākou mau waiwai ʻelua ʻo Amari ma Thailand - Amari Watergate a me Amari Pattaya. Ma hope o ʻelima mau makahiki me Amari, ua hele ʻo David ma kāna iho me DBC Asia, e hui pū ana me nā hōkele e hoʻokele i kā lākou kūʻai MICE. Ke hana nei ʻo David me The Slate ma Phuket, King Power hotels, HLA Lifestyle Wellness Center ma Yangon a me kahi kōpili o nā mea kūʻai aku ma ʻEulopa.
ʻO David ka lālā o ka Papa a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o ke Kōmike Kūʻai ma TICA no nā makahiki he nui, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka North Pattaya Alliance, he lālā hoʻokumu o TIWA (Thai Indian Weddings Association), he lālā mua o SITE, a ke poʻo nei i ka MICE a me nā India Weddings. hui hana ma Phuket Hotels Association.
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