He mau pule ma hope o ka puka ʻana o ka maʻi puaʻa i makaʻu i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mai Mekiko, ua hoʻolaha ka pelekikena o ka ʻāina ʻo Felipe Calderon i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻolilo i $ 92 miliona i nā hana e hoʻolaha i ka mākaʻikaʻi.
Ke hoʻomaka nei ʻo Mexico Tourism Board me kahi hoʻolaha aupuni e pili ana i nā Mekiko wale nō. Kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Vive Mexico," a ʻo ka pahuhopu ke komo ʻana i nā Mekiko i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻolaha maikaʻi ʻole mai ka maʻi maʻi.
Ma kāna hoʻolaha ʻana i ka Pōʻakahi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Calderon: “Ke kono nei au i kēlā me kēia Mekiko e hōʻike i nā mākaʻikaʻi honua i ke ʻano o ke kipa ʻana i ko mākou lāhui he mea maikaʻi loa; ʻAʻole ʻo Mexico he ʻāina nani wale nō akā he ikaika a hiki ke kū i nā pilikia paʻakikī. Ke kali nei mākou i nā malihini mai ke ao holoʻokoʻa me nā lima hāmama i ko mākou mau kahakai, nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale. He neʻe aupuni maoli kēia e pono ai ke komo ʻana o kēlā me kēia kamaʻāina Mekiko.
ʻAʻole paha i hiki aku ka ʻōlelo i Acapulco, kahi i hōʻike ʻia e ka Associated Press ua hailuku ʻia kekahi mau kaʻa me nā palapala laikini Mexico City i ka hōʻea ʻana i laila, ʻoiai ʻo ka nui o nā hihia o ka maʻi puaʻa ma Mexico City ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Ua hōʻike pū ka AP i ka ʻike ʻana i nā T-shirt me ka huaʻōlelo "Ua hele au i Mexico a ʻo nā mea a pau i loaʻa iaʻu he maʻi puaʻa."
E mālama ʻia ka hoʻolaha ʻana e ka hui hoʻomohala honua o ka Papa Hoʻokalakupua o Mexico, ʻo Publicis Groupe's Olabuenaga Chemistri ma Mexico City. Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ke keʻena e kekahi o nā mea hoʻomohala alakaʻi o Mexico, ʻo Ana Maria Olabuenaga. Ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, mālama ʻia ka hoʻolālā media a me ke kūʻai ʻana no ka moʻokāki e US Hispanic agency Machado/Garcia-Serra ma Miami.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi waha ʻōlelo no ka Papa Hoʻokele ʻo Mexico e hana ʻia nā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha honua ʻē aʻe ma hope.
