He hopena maikaʻi ʻo Lākana 2012 i ka mākaʻikaʻi UK e hiki mai ana, akā pono ke aupuni e hana hou aku e kōkua, wahi a nā ʻelele ma ka World Travel Market (WTM) Meridian Club Think Tank.
ʻO nā mea kūʻai nui mai ka WTM Meridian Club e pili ana i ka ʻāpana hōkele - nā hōkele, nā mea kūʻai nui, nā mea hoʻokele inbound, a me nā Travel Management Companies (TMCs) - i hui ma waena o Lākana i ka pule i hala. Ua mālama ʻia ka hanana ma lalo o nā lula o Chatham House, e hōʻoia ana ʻaʻole pili ʻia nā ʻōlelo āpau.
ʻO ka nui o nā mea hoʻokele kaʻahele i loko o ka lumi i hōʻoia "ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻopilikia" me Lākana i kā lākou pūʻolo i ka wā o nā pāʻani no ka nele o nā lumi i loaʻa. Ua hoʻololi kekahi mau mea hana iā Lākana me Liverpool, Manchester, a me ke Komohana Komohana a ʻo Edinburgh kekahi i pōmaikaʻi mai ka ʻoihana i haʻalele ʻia.
Hoʻokahi TMC i makemake i nā lumi ma Lākana i ka wā o nā pāʻani i mālama ʻia ma ka nānā ʻana i nā kaulahao hōkele me ka ʻike o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka 'Olumepika, no laila ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia nā lumi i ka mākeke ākea ka TMC ma ka laina.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi loea Kina ʻaʻole hiki i kā lākou ʻoihana ke hoʻopaʻa i nā lumi ma mua o nā pāʻani, akā he mau pule ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lumi hanana i hiki ʻole ke hoʻohana i ia manawa pōkole.
Eia naʻe, ua ʻike pū kekahi poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia kekahi mau hōkele no ka ʻoihana ʻOlumepika a nānā ʻole i nā pilina lōʻihi. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi ua haʻalele kēia i ka ʻono ʻawaʻawa a ua kamaʻilio kekahi no ka uhaʻi ʻana i nā paʻa o ka hilinaʻi.
I ka nānā ʻana i mua, aneane pau nā malihini i manaʻo ua pōmaikaʻi ʻo Lākana ʻaʻole wale i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā pāʻani akā ʻo ka hoʻolaha maikaʻi ʻana e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka halihali lehulehu.
Eia nō naʻe, nui ka poʻe i hōʻike i ka hopohopo e pili ana i ke kumukūʻai o ka hele ʻana a puni ʻo Ladana no nā malihini, ʻoi aku ka poʻe i hele mai mai nā kūlanakauhale kahi i ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka halihali lehulehu. Ua hōʻike pū ʻia nā hopohopo e pili ana i ke kumukūʻai o nā hōkele ma Lākana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe o ʻEulopa, no ka leʻaleʻa a me nā malihini hui.
Ua ʻōlelo kahi ʻoihana Scandinavian brochure e nānā ana e hoʻokomo i nā pūʻolo i Lākana i kāna huahana brochure 2014 no ka manawa mua i loko o hoʻokahi makahiki ma muli o ka hoihoi i ka UK post-Olympics.
Eia naʻe, manaʻo ka poʻe he nui ʻaʻole i lawa ka hana a ke aupuni UK e kōkua i ka ʻoihana. Ua ʻike nui ʻia ka poʻe Hoteliers e pili ana ka ʻoihana UK i ka 20% VAT aʻo nā hoʻokūkū ʻEulopa e uku i nā helu helu hoʻokahi.
He mea hopohopo nui nō hoʻi nā visa, ʻo ia hoʻi ke koi ʻana o UK e koi nā malihini Kina i kahi visa ʻokoʻa e kipa aku ai i UK, ʻoiai ʻo ka visa Schengen e hāʻawi i nā malihini Kina i ke komo ʻana i nā wahi wela o ʻEulopa.
Hoʻokomo wale ka UK i 300,000 mau malihini mai Kina i hoʻokahi makahiki. Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻo Farani - ka mea i hoʻokomo ʻia ma Schengen - huki ʻewalu mau manawa. ʻO ka poʻe malihini kipa o Kina i ʻEulopa he mau mea hoʻolimalima kiʻekiʻe loa, ua kuhikuhi ʻia.
Ua māhele ʻia ka manaʻo inā pono ʻo VisitBritain e kālele i kāna mau kumuwaiwai i ka ulu ʻana i nā mākeke hou e like me Kina a i ʻole e hoʻāʻo e loaʻa i nā ʻoihana hou aʻe mai nā mākeke paʻa e like me Farani a i ʻole US.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻoki ke aupuni UK i ka waihona kālā o VisitBritain.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reed Travel Exhibitions Director World Travel Market Simon Press: “Ua kūpono i ka Meridian Club Think Tank hope loa o 2012 e nānā i ka ʻOlumepika. He mea maikaʻi loa ia no ka mākaʻikaʻi UK ua ʻike ka lehulehu i ka kūleʻa a aia kahi manawa kūpono no ka mākaʻikaʻi.
"ʻOiai ʻo APD ka mea nui o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana, ʻo ka uku VAT ma ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa a me nā palena visa e hoʻopaʻa ana i ka ʻoihana inbound UK, e hōʻike ana i ka WTM Think Tank."
