Ke luʻu nei e mālama i ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Ua like ia me ka loaʻa ʻana o Ferrari a ʻaʻole hoʻokele ia.

Pēlā ʻo Dave Allen i hoʻohālikelike ai i ka hapa nui o nā Pilipino ʻaʻole luʻu scuba. He kanaka paʻi wikiō ʻAmelika a he pelekikena a mea hoʻopuka o www.ScubaMagazine.net, he ʻaha kūkā pūnaewele no ke kaiāulu luʻu honua. Ua hoihoi nui ʻo ia i nā kahua luʻu Pilipine mai kāna kipa mua ʻana i ʻekolu makahiki i hala.

"Ua ʻike anei ʻoe aia ʻoe i loko o ka paradaiso a ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ka mea a nā ʻAmelika a me ʻEulopa e uku ai i mau tausani kālā no ka pono e hele e ʻike?" Ua nīnau ʻo ia me ka haʻi ʻōlelo ma ka Dema (Diving Equipment and Marketing Association) Show 2008 i mālama ʻia ma ka Las Vegas Convention Center ma Nevada, USA.

ʻO Allen wale nō kekahi o 6.9 miliona scuba divers ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a ka Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) i manaʻo e hoʻoikaika i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina ma o ka pilikia hoʻokele honua.

Ua kākoʻo ka DOT i kāna noi me kona komo nui ʻana i ka Dema i kēia makahiki, e kuhikuhi ana i kekahi o nā mākeke "ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia", e like me Mary Anne Cuevas, ka mea hoʻopili mākaʻikaʻi Pilipino ma ka US Southwestern State a me Latin America.

Hōʻoiaʻiʻo

ʻO ka luʻu ʻana kekahi o nā mākeke i kapa ʻia ʻo "kumu kūʻokoʻa" a ka DOT, i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ʻo ia he "hōʻoia-hoʻohaʻahaʻa." (ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe ka haʻuki huakaʻi, ka maikaʻi a me nā mākeke mākaʻikaʻi lapaʻau). 'O ia ho'i, 'a'ole e hele pinepine ka po'e lu'u akā e hele i ho'okahi manawa i ka makahiki.

"E ʻōlelo mākou aia he 6.9 miliona mau mea luʻu a he 20 pākēneka i holoi ʻia," wahi a Vernie Velarde-Morales, ka mea hoʻopili mākaʻikaʻi Pilipino ma US a me Canada's Midwest Regions. "Akā aia ma mua o 5 miliona. Inā hoʻoholo mākou i hoʻokahi pākēneka o kēlā, ʻo ia ka 50,000. Nui kēlā.”

ʻO Lynn Funkhouser, he kanaka paʻi kiʻi ma lalo o ka wai ma Chicago e hele mai ana e luʻu ma Philippines no ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua mahina i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka makahiki 1976.

“He mea weliweli loa. ʻAʻole au i ola i kekahi mea e like me ia, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia e pili ana i ka ʻoihana US. "Akā, loaʻa mau iā ʻoe ka poʻe waiwai e hele ai a hele lākou. A ʻo ka poʻe o mākou e mālama a hoʻopaʻa, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hele pinepine, akā i ka manawa e loaʻa iā mākou ʻelua nickel, e hele mākou.

ʻO Funkhouser, he kahu lele mua i loaʻa iā ia iho i ka ʻāina no ka manawa mua ma kahi huakaʻi ʻaoʻao i ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kānāwai koa, i kēia manawa ua kapa ʻia ʻo Philippines i kona home lua.

"Inā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hele, ua nele wau," wahi āna. "Ua like ia me ka luʻu ʻana ma LSD: Aia ma waho o kēia ao!"

Triangle Coral

Hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā huakaʻi luʻu i ka ʻāina, a kamaʻilio ma nā hōʻike luʻu e hoʻolaha ana i nā kahua luʻu Philippine i kapa ʻia ʻo "Simply the Best."

"ʻAe, ʻo ia ka maikaʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ke koʻikoʻi. Aia ka Pilipine i ke kikowaena o ka "coral triangle," ka ʻano kai ʻano like ʻole o ka biologically, e like me ka ʻoihana lole Scuba Diving. Aia ma nā palena ʻo Bali, Indonesia; ka Pae ʻāina ʻo Solomona a me nā ʻāpana o Malaysia; Papua New Guinea a me Timor-Leste.

"He 2,500 kāu mau ʻano iʻa," wahi a Funkhouser. “He 1,500 ko Australia. Na wai lā e nānā?"

He ʻano ʻano iʻa iʻa i hala ʻole iā ia no nā makahiki he mau makahiki āna i loaʻa ai ma nā wai Pilipine wale nō.

ʻO Funkhouser, aia ma luna o ka moku i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka wā ma kahi misionari olakino i nā makahiki Marcos, pooh-poohed nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi US e kūʻē i ka ʻāina.

"ʻAʻohe mea pili i ka palekana," wahi āna. "Aia nā mea a pau e pili ana i ka mea a mākou e makemake ai e kau i ka hoʻopaʻi hoʻokele waiwai ... I ka wā e hoʻolei ana ʻo Saddam i nā scuds ma ʻIseraʻela, aia ka Philippines ma ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi, akā ʻaʻole ʻo Israel, a ʻaʻohe kaua e kū nei ma Philippines."

"ʻOi aku ka palekana o ka ʻAmelika ma Davao ma mua o LA," wahi a Allen, he kamaʻāina ʻo Los Angeles.

Hōʻike ka poʻe hoʻolele a Funkhouser he "ʻAʻohe malaria!" ma ka ʻāina, e kūʻē ana i ka ʻōlelo a ka US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Ua kamaʻilio wau me nā polopeka…ʻaʻohe mea, koe wale nō kahi kihi liʻiliʻi o Palawan, kahi aʻu e hele ai inā ʻaʻole ma o ka helikopter. ʻAʻole au hoʻolohe i ka ʻOihana Mokuʻāina. Ua hele au i laila a ʻike wau he mea kupanaha ia.

Nā nīnau palekana

ʻO Cesario Calanoc III, he kālena Star Circle ABS-CBN kahiko i kapa ʻia ʻo JR Herrera a i kēia manawa ka pelekikena o Activenturs, kahi hui huakaʻi luʻu a me kolepa i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Kapalakiko me kāna hale hoʻokipa ponoʻī ma Anilao, Batangas, ʻōlelo ʻo kēia ka manawa mua ʻaʻohe nīnau. ma ka palekana.

"'Ōlelo mākou ua palekana. Nīnau hou aku.”

"Ma ʻEulopa ʻaʻole mākou i lohe i kēlā," wahi a ka Connecticut-based Mercy Agudo, VP o Marco Vincent Dive Resort ma Puerto Galera. "Akā ma ʻaneʻi mākou ma mua."

"ʻAʻole wau hopohopo nui i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi no ka mea aia mau ma laila," wahi a Emma Ruth Yulo, ka mea hoʻopili mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia ma New York. "ʻO ka mea nui ʻo ka ʻike pilikino," i hoʻohui ai ʻo ia, e pili ana i nā hanana maʻamau o ka ʻaihue a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. “ʻAʻohe ʻike mākaʻikaʻi koʻikoʻi ma ka ʻāina…Isa lang ang mabiktima a [huaʻōlelo] hele a puni… Isang e-mail lang.”

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Allen, ʻo ka mea e hopohopo nei, ʻaʻole i pane mai nā hale hoʻokipa Philippine a me kekahi mau hui aupuni i nā nīnau leka uila—a i ʻole e hana mau loa. “Ma Philippines, manaʻo lākou e leka mākou iā lākou. Akā ʻaʻole ia ka mea a mākou e hana ai ma US. "

I kēia makahiki ua lawe mai kāna hui i 15 mau mea luʻu a hoʻouna i nā nīnau leka uila i 14 mau hōkele. ʻEkolu wale nō i pane a ʻelua pule. Ua hoʻolele ʻia ke wikiō a Allen ma GMA-7, e hoʻolilo iā ia i "lani hoʻolaha no ka hale hoʻokipa i pane mai."

"Ke ala ʻo Filipina, ua hiamoe ʻo US. ʻAʻole mākou e ala i ka hola 3 e hana i kahi kelepona pipiʻi, "wahi āna.

"ʻO ka mea maikaʻi me ke alakaʻi ʻana i kēia manawa i ka mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a Velarde-Morales o ke Kakauolelo ʻo Joseph "Ace" Durano hoʻokele, "ʻo ia ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mahalo i nā pono maoli o ko mākou ʻāina. ʻO ke ala i kēia manawa ʻo nā māhele niche-market. Ua noho ʻo Velarde-Morales i ka lawelawe aupuni no 32 makahiki.

Haʻawi

Ua hoʻoikaika ʻia nā papahana a ka DOT no ka huki ʻana i ka mākeke ʻAmelika ʻĀkau me kahi hāʻawi 250-airline-ticket i ʻekolu makahiki i hala aku nei, nāna i hoʻokumu i ka waihona 84,000-inoa no ka ʻoihana. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia i ka hilinaʻi ʻana i kēia waihona i ka wā haʻahaʻa, kahi e kūʻai aku ai nā mea huakaʻi i kā lākou mau pūʻolo hoʻemi, wahi a ka luna DOT Team North America Corazon Jorda-Apo.

I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻo ia i kahi hale paʻa i hoʻolako piha ʻia ma St. Francis Square i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi hōʻea maoli i komo i kahi hoʻokūkū pūnaewele.

I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia i ka Travel Mall, kahi e hiki ai i nā ʻelele huakaʻi ma US ke hoʻouka a kūʻai aku i kā lākou mau pūʻolo huakaʻi ma www.experiencephilippines.ph.

Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa pū ka DOT i nā ʻelele huakaʻi US ma ka pūnaewele ma ke kūʻai aku ʻana iā Philippines ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi. Ua loaʻa i kēia manawa he 1,000 mau ʻelele, me 150 o lākou i kono ʻia i ka ʻāina e ʻike i kāna mau makana.

Ke nānā nei ʻo ia iā Kanada ma ke ʻano he mākeke ulu ulu. "Ua ulu ʻelua mau helu i nā makahiki ʻekolu a ʻehā i hala," wahi a Rene de los Santos, ka mea hoʻopili mākaʻikaʻi no Northwestern US a me Western Canada. "ʻOiai me ka pilikia kālā ma US, manaʻo mākou e ulu mau ʻo Canada i ka makahiki aʻe."

I loko o kāna ʻaha kūkā ma ka pūnaewele he 3,200 mau lālā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Allen he manaʻo ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka Philippines "ʻo ia ka waiwai maikaʻi loa o ka luʻu ʻana i ka honua."

"ʻAʻole mākou ma ʻaneʻi no ka manawa pōkole," wahi a Mel Agudo, Luna Nui a me ka pelekikena o Marco Vincent Dive Resort. “Ke kālele nei mākou no ka wā lōʻihi. ʻO nā mea a pau e pili ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai, aia lākou ma laila. Aia ʻo Pilipine ma laila. "