Ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae o ka hoʻoulu helu pālua a me kahi palena palena palena ʻāina hōʻea malihini ʻana of 528,077 in 2018, the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) is delighted to report positive growth in total visitor arrivals of 1% for the first half of 2019. The destination welcomed a total of 318,559 visitors between January to June 2019 compared to 314,916 for the same period in 2018; this represents a 1.15% growth.
ʻO ka mākeke stayover, ka mea e hōʻike ana i kā mākou malihini kipa uku nui loa, i hoʻonui ʻia e 3.81% me 82,399 mau malihini kipa e noho ana i nā hōkele, nā hale hoʻokipa a me nā wahi hoʻokipa. ʻO ka lōʻihi maʻamau o ka noho ʻana o kēia mau malihini kipa mai kā mākou mākeke kumu he 8.5 mau lā. ʻO ka helu o ka US no 45% o kā mākou mahele kūʻai, a ukali ʻia e UK me 17% a me ka mākeke Kanada me 12%. ʻO kā mākou mea nui e hoʻonui nei i kā mākou hiki i kā mākou mākeke kumuwaiwai kuʻuna a loaʻa iā mākou ʻehā mau puka kūwaho i ka US no ka wā hoʻoilo e hiki mai ana me JFK New York, Miami International, Atlanta a me Charlotte, North Carolina.
Ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopaʻa i kā mākou ponoʻī me ka hoʻonui iki ʻana o 1.33% i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā malihini kipa holoholo o 223,051 no ka wā i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā helu ulu ulu o 220,125 i ka makahiki i hala. He hōʻike kēia no ka hana nui a ka hui e hoʻonui ai i ka launa pū ʻana me nā laina holoholo a hoʻomau iā Grenada me nā luna hoʻokele. Ke hoʻolālā nei ka GTA i kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa alakaʻi alakaʻi kaiāulu Aquila i Kepakemapa no ko mākou lehulehu a me nā mea kuleana pilikino e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻike o ka mea kūʻai aku ma ka huakaʻi.
ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana o ka ʻāpana Yachting no ka wā i noho pālahalaha me 15,318 i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 15,420 i ka makahiki ʻo Grenada ma ka hema o ke kāʻei makani pāhulu pono e hoʻonui maikaʻi no kēia mau helu i nā mahina e hiki mai ana. Ke hoʻonui nei ʻo Port Louis Camper & Nicholson Marina i kona wahi ma kahi o 2018% e hiki ai ke hoʻokipa i nā yachts hou aʻe no ke kau hoʻoilo.
Hoʻomaulia ka GTA i nā helu loaʻa ma muli o ka nānā ʻana i nā lilo o ka malihini kipa. Kuhi kēia mau hopena noiʻi i ka averiga o ka lilo o kēlā me kēia lā. EC $ 306 no ka manawa Ianuali a Iune 2019. ʻO ka huina kālā i loaʻa no kēia wā he EC $ 233,835,812 i ka huakaʻi.
Ma muli o nā hopena noiʻi o waho loa, ua hoʻolilo ka mea kipa holoholo ma ka awelika EC $ 141, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka nānā hope loa o EC $ 133; he huina nui o EC $ 26,791,436 i loaʻa i loaʻa no ka huakaʻi. I ka huina no ka makahiki a hiki i kēia lā, manaʻo mākou ua hoʻohana pololei ʻia ʻo EC $ 260 miliona i ka Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi ma Grenada a ʻaʻole ia i hoʻopili pū ʻia me ka hoʻolilo hewa ʻole i ka hoʻokele waiwai. ʻOiai he loaʻa kālā koʻikoʻi kēia, ke paipai nei ʻo GTA i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka lilo i ka huakaʻi me ka hana ʻana i kahi wikiō kūʻai hou a me ka ʻūlū ʻana o nā huakaʻi hoʻokolohua immersive.
Me ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka airlift mai kekahi o kā mākou mau mokulele nui, Jetblue, LIAT, Caribbean Airlines a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka wā karnival a me nā kau hoʻoilo, ua hōʻea nā papahana malihini kipa GTA i 5% i ka 2019.
ʻO ka Luna Nui o ka GTA, ʻo Patricia Maher ke paipai nei i nā malihini kipa e ʻoliʻoli i nā mea hoihoi a me nā ʻike ma Grenada, Carriacou a me Petite Martinique. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "Me ka nui o kā mākou waiwai maoli, nā poʻe mehana a me nā hoaaloha a me kahi e palekana ai, hiki i nā mea kipa ke ʻike i kēlā me kēia pālani a me ka mokupuni ʻo Pure Grenada, ka Spice of the Caribbean."
