ka Pule mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi Malta ua hoʻonohonoho i kahi papa hana LGBTQ+ e hoʻonui i ka ʻike, ka naʻau a me ka ʻike o ka mākaʻikaʻi LGBTQ+ ma mua o ka wā e hiki mai ana EuroPride Valletta 2023 keia Sepatemaba e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka papa hana i manaʻo ʻia no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, nā hoa kālepa a me nā mea kuleana e lilo i mea mua e hoʻokipa ʻO nā huakaʻi hele EuroPride i Malta a me Gozo. E hāʻawi ka papa hana piha i ka ʻike i ka mea e manaʻo ʻia i ka wā EuroPride, e like me ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa e hoʻopuni ana i ka huakaʻi LGBTQ+. Eia kekahi, e kūkākūkā pū ʻia ka hoʻokele waiwai e manaʻo ʻia i ka wā o ka papa hana. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia kēia papa hana me ke kākoʻo o Nā Kaiāulu Ānuenue Allied (ARC).
ʻO ka huakaʻi no EuroPride ke koho pinepine ʻia ma nā pae hoʻohālikelike kahi i ikaika a paʻa maikaʻi ai ka noho ʻana o nā kaiāulu LGBTQ +. Hōʻike kēlā me kēia hanana makahiki i nā parade, nā ʻahamele a me nā pono kanaka hanana ma nā wahi like ʻole i loko o ke kūlanakauhale i koho ʻia.
ʻO Malta ka huakaʻi aʻe e hoʻokipa ai i ka EuroPride 2023. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua lanakila hou ʻo Malta i kahi mua ma ka ILGA Rainbow ʻEulopa palapala ʻāina a me ka papa kuhikuhi no ka ʻewalu o ka makahiki, me ka helu holoʻokoʻa o 89% i loaʻa no ka pale LGBTIQ+ a me nā pono kanaka. ʻO ia ka helu kiʻekiʻe e kau iā Malta ma ka palapala honua ma ke ʻano he wahi kūpono no ka LGBTQ+ huakaʻi, kahi i manaʻo ʻia he palekana a pili pū i ke kaiāulu.
"Ma ka hoʻolaha ʻana a me ka ʻae ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka ʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole hoʻomaikaʻi wale ka mākaʻikaʻi LGBTIQ + i ka ʻike huakaʻi akā hoʻoulu pū kekahi i ka ʻae, ʻike a me ka lokahi ma waena o nā moʻomeheu a me nā kaiāulu."
"Ma ke ʻano he hoʻolauleʻa o kēia mau waiwai, ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka EuroPride i kēia Kepakemapa e hōʻoia hou i ka hoʻokō ʻana o Malta ma ke ʻano he wahi ākea a ʻano like ʻole," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Clayton Bartolo, Kuhina no ka mākaʻikaʻi.
"Ma ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kēia mau haʻawina, me ke komo ʻana o nā loea honua i ka māhele LGBTIQ +, ke kōkua nei ka Malta Tourism Authority i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e mākaukau maikaʻi e hoʻokipa a hoʻokipa i ka huakaʻi LGBTIQ + me ka noʻonoʻo kūpono, inclusivity a me ka ʻike. E uhi ana kēia mau haʻawina i nā kumuhana e pili ana i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā waiwai hana i loko o ka ʻoihana, "i hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Carlo Micallef, Luna Nui o Malta Tourism Authority.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Michelle Buttigieg, Lunamakaʻāinana MTA ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, "Haʻaheo mākou i ka hana a MTA e mālama i kēia LGBTQ+ Tourism Workshop, e kālele ana i ka noʻonoʻo a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana e hoʻoikaika a hoʻonui i ka hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻana i kēia mau huakaʻi i Malta. ʻO kēia seminar ka manawa kūpono e like me ka Malta Tourism Industry e hoʻolako ana i ka EuroPride Valletta 2023, Kepakemapa 7–17. ʻOi aku ka mea nui, ʻo kēia seminar hoʻomaʻamaʻa LGBTQ + e lawe i nā mokupuni ʻo Maltese i kahi ʻanuʻu ma mua o EuroPride, a e hōʻoia ʻo ia e hoʻomau ʻo Malta i luna o ka ILGA's Rainbow Europe Map no nā makahiki he nui e hiki mai ana. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Buttigieg, "He hoa haʻaheo a ikaika ʻo Malta IGLTA (The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association) no nā makahiki he nui a mahalo nui i kā lākou kākoʻo a alakaʻi i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kēia hoʻolālā hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma Malta.
E pili ana i Malta
ʻO nā mokupuni lā o Malta, ma waenakonu o ke Kai Mediterranean, he home ia i kahi ʻano kupaianaha o ka hoʻoilina i kūkulu ʻia, me ka kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o nā UNESCO World Heritage Sites i kēlā me kēia lāhui-mokuʻāina ma nā wahi āpau. ʻO Valletta, i kūkulu ʻia e nā Naita haʻaheo o St. John, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kahua UNESCO a me ka European Capital of Culture no 2018. ʻO ka patrimony o Malta ma nā papa pōhaku mai ka hale kiʻi pōhaku kūʻokoʻa kahiko loa i ka honua, a i kekahi o nā aupuni Pelekane. ʻO nā ʻōnaehana pale weliweli loa, a loaʻa kahi hui waiwai o ka hale, ka hoʻomana a me ka hoʻolālā koa mai ka wā kahiko, medieval a me ka wā kahiko. Me ka lā maikaʻi loa, nā kahakai maikaʻi, ke ola pō maikaʻi a me 8,000 mau makahiki o ka moʻolelo hoihoi, nui nā mea e ʻike a hana ai.
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