Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻoihana holo moku i kona hoʻihoʻi ikaika ʻana, ua alakaʻi ʻo Mr. Colin James i kahi ʻelele e pili ana i nā mea kuleana mai ka Ministry of Tourism, The Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority, a Nā lālā hoʻokō o ka St Johns Taxi Association i ka Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) 28th Annual Conference, i mālama ʻia ma Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, ʻOkakopa 11th -14th.
Aia i loko o ka hui ʻo Mr. St. Clair Soleyn, Luna Hoʻokele Papahana Nui, a me Ms. Simone Richards, Kūkākūkā Kūkākūkā, ʻelua ma ka Ministry of Tourism & Investment, a me Mr. Darwin Telemaque, Luna Nui, Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ua komo ka ʻelele i nā hālāwai kiʻekiʻe me nā mea pāʻani nui i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi holo moana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. James, “ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi holo moana kahi mea e ulu wikiwiki ana o kā mākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. No ka mea ke ʻike nei mākou i kahi hoʻōla ikaika ma hope o ke kū ʻana ma muli o ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi Covid-19, ua kūpono ka manawa o ka hālāwai kūkā.
Ua hoʻomau ʻo Mr. James, "ʻO ke kau hoʻoilo e hiki mai ana ke hoʻohiki nei e hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo no ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka moku holo moana. Ua manaʻo ʻia he 182,120 mau kaʻa mai 108 mau kelepona i ka hapaha hope o kēia makahiki me Ianuali 2023 i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kā mākou mahina ʻoi loa no ka manawa me 79 mau kelepona a me 135,810 mau mea hele i St.
Ua mālama ka hui i nā hālāwai me nā luna e pani ana ma luna o 10 mau laina holo moku a me nā luna hoʻokele o ka FCCA. Ua hiki no hoi i ke Kuhina o ka Makaikai a me ka Hookomo Waiwai, me ka ABTA, ke kokua i ka hele ana o ekolu lala o ka St, Johns Taxi Association, Peresidena, Mr. Patrick Bennet, Mr. Leroy Baptiste, a me Mr. Sean Beazer no na halawai me ka alakaʻi o ka FCCA.
ʻO nā hālāwai he pololei a maikaʻi hoʻi, me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi hōʻike mai ka Taxi Association i hopena i ka FCCA e leʻaleʻa i ka hiki ke piʻi aʻe i nā uku kaʻa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no nā makahiki he 17 i hala.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o nā kahua huakaʻi, ʻokoʻa nā kūkākūkā e nā hui holo moku. Ke hoʻomau nei nā haneli o Antiguans a me Barbudans i ka pōmaikaʻi mai nā manawa hana i hāʻawi ʻia e nā laina holo moku ʻo Royal Caribbean a me MSC.
I ka manawa like, ua hauʻoli ka ʻelele i ka hoʻolaha ʻana ʻo Virgin Voyages, ka mea i hoʻopaneʻe ʻia i ka ʻāina i kēia makahiki ma muli o nā pilikia logistical, e kāhea iā Antigua ma 2023. na lakou e malama. E pili ana kēia i nā awa a lākou e kau ai ma kā lākou mau huakaʻi.
Ua haʻi aku ka ʻelele i ka nūhou ua hoʻomaka ʻo Antigua i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ʻeono Liquified Natural Gas, (LNG) generators e hoʻolālā ʻia i ʻApelila 2023. Ma ia mea, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Princess Cruise Lines e hoʻomaka pū lākou i kā lākou Sun Princess, e lawe ana i 4,300 mau ohua. , ʻO kāna moku LNG mua, e kāhea aku iā St.
I ka manawa like, e kipa aku ana kahi hui kiʻekiʻe o nā luna ʻeono mai Carnival, UK P&O Cruise lines i Antigua i ka waena o Nowemapa no nā hālāwai me ke Kuhina Nui Hanohano, ʻo Mr. Gaston Browne a me ke Kuhina Hanohano o Tourism & Investment, Mr. Charles ' ʻO Max 'Fernandez ma ka hoʻohiki ʻana e hoʻomaka i ka lawe ʻana i kā lākou moku hou "Ariva" ma St. Johns ma Ianuali 2023.
E ukali ʻia ana kēia hālāwai me nā hālāwai ʻenehana me nā keʻena aupuni. Hoʻohui pū me ka hapa nui o ka holo holo moana holoʻokoʻa e hele mai ana mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ke noʻonoʻo nui ʻia nei ka homeporting mai nā laina ʻē aʻe ma Antigua.
Ua kaʻana like ka ʻelele Antigua me nā luna hoʻokele moku holo moana ma hope o nā kūkākūkā kūleʻa, ʻo St. Ma ka waiho ʻana i nā hōʻike o ka moku i nā keʻena hoʻoponopono awa o Antigua, i ke ahiahi ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i St.
Ua ʻōlelo maikaʻi ʻo CEO James i ka piʻi ʻana o ka poʻe i hōʻea mai i ke kauwela 2023. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ke kauwela 2022, he paʻakikī ia no ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa me 4 mau moku holo moku i hōʻike ʻia. Eia nō naʻe, ua manaʻo ʻia kekahi mau kelepona 18 no ka manawa o Mei a Kepakemapa 2023.
ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā o kēia makahiki he 1,500 ʻelele i hele mai, ʻo ia hoʻi nā Kuhina Nui a me nā Kuhina i kuleana no ka mākaʻikaʻi, nā Luna Nui o nā keʻena mākaʻikaʻi, nā Luna Hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi, nā Lunamakaʻāinana Destination, nā hui huakaʻi, nā ʻoihana kūʻai aku, a me nā hui hoʻolaha, a me nā luna hoʻokele mai nā laina holo moana nui.
