ʻIkepili Hou: ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka huakaʻi Aussie ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ma 2009

Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Australia i ka hāʻule kālā o ka honua i ka makahiki 2009 ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, me nā ʻikepili hou e hōʻike ana i ka poʻe malihini kipa honua i lalo iki.

Ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻikepili o ka Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ma ka Pōʻakahi he 1700 ka liʻiliʻi o nā mākaʻikaʻi honua i kipa aku iā Australia i ka makahiki 2009 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 2008, e hōʻole ana i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka honua holoʻokoʻa o ʻehā pākēneka.

Akā ʻo ka nui o ka poʻe Australia e huakaʻi ana i nā ʻāina ʻē i hoʻonui ʻia e ka hapalua miliona, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hōʻea ʻana.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka luna hoʻokele o Tourism Australia ʻo Andrew McEvoy i nā helu - ka mea i loaʻa nā lanakila a hāʻule i nā mākeke koʻikoʻi like ʻole - i hōʻike i ke kūpaʻa o ka ʻoihana.

"ʻOiai ke poʻo o ka pilikia kālā o ka honua a me ka puka ʻana o ka maʻi H1N1, ua hoʻokō ka mākaʻikaʻi Australia i ka haki ʻana i nā helu mākaʻikaʻi honua, e pale ana i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka honua i ka makahiki i hala," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia ma kahi ʻōlelo.

"Ke hōʻike nei kēia mau hopena i nā hoʻolālā kūpono e hōʻemi i ka hopena o nā hanana honua i ka huakaʻi i Australia i ka makahiki i hala."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr McEvoy ʻo ka hopena ikaika o ka makahiki ma hope o ka hopena ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia a e hana pū ana ʻo Tourism Australia me ka ʻoihana e hoʻihoʻi i nā helu honua i ka ulu ʻana ma 2010.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka luna hoʻokele o Tourism Transport Forum (TTF) ʻo Brett Gale, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ka hōʻea ʻana mai he kumu kūʻai, me nā ʻoihana e ʻoki ana i nā kumukūʻai a hāʻawi i ka loaʻa kālā e hoʻomau i ka noi.

ʻO nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me nā kumukūʻai nui o ka noho ʻana he hopena koʻikoʻi i nā laina lalo o nā ʻoihana, wahi āna.

"ʻO nā wānana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2009 no ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka honua he 4.1 pakeneka no laila ʻo ka paʻa ʻana he hopena maikaʻi loa ia," wahi āna.

Akā ʻo ka nui o 30,000 mau hana ma ka ʻoihana i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ka hakakā ʻana o nā mea mākaʻikaʻi e noho mau, wahi āna.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Gale, ʻo ka nūhou maikaʻi ua piʻi ka koi, me nā ʻelele hui, nā huakaʻi hoʻomaha a me nā huakaʻi ʻoihana e ulu ana i Dekemaba.

Akā ʻo ka ulu nui ʻana o ka poʻe Australia e holo ana i nā ʻāina ʻē he "nūhou maikaʻi" no ke kālepa, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea he mea lawe waiwai nui ʻo Australia i ka mākaʻikaʻi.

No ka lua o ka manawa ma mua o 20 mau makahiki, ua ʻoi aku ka poʻe hoʻomaha o Aussie i haʻalele i ka ʻāina ma mua o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi honua i hōʻea mai, ua hōʻike ʻia nā helu.

I ka makahiki 2008, he 200,000 ka ʻokoʻa. I ka makahiki 2009, 6.3 miliona Aussies i lele i ka ʻāina ʻē a ʻoi aku ka ʻokoʻa ma mua o 700,000.