NEW ORLEANS, Mei 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Hoʻohui pū ʻia ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa o New Orleans i kēia lā i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka ʻenekini hoʻokele waiwai o ke kūlanakauhale - ka mākaʻikaʻi - e hoʻonui ana i $5 biliona i ka hopena waiwai i kēlā me kēia makahiki a hoʻokipa ʻia he 8.75 miliona mau malihini kipa i ka makahiki 2011. Ua hui pū ka parade a me ka hui. nā lālā o ka New Orleans City Council, nā alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, nā limahana hana mua a me nā kākoʻo o kekahi o nā ʻoihana holomua o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO New Orleans kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale a puni ka ʻāina e hoʻonohonoho ana i kahi hanana huakaʻi e kākoʻo i ka National Travel and Tourism Week.

ʻO ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi kekahi o nā ʻoihana nui loa o ʻAmelika, e hoʻopuka pololei ana i $124 biliona i ka loaʻa kālā no nā aupuni kūloko, mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni pekelala. Hoʻokahi o kēlā me kēia ʻeiwa mau hana ma US e pili ana i ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi, a ʻo ka huakaʻi kekahi o nā ʻoihana 10 kiʻekiʻe ma 48 mau mokuʻāina a me Wakinekona, DC ma ke ʻano o ka hana.

ʻO ke ʻano o ka Mardi Gras-style parade e hōʻike ana i nā hui hele wāwae, nā mini-floats, nā ʻĀina Mardi Gras, nā mea hele wāwae a ʻoi aku. E hoʻomaka ana ma ka Hotel Monteleone, hele ka huakaʻi ma ke alanui Royal, huli ma ke alanui Toulouse a laila ma ke alanui Chartres a hoʻopau ma Cabildo ma Jackson Square no kahi hālāwai kūkā, kahi e kūkākūkā ai nā alakaʻi ʻoihana i ka mana o ka huakaʻi.

Ua komo pū nā mea haʻiʻōlelo o ka hālāwai paʻi:

Stephen Perry; Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o New Orleans CVB
Fred Sawyers; Lunahoomalu o New Orleans CVB
Terry Epton; Peresidena o Host Global Alliance
ʻO nā luna i koho ʻia a me nā mea hanohano kūloko
Ua hoʻolauleʻa mua ʻia ka National Travel and Tourism Week i ka makahiki 1984 i ka wā i hoʻoholo ai ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo hui ma 1983, e koho ana i ka pule e hoʻolauleʻa ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Mei. I loko o kahi hui White House, ua kau inoa ʻo Pelekikena Ronald Reagan i kahi Pelekikena Pelekikena e koi ana i nā kamaʻāina e nānā i ka pule me "nā hana kūpono a me nā hana."