LEXINGTON, Kentucky - "He hanana kupaianaha ma ke kapikala o ka ʻāina," wahi a Tom Jaffa o Jaffa Travel & Receptive Services ma Seattle, ka mea e noho nei i ke Kōmike Pili Aupuni NTA. "I kaʻu mau makahiki kokoke i 20 o nā kipa ʻaha kūkā ma ka inoa o NTA a me kā mākou ʻoihana, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kipa maikaʻi loa aʻu i ʻike ai. Ua kipa kā mākou hui me kēlā me kēia keʻena ʻaha kūkā o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona, a ke ʻike nei mākou i nā hopena.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 300 mau mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi a mākaʻikaʻi mai nā mokuʻāina he 45 i kipa aku i nā haneli he nui i nā senators a me nā ʻelele o ʻAmelika - e uhi ana ma mua o ka hapalua o ka Ahaolelo - i ka wā Destination: Capitol Hill i ka pule i hala ma Wakinekona, DC. a me NTA, ka Southeast Tourism Society a me ka Destination Marketing Association International, i hui pū i ka ʻōlelo aʻo me ka hoʻonaʻauao.
Ua helu pū ka luna o ka papa DMAI Greg Edwards i ka holomua o ka hanana ʻelua lā. "Wāhi: Ua hōʻike maoli ʻo Capitol Hill i ka lokahi mai nā hoa huakaʻi a pau, me nā hui, nā hui kūʻai huakaʻi huakaʻi, nā hui pili huakaʻi a me nā keʻena mākaʻikaʻi mokuʻāina," wahi a Edwards, ʻo ia hoʻi ka pelekikena o ka Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau. "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou ua hana mākou i nā manaʻo paʻa e pili ana i nā manawa e hoʻoikaika ai i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi US."
Ma mua o ka kipa ʻana i nā luna kānāwai, ua komo pū nā lālā NTA he 100 a me nā hui hoʻonaʻauao me nā luna i koho ʻia, nā alakaʻi mai nā keʻena federal a me nā hui mākaʻikaʻi, a me nā lobbyists loea, e kūkākūkā ana i nā pilikia huakaʻi. Ua hoʻomākaukau nā kau i nā poʻe hui no nā hālāwai me ko lākou mau senators a me nā ʻelele, wahi a Patti Culp, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Alabama Travel Council a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka NTA's James D. Santini Award no ka hoʻokō lōʻihi i ka hoʻolaha.
"Ua aʻo mai ko mākou mau alakaʻi ʻaha kūkā i nā pilikia a mākou e kākoʻo nei," wahi a Culp. "Ua paipai mākou iā lākou e hoʻonui i kā lākou komo ʻana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana koʻikoʻi."
ʻO nā mea nui o ka NTA e pili ana i nā ala e hoʻonui ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma o ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā mea paʻa i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi honua, ka hoʻomau ʻana i nā hana kūʻai aku i loko o US a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻoihana kaʻa kaʻa.
ʻOiai ma Wakinekona, ua hui pū kekahi mau mea hoʻokele kaʻapuni NTA a me nā alakaʻi me ka United Motorcoach Association a me ka Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration no kahi Motorcoach Safety Roundtable. "Ua alakaʻi kā mākou hui i nā hana he nui e kōkua iā FMCSA e hoʻonaʻauao i nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi a hoʻolilo i nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa i palekana, ʻo ia ka manaʻo o NTA," wahi a Lisa Simon, Pelekikena NTA. "Ke kakali nei mākou e hana hou me FMCSA a me UMA e hoʻomohala a hoʻolaha i kēia mau manaʻo."
