ʻO ka 5th Annual Momi o ʻApelika Tourism Expo (POATE) Ua wehe ʻia ʻo 2020 i kēia lā, Pepeluali 4,2020, e hoʻomaka ana i ʻekolu mau lā o ka ʻoihana-i-ʻoihana a me ka ʻoihana-i ka mea kūʻai aku ma waena o nā mea pāʻani mākaʻikaʻi Ugandan a me nā mea pāʻani mākaʻikaʻi i koho ʻia mai ʻApelika a me nā mākeke mākaʻikaʻi ʻē aʻe.

ʻO POATE, e hana ʻia ana ma Speke Resort ma Munyonyo ma kahakai o Lake Victoria, ua hoʻokipa ʻo ia ma luna o 57 mau mea kūʻai hoʻokipa honua a me 140 mau mea hoʻokele kūloko a me nā ʻāpana, a me nā media honua a me ka home.

Ke holo nei ka expo ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo, "Promoting Intra-Africa Travel" i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hiki ʻole i hoʻohana ʻia i hōʻike ʻia e nā mākeke huakaʻi hele mai ʻApelika.

Ua wehe ʻia ka hanana i kēia lā, e Rt. Ua haʻi aku ʻo Hon. ʻO Gen (Rtd.) Moses Ali, ka Hope Kuhina mua a me ka Hope alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana aupuni ma ka hale ʻahaʻōlelo, ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Pelekikena Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

Ma ka haiolelo i heluheluia nona e Rt. Ua haʻi aku ʻo Hon. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku ʻo Moses Ali, Pelekikena Yoweri Kaguta Museveni i ka Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo, e ʻōlelo ana e hele lōʻihi loa ia i ka "hoʻonui ʻana i nā manawa ʻoihana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma Uganda a me ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa o ʻApelika Hikina.

Ua haʻi aku ʻo Pelekikena Museveni i nā ʻelele i ka expo ua hoʻolilo nui ʻo Uganda i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i "ka maluhia a me ke kūpaʻa, nā ʻupena alanui maikaʻi, lawa ka lako uila, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kelepona kelepona a me ka pūnaewele" a ʻo kēia mau hoʻopukapuka e hiki ai i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Uganda ke hoʻokūkū.

"Me ka ʻole o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kēia ʻoihana koʻikoʻi, ʻaʻole hiki ke ulu aʻe ka mākaʻikaʻi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "Ua hoʻihoʻi ke aupuni iā Uganda Airlines e huki i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i Uganda, no ka mea [me] nā ala pololei i hoʻolālā ʻia i Uganda, e loaʻa i nā mākaʻikaʻi a me nā poʻe ʻoihana. ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka huakaʻi i Uganda, e hoʻolilo iā mākou i wahi hoʻokūkū. "

Ua hoʻomaikaʻi pū ʻo Pelekikena Museveni iā UTB no ka ʻike intra-Africa e ʻōlelo ana ʻoiai ua "loaʻa ka holomua maikaʻi o ke aupuni ʻo Uganda i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kekahi o nā bottlenecks hoʻolālā" i keʻakeʻa i ka pōmaikaʻi o Uganda, ʻo ia ka manawa e nānā ai i ka ʻoihana intra-Africa.

"He mākeke nui ʻo ʻApelika o 1.2 biliona poʻe e pono ai mākou e hoʻohana i kā mākou pono ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka intra-trade a me intra-travel i waena o mākou," wahi āna. Ua kapa ʻo ia i nā manawa pau ʻole - kahi waihona hoʻokipa waiwai, waiwai no ke kālā, a me ka hoʻihoʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻopukapuka.

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka wehe ʻana, ua haʻi ʻo Lilly Ajarova, ka Luna Nui o ka Papa Hoʻokele ʻo Uganda, i nā ʻelele o ka Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo ua piha ʻo Uganda i nā manawa mākaʻikaʻi he nui i hōʻike ʻia e nā kōpili mākaʻikaʻi waiwai loa a me ka waiwai maikaʻi loa no ke kālā. nā mea hoʻopukapuka kālā a me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi like, a, no laila, hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi i ka hoʻopukapuka.

"Loaʻa iā mākou ka waiwai a me nā ʻano like ʻole o ke kanaka, kūlohelohe, moʻomeheu, hoʻomana, a me ka mōʻaukala i hoʻokō ʻia e kahi ea wela, nā kānaka mahana, nā hale nui, a me nā meaʻai nui," wahi āna.

Ua haʻi aku ʻo Ajarova i nā alakaʻi ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi he 200 a ʻoi aku ma mua o 20 mau ʻāina a me 4 mau ʻāina no ka mea ʻo Uganda ka "kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o nā mea hoʻokipa ma kahi wahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi" kahi e ʻike ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi no ka liʻiliʻi, a aia kekahi mea no kēlā me kēia. kahi huakaʻi, "Hāʻawi ʻo Uganda i ka waiwai maikaʻi loa no ke kālā."

Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia, ʻo ka ulu maikaʻi ʻana o ka poʻe malihini kipa i hui pū ʻia me ka nui o nā waiwai mākaʻikaʻi i hōʻike ʻia i ka hoʻihoʻi nui ʻana i ka hoʻopukapuka huakaʻi a ʻo ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana o ke aupuni i kēia manawa i nā ʻoihana kaʻa i ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻāina mai waho a i uka.

“Ua maʻalahi ke komo ʻana i Uganda ma ka lewa mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua [me] 32,735 mau mokulele i loko a i waho o Uganda i ka makahiki kālā 2019. Me Uganda Airlines, e ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki a me ka maʻalahi o nā ala pololei mai ʻApelika. I kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hele ʻana ma ka lewa, ke alanui, a me ka wai, "wahi āna.

I ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumumanaʻo o ka Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo a me ka manaʻo kūikawā ma ʻApelika, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ajarova e piʻi aʻe ana nā manaʻo hoʻokele waiwai o ʻApelika a ke kū nei ka ʻāina ʻo ia kekahi o nā mākeke mākaʻikaʻi wikiwiki loa ma hope o Asia a me ka Pākīpika me nā huakaʻi i waho. a hiki i 42 miliona ma 2018.

"Hoʻohālikelike ke kumuhana i kā mākou hoʻolālā e hoʻoponopono hou a hoʻokaʻawale i kā mākou kōpili mākaʻikaʻi i 4 mau ʻāpana koʻikoʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi: nā mākeke o nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, nā mākeke kūwaho ʻē aʻe, ka mākeke kūloko / ʻApelika, a me ka mākeke Ugandan kūloko," wahi āna.

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku i hoʻokipa ʻia i ke kumu e pono ai lākou e kūʻai mua aku i ka Destination Uganda, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ajarova: "Mai hoʻopaʻa ʻoe i kahi ʻāpana o nā mea hoihoi ke hāʻawi ʻo Uganda iā ʻoe a me kāu mau mea kūʻai aku i kahi māla o nā mea hoihoi a me nā manawa pau ʻole no kāu ʻoihana!"

Ua kono pū ʻo Col. (Rtd.) Tom Butime, ke Kuhina hou o ka mākaʻikaʻi, nā holoholona hihiu a me nā mea kahiko, i nā ʻelele e ʻimi i ka mana nui i hōʻike ʻia e Destination Uganda. "ʻAʻole wahaheʻe nā helu," wahi āna. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i nā mea hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi, "Ke hāʻawi aku nei mākou i ka waiwai maikaʻi loa no ke kālā i hoʻolilo ʻia, a aia kekahi mea no kēlā me kēia me ka nānā ʻole i ka makahiki, ke kāne, ke kālā, a me nā makemake."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Butime, ma luna o ka heluna malihini kipa olakino a me nā portfolio hiʻona waiwai loa ma ka ʻāina, ua hāʻawi ʻo Uganda i kekahi o nā ʻoihana hoʻopukapuka waiwai nui loa i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.

Ua haʻi aku ʻo Hon. ʻO Kiwanda Godfrey Ssuubi, ke Kuhina o ka Moku'āina no ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mea kahiko; ʻO Rev. Fr. ʻO Simon Lokodo, ke Kuhina no ka Ethics & Integrity; a me nā lālā o ka Papa Mākaʻikaʻi o Uganda, a me kekahi mau lālā o ka pāremata, nā ʻelele, a me nā mea pāʻani pilikino i hele i ka hanana hoʻolaha.

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hui pilikino, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Mrs. Pearl Hoareau Kakooza, ka Pelekikena o ka Uganda Tourism Association (UTA) i ka hoʻokele hou o UTB no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka POATE 2020 a kāhea aku i ke aupuni e hoʻolilo hou aku i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki ke kūkulu ʻana i ka ʻoihana, hoʻomohala huahana hou, hoʻopukapuka kālā. , a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā kūpono.

“Ua pāpā ʻia ka uku pānaʻi mai 18-25% mai nā panakō kalepa no ka hoʻopukapuka pololei ʻana i ka ʻoihana pilikino. Makemake nā lālā UTA e loaʻa i ke kālā kūpono no kēia ʻāpana, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kālā kūpono no ka ʻāpana" e unuhi ʻia i kahi waihona ʻauhau ākea a ma ka hoʻonui ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā.

He hui umbrella ʻo UTA e hui pū ana i nā hui kālepa mākaʻikaʻi a pau ma Uganda e hōʻike ana i nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi he 7,000, i hui pū ʻia me nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi, nā huakaʻi huakaʻi, nā hale noho, nā alakaʻi huakaʻi, nā hui kaiaulu, a me nā pūʻulu hana hana.

Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Alain St. Ange, ka Peresidena o ka Papa Hoʻonaʻauao ʻApelika, iā Uganda no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka maluhia a me ke kūpaʻa a ua hoʻopiʻi pū ʻo ia i ka ʻāina ʻApelika e ala aʻe a haʻi i kāna moʻolelo ponoʻī.

"He mea ʻo Uganda i hiki i nā ʻāina liʻiliʻi ma ʻApelika ke kamaʻilio e pili ana - kūpaʻa, palekana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana e pono e haʻi ʻia nā moʻolelo maikaʻi e pili ana iā ʻApelika. “Pono ʻo ʻApelika e hana pū e kākau hou i kāna moʻolelo ponoʻī. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke ao holoʻokoʻa ma hope o ʻApelika, kākau i kā lākou makemake, a pinepine, e nānā ana i nā pōʻino a pau, nā hewa a pau, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i maikaʻi ʻole e pili ana iā ʻApelika. ʻAʻole kākau ʻia kā mākou holomua. He mea kēia e hana ai ʻo ʻApelika no ʻApelika, "wahi āna.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Moses Ali, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni thanked the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) for organizing the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo, saying that it would go a long way in “expanding business opportunities in the tourism sector in Uganda and the entire East African region.
on the rise and that the continent was emerging as one of the fastest-growing tourism markets.
The 5th Annual Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) 2020 opened today, February 4,2020, kicking off three days of business-to-business and business-to-customer engagements among key Ugandan and regional tourism players with selected tourism wholesalers from Africa and other overseas tourism markets.