Ke nānā nei ʻo Seychelles i nā ʻōlelo, nā ʻōlelo, a me nā nīnau e hele mai ana mai nā hui lehulehu no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokupuni ma nā mokupuni nui o Mahe, Praslin, a me La Digue. ʻO Louis D'Offay, ka luna o ka Seychelles Hospitality & Tourism Association (SHTA) pono'ī, nāna i kamaʻilio i nā mea pāʻani pilikino ma nā hālāwai Praslin a me La Digue, a ua hele pū ʻo ia me Daniella Payet-Alis, ka Hope Luna Hoʻokele o ka hui.
Ua lawe ʻo Louis D'Offay i ka papahele ma hope o ka haʻi ʻana o Alain St.Ange, ke Kuhina Seychelles kuleana no ka Tourism and Culture, i kāna ʻōlelo ponoʻī. Ua kāhea ʻia ke ʻano o nā hālāwai lehulehu e ke Kuhina ma ke ʻano he mea e hoʻolohe ai i ke kālepa a e hāʻawi ākea i kahi manawa no ke kamaʻilio lehulehu ma waena o ke Kuhina Kaʻikaʻi a me nā ʻāpana kūʻokoʻa o nā mokupuni.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Mr. Louis D'Offay i kāna haʻiʻōlelo me ka ʻōlelo ʻana: “I kēia lā, hauʻoli mākou i ke kū ʻana me ke Kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Praslin no kā lākou hui ʻekolu me ke kālepa huakaʻi. ʻO ka manaʻo e mālama i kēia mau hālāwai lehulehu e ʻōlelo nui i ka manaʻo o ka ʻoihana, a me kāna Kuhina e hoʻomau i ka pilina me ka hui mua o ka ʻoihana - ʻo mākou, ke kālepa. Ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o ka SHTA, mahalo wau i ke kuhina no kāna hana pilikino i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kāna ʻoihana me mākou i loko o kona manaʻo. ʻO ka hoʻolohe ʻana iā mākou, ka hoʻolohe ʻana iā mākou, a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana iā mākou ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻōlelo ʻana ma mua o ka hana ʻana, akā me ke Kuhina Tourism hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo pēlā.
“Ua maikaʻi nā mea a pau? ʻAʻole, a e hoʻopunipuni wau inā ʻōlelo wau ua maikaʻi nā mea a pau. ʻO ia ke kumu o koʻu hauʻoli ponoʻī, e ke Kuhina, no kou hoʻokō ʻana i kēia hui o nā hālāwai lehulehu me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO ke koʻikoʻi no mākou, ʻo ke kālepa mākaʻikaʻi, e hana pū me ka Ministry of Tourism a me ka Papa Hoʻokele ka helu helu 1 ma kā mākou papa inoa. I kēia lā, ma ke akea, mahalo wau iā Kuhina Alain St.Ange no kāna ʻae ʻana e hui pū me aʻu ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o ka SHTA i kēlā me kēia mahina. Mahalo kēia hāʻawi. Hōʻike ia i ke koʻikoʻi i hāʻawi ʻia i kā mākou hui pilikino. He hana hou kēia no kekahi lālā o ke aupuni Seychelles, akā ʻo Kuhina Alain St.Ange kekahi o mākou, a no ko mākou pae ʻo ia. ʻOiai ʻo Alain St.Ange, ua hana pū ʻo ia me mākou i ka hapa nui o kona ola. No ka mea, ua ʻike mākou a pau iā ia, e kuhikuhi pū ana hoʻi iā mākou i ka hakahaka i hana ʻia i kona neʻe ʻana mai ka mea nāna e mālama i ke kālepa o ko mākou ʻāina. Me ko makou kakoo, ua hoololi oia i ke ano o ke kuai ana o Seychelles, a ua lanakila oia, ua maopopo ia, aka, i keia manawa ua lawe oia i ke kulana Kuhina, ua ike kakou i ka lua ana i haalele ai.
ʻO kēia hemahema i hoʻoikaika iā mākou, ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, e ʻimi i ka ʻae ʻana i kahi komite kūʻai alakaʻi alakaʻi kūʻokoʻa hou e lilo i ʻaha aʻoaʻo no ka Papa Hoʻokalakupua. Ua ʻae ʻia kēia, a ke mahalo nei mākou, no ka mea e kōkua kēia iā mākou i kēia manawa pilikia. Ke hele nei ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka wā paʻakikī loa me kā mākou mau mākeke kuʻuna nui e loaʻa ana i kā lākou pilikia ponoʻī. ʻO ia ke kumu i noi ai mākou e hoʻomau i ka hui ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana i mua mai kēia manawa.
ʻIke mākou pono mākou i ka ʻike ma ke ʻano he ʻāina liʻiliʻi. He ʻano hana ʻole kēia ma mua o ka lawe ʻana o Alain St.Ange i ke kuleana o ke kūʻai aku ʻana o Seychelles. Akā ua lilo ka ʻike i mea e pono ai. ʻO ka poʻe o mākou e hele nei i nā hale kūʻai kālepa, a ke alakaʻi nei i nā kelepona kūʻai, e mahalo i ka nui o ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana iā mākou i kēia lā, a pehea e hoʻonui hou ʻia ai ke kālepa mākaʻikaʻi i kā mākou mau mākeke nui i kēia lā i nā wahi kūʻai kūʻokoʻa o ko mākou Seychelles.
“ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu inā ʻo ke Kuhina ponoʻī a i ʻole ke keʻena nūhou o ka Papa Hoʻokalakupua i hana i kēia hana nui, akā ke uku nei kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana, a ke holo nei kā lākou hana. ʻO kēia kahi e pono ai mākou e loaʻa i nā nūhou maikaʻi i ke Kuhina a e hōʻoia i nā mea maikaʻi mai kā mākou hopena e hana pū ai i ka nūhou, a ma ka hana ʻana, e mālama i ka huaʻōlelo Seychelles i mua. Pono kākou a pau i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo - ʻaʻole nūhou ka nūhou maikaʻi. ʻO ka manaʻolana e hōʻike i ko mākou mau kahakai a me ko mākou nani kūlohelohe, ʻaʻole ia e hana hou ʻia, no ka mea, ua kākau pinepine ʻia kēia paʻi i kēia mau waiwai kī o mākou. Pono mākou e noʻonoʻo, a pono mākou e naʻauao i kēia manawa e neʻe i mua e hoʻomau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka huaʻōlelo Seychelles ma ka uea nūhou honua.
"Eia no ka SHTA, ke noi aku nei mākou i ka poʻe a pau e noho ana ma ʻaneʻi, a i nā poʻe a pau ma Seychelles e hana pū me ka Ministry of Tourism e mālama iā Seychelles i ka limelight a ʻike ʻia ma ka newswire a ma ka paʻi nui.
"ʻO ka mākeke ʻo Seychelles kekahi i kēia lā kahi wahi e pono ai mākou e huki pū. ʻO wau kekahi i hoʻōho e pili ana i nā mokulele pololei i Paris a me ʻEulopa. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au he lawelawe pono ia no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ko kākou pae ʻāina. Ua oki ʻia ko mākou ʻāina, ʻaʻole naʻe, me ka mea i loaʻa iā mākou ma ke ʻano he kulekele alakaʻi i ke Kuhina o ka Transport, a me nā mea a mākou e alakaʻi nei i ke Kuhina Hoʻokele. Akā i ka nānā ʻana o nā kuhina iā Seychelles a ʻaʻole wale ma Air Seychelles, loaʻa iā mākou, ke kālepa, e nānā ma waho o kahi a mākou i ʻimi ai i nā mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO kēia manaʻo hoʻokahi i ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā hālāwai Mahe, a i kēia lā ke haʻi hou nei au i ka manaʻo, no ka mea, he mea nui ia. Mai poina i nā helu ʻekolu i hāʻawi ʻia e Blue Panorama no ka hoʻopau ʻana i kā lākou mau huakaʻi Seychelles, ʻo ia ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Seychelles, ʻehā mau manawa ma mua o kā mākou mau mea hoʻokūkū. ʻO ka lawe kaʻa ka mea hiki ke lawe i kā mākou uku i ka laina, a i ʻole ʻo lākou ka mea hiki ke wehe a ʻae i ka hoʻokūkū.
"ʻO kēia ke kumu e pono ai mākou i kēia lā e hui pū e hana pū me ka Papa Hoʻokele e hoʻololi i kā mākou mau mākeke mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO Kina a me India, ʻae pono mākou e hahai ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana, akā e nānā kākou i ʻApelika Hema i kēia manawa ua hōʻoia ʻo Air Seychelles e loaʻa iā lākou ʻehā mau mokulele i Joburg mai Dekemaba. Ua ʻike mākou a pau ʻaʻole hiki i ka Air Seychelles ke ulu i kēlā mākeke e pālua i kā lākou helu kaʻa e hana ai i ʻehā mau mokulele. ʻO kēia kahi e hoʻokokoke ai ka māhoe waena me Brazil, a he mea nui loa ʻo ʻAmelika Hema a me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Ua hoʻomohala ʻo ʻApelika Hema i kēlā mākeke Brazil, a i kēia lā ke hana nei ia no lākou. Pono ʻo Seychelles e naʻauao a piggyback ma ʻApelika Hema. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana e neʻe nei kā mākou DMC āpau i Brazil e hoʻomau i nā hana i hoʻomaka ponoʻī ai ke Kuhina Kūʻai. ʻAʻole kēia manaʻo ʻaʻole pono mākou e hoʻomau i ka hakakā ʻana no ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi lele pololei ʻole, akā hoʻokuʻu ʻole i Paris. He mea hoʻoikaika e pono ai mākou no kā mākou ʻoihana. Pono mākou e hoʻoikaika nui i ka mākeke Lūkini.
"Akā ʻaʻole i kāpae kēia mau mea maikaʻi iā mākou ma ko mākou ala e holomua i kā mākou ʻoihana i mua. ʻO ka Papahana Hoʻolālā Kūkaʻikaʻi i kali nui ʻia e mākou a pau i ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ke komo ʻana i kāna mau kūkākūkā ʻana me mākou i kēia manawa; ke nānā nei mākou i kahi VAT i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia mai Ianuali e hōʻemi i kā mākou kumukūʻai hana, ke neʻe nei mākou…, "wahi a Louis D'Offay.
Ua hoʻokipa ke Kuhina Seychelles, ʻo Mr Alain St.Ange, i ke kākoʻo i loaʻa e ka ʻoihana pilikino o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. I kona hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana iā Mr. Louis D'Offay ma nā hālāwai Praslin a me La Digue, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e mau ana kāna ʻoihana e hoʻomau i ka hana me ka hui o ka ʻoihana no ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Seychelles.
Ma ka halawai lehulehu o ka mokupuni o La Digue, ua hui pu ia ke Kuhina St.Ange e Ambassador Barry Faure, ke Kakauolelo o ka Mokuaina ma ke Keena o ka Peresidena a me ka Lunahoomalu o ka Papa Kaapuni, a me ka Papa Hooulu La Digue.
He lālā hoʻokumu ʻo Seychelles o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o nā Hoa Hoʻokipa (ICTP).
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The series of public meetings had been called by the Minister as a means to hear the trade and to openly offer an opportunity for a public dialogue between the Tourism Minister and the islands' tourism private sector.
- With our support, he changed the way the marketing of Seychelles was done, and he succeeded, that is clear, but now that he has assumed the position of Minister, we have seen the hole he left behind.
- This is where we now need to get more positive news to the Ministry and ensure that positives from our end also makes the news, and in so doing, keep the word Seychelles in the forefront.
