ʻO Puerto Rico Tourism: ʻO ia ka mea ʻaʻole ia

Ua kono koke mai nei ka Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC) e hele i kahi huakaʻi kamaʻāina mua o ka hui ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (ASTA). Ua manaʻolana wau no ka huakaʻi e hoʻopau i kekahi o nā palapala kākau maikaʻi ʻole i puka mai e pili ana iā Puerto Rico i nā mahina i hala iho nei ma o ka ninaninau ʻana i nā kiʻi nui ma Puerto Rico. Ua noi nui au e ninaninau i ka luna hoʻokō o PRTC, ʻo Mario González Lafuente – he noi i ʻae ʻia ma mua o ka huakaʻi, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻokō ʻia, no ka mea, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Mr. Mario Gonzales Lafuente e "lele no Sepania" ma lalo o 24 mau hola ma mua o ka hālāwai ninaninau i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. (Mr. Lafuente, ʻike wau e heluhelu ana ʻoe i kēia. E hana ʻoe pēlā, e ka haku, i hiki mai ka nīnauele. Aia kekahi mau pilikia e pono e hoʻoponopono ʻia. ʻO kekahi o nā hōkele ma San Juan ua hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ʻelua mau nīnau e nīnau iā ʻoe. .) No laila, ma ka helu hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole hiki i ka Puerto Rico Tourism Company ke hopu ʻole i ka manawa.

No ka huakaʻi, aia ka hui i nā limahana ASTA a me ʻekolu mau nūpepa ʻē aʻe, ʻo ko lākou hele ʻana ma ka huakaʻi i hoʻopōʻino iaʻu i ko lākou hele ʻana i Puerto Rico. ʻO ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa, ʻo kekahi o nā mea nūpepa i lele ʻia mai Kaleponi i hānau ʻia ma Puerto Rico a ua hele ʻo ia e ʻike i kona mau mākua ma hope o ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "huakaʻi kamaʻāina." No ke aha lākou e lawe ai i ka poʻe nūpepa i kahi huakaʻi paʻi inā ua hele mua lākou i laila? ʻAʻole ʻo ia ka hihia ke uhi nei lākou i kahi hanana, no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke hanana ASTA maoli a hiki i ʻApelila o kēia makahiki. Noʻu, ʻo ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mea nūpepa ʻekolu i lanakila i ke kumu. ʻO wau wale nō ka mea kākau moʻolelo i hele ʻole i Puerto Rico. No laila, ma ka helu ʻelua, ʻaʻole ʻo Puerto Rico Tourism no nā manawa mua wale nō.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻia he nui nā mea a Puerto Rico Tourism e hāʻawi ai. ʻO ka mea hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole ʻo Puerto Rico kahi huakaʻi no ka poʻe nawaliwali i ka wā e pili ana i ka gastronomy. Pono nā mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻāʻo i kekahi o nā meaʻai kūloko. ʻO kaʻu pō mua, ʻo ia ka ʻaina ahiahi ma ka hale ʻaina ʻo Coko ma El San Juan Hotel a me ka Hale Piliwaiwai, aia ma ka moku ʻo San Juan ʻo Isla Verde, kahi i hoʻolauna ʻia ai au i kahi punahele punahele maikaʻi loa i kapa ʻia ʻo Mofongo - kahi kīʻaha palai palai, lawelawe ʻia me ka pono. hapa o ka mero i puhiia. ʻO ka ʻai ʻana ka mea e manaʻo ai ma kahi hale ʻaina maikaʻi ma Las Vegas, a ʻo ka hale ʻaina Coko kahi home o kekahi o nā chef kaulana o Puerto Rico, ʻo Hector Crespo o Aguaviva kaulana.

ʻAʻole pono kekahi e ʻai ma kahi hale ʻaina nani, akā naʻe, e ʻike i nā kīʻaha ʻono o Puerto Rico. Ma ka San Sebastian Street Festival, he hanana makahiki ʻehā mau lā ma ke kikowaena o San Juan, hiki i nā mea hoʻolauleʻa pāʻina ke hopu maʻalahi i nā "pinchos," puaʻa a i ʻole ka moa moa ma kahi lāʻau me ka plantain. ʻO kahi pāʻina me nā pinchos a me ka lawelawe ʻana i ka wai acerola me he mea lā ʻo ia ka hui i makemake nui ʻia i ka ʻahaʻaina alanui. Ma ka helu ʻekolu, ʻaʻole ʻo Puerto Rico Tourism no ke ʻano hilahila meaʻai.

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike alanui ʻo San Sebastian, ʻaʻole maopopo ʻo Puerto Rico Tourism no nā mākaʻikaʻi claustrophobic. Inā he lehulehu ka mea āu e makemake ai e pale aku, a laila ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e noho ma San Juan i ka hopena pule mua a i ʻole ka lua o Ianuali (i kēia makahiki, mālama ʻia ia mai Ianuali 10-13) no ka mea he 150,000 poʻe Puerto Ricans e hānai ana i ka poʻe. nā alanui o Old San Juan no ʻehā mau lā a lilo i "Party" Ricans. ʻO ia ka nui o ka hula, mele, a me ka inu ʻana. He mea ʻike maka ʻia kēia hanana, pono e ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma ke ʻano he kanaka kūʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano he mea komo, no ka mea, hikiwawe loa ia. Akā, inā makemake ʻoe i ka pāʻina, ʻo ia hoʻi, makemake ʻoe i ka hui ʻana o ka lehulehu a me ka ʻahaʻaina mau no nā lā ʻehā, a laila ʻo San Juan kāu huakaʻi i ka hopena pule mua a me ka lua o kēlā me kēia Ianuali. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka mana o San Juan o ka Carnival kaulana ma Rio, akā ma kahi ʻano liʻiliʻi.

Eia kekahi, he awa kaulana ʻo San Juan no nā moku holo moku. ʻO kēia ka hihia, hoʻohui koke kēia i ka mea lehulehu aʻu i ʻōlelo ai. Ua haʻi ʻia iaʻu e hoʻokipa ʻo San Juan i nā moku holo moana he 7 a 8 i ka wā kiʻekiʻe. Hana i ka makemakika. Hiki i nā malihini he nui ke hele ma nā alanui o San Juan me kāna 2 miliona mau kānaka ma kahi huakaʻi e hāʻawi ana i nā pāʻina, nā pāʻina, a me nā pāʻina hou aku. Ke ʻike ʻoe i kou ʻano, hiki ke loaʻa kahi manawa maikaʻi, ʻoiai ʻike maopopo ka poʻe Puerto Ricans pehea e hoʻolei ai i kahi ʻahaʻaina hauʻoli. Ma ka helu ʻehā, ʻaʻole ʻo Puerto Rico Tourism no nā mākaʻikaʻi makaʻu i ka lehulehu.

No kahi huakaʻi e ʻōlelo nei e hāʻawi i ka heʻenalu, ke one, a me ka lā, ʻaʻole nele ʻo Puerto Rico Tourism i nā keʻena one a me ka lā. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo nui e pili ana iā San Juan - i koʻu wā pōkole ma ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ke one wale nō aʻu i ʻike ai ʻo ia ka "wahi kahakai" liʻiliʻi ma ka Caribe Hilton. ʻOiaʻiʻo, he nui nā wahi heʻenalu, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia e pili ana i nā wahi one ma San Juan. ʻO kēia kahi e hiki mai ai ka pilikia o ka ʻeli ʻana. No ka pane ʻana o ke aupuni o Puerto Rico (a i ʻole ka nele) i ka pilikia, ʻo nā limahana o ka Hotele Caribe ke haohao nei. Ua ʻae lākou he mea hopohopo ia no lākou, no ka mea, he waiwai lākou i ka moana. Ma ka helu ʻelima, ʻaʻole ʻo Puerto Rico Tourism no ka poʻe e ʻimi ana e hoʻomaha ma lalo o ka lā ma nā kahakai one like ʻole.

ʻOiai ʻo Puerto Rico he panalāʻau ia o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (a i ʻole ka hoʻoponopono politika, ʻo Commonwealth), e hana a hana ka huakaʻi e like me nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe ma US, ʻoiai he mea kūʻai nui loa. ʻO ka waiwai o ke kālā US ma San Juan ka mea e manaʻo ai ma nā kūlanakauhale e like me San Francisco, Honolulu, New York City, a me Miami paha. Mai ka noho ʻana a i ka ʻai ʻana a me nā lilo huakaʻi ʻē aʻe, hiki ke piʻi wikiwiki nā mea āpau. ʻO nā kumukūʻai o ka pō ma Caribe Hilton mai US$193 a i US$250. E hoʻohui i kēlā i kahi pō ma ka hale ʻaina ʻo Coko, nona nā mea ʻaina ahiahi ma waena o US $ 20 a kiʻekiʻe US $ 30, a ke ʻimi nei ʻoe e hoʻolilo i nā kālā nui no kekahi mau lā ma San Juan. Hana nā kānaka a pau i ke kālā ʻAmelika, a ʻike ka poʻe pāʻani paʻakikī e lilo nā kāleka hōʻaiʻē i hoa aloha nui loa i ka wā e pā ana i nā casinos ma San Juan. Pehea a me ke kumu e hana ai kēia, pono ʻoe e kipa iā San Juan e ʻike. Ma ka helu ʻeono, ʻaʻole ʻo Puerto Rico Tourism no ka poʻe frugal.

Oiai ma Puerto Rico, ua hoikeia aku i kekahi mau mokupuni, aia au ma ka mokupuni, a ua noi mai kekahi e halawai, nolaila, ua ae aku au. ʻO ka mea aʻu i hālāwai ai a hoʻomau i ka leka ʻana me Raul Colon. He nui na mea a Mr. Colon i hoike mai e pili ana i ke ola ma ka mokupuni. ʻO kāna mau manaʻo e pili ana i kahi kanaka huhū no nā pilikia like ʻole, me ka hoʻomāinoino holoholona. Wahi a Mr. Colon moʻolelo, waiho ʻia nā holoholona i kuʻi ʻia e nā kaʻa e make ma nā alanui - he pilikia maʻamau ma nā wahi ma waho o San Juan. ʻOiai ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i nā hanana like ʻole i koʻu kipa ʻana, ʻo nā leka leka uila me Mr. Colon ke hōʻike nei i kahi kiʻi ʻokoʻa. No laila, ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo aʻo i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, e ʻike ʻoe a hiki i ka wā e hoʻopau ai ke kanaka mana, ʻo Puerto Rico Tourism, ma ka helu ʻehiku, ʻaʻole ia no nā mea aloha holoholona.

ʻO kēia kahi ʻāpana o kaʻu mau ʻatikala ma Puerto Rico Tourism kahi aʻu i manaʻo ai e hoʻopau me kaʻu nīnauele me ka luna hoʻokele PRTC ʻo Mario Gonzales Lafuente.