"He mea koʻikoʻi ka mākaʻikaʻi wai ma ka hanana o kēia makahiki a ua komo pū me ka nānā ʻana i ke koholā, ka lawaiʻa kai, a me ka holo ʻana," wahi a Steinn Lárusson, ka mea hoʻonohonoho o Icelandair's 18th Mid-Atlantic Workshop and Travel Seminar, i mālama ʻia mai Pepeluali 4-7 ma Reykjavik, Iceland.
ʻO nā makana kūloko hou i hōʻike ʻia i kēia makahiki ʻo ia ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ke kahawai ʻo Jokulsarlon glacier mai ka lewa, ka ʻauʻau ʻana i ke anuanu akau o ka Moana ʻAkelanika, nā huakaʻi pilikino me kahi alakaʻi Viking i ka lole piha piha, a me nā huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa a puni Reykjavik. "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hālāwai ʻana me nā mea kūʻai mai ʻekolu mau ʻāina ma ko mākou puka puka," wahi a Ursula Spitzbart ka mea nona ka Iceland Bike - he ʻoihana hou e hāʻawi ana i nā huakaʻi kaʻa alakaʻi ma Reykjavik.
"Ua like ka mākaʻikaʻi me ka pā pōhaku, a he kumu ko kēlā me kēia pōhaku," wahi a Larusson, nāna i hoʻonohonoho i ka Mid-Atlantic mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana he ʻumikumamāwalu makahiki i hala. "I kēlā me kēia makahiki hoʻolauna kekahi i kahi huahana mākaʻikaʻi hou, e like me ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa Reykjavik, a ulu nā ʻoihana i kēia manawa a hoʻoponopono i kā lākou huahana huahana."
ʻElima haneli mau ʻelele mai 14 mau ʻāina i hele i Mid-Atlantic i ka pule i hala, he moʻolelo ia. "I kēia makahiki ua loaʻa iā mākou he 140 mau mea kūʻai aku i hele mai ka hapalua mai Iceland mai, a he 230 mau mea kūʻai mai 150 mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada," wahi a Larusson.
Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Icelandair i ka papa hana ʻo Mid-Atlantic a me ka huakaʻi huakaʻi me ka manaʻo e hōʻuluʻulu i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i mea e kākoʻo ai a mālama i ka holo mau o nā mākaʻikaʻi i Iceland. He hanana nui ia no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma Iceland. Hana ʻia ka hanana o kēia makahiki ma Reykjavik mai Pepeluali 3-6.
