ʻO nā mokupuni waena o ka moana o Seychelles i kālele i kāna mau kālā kālepa mākaʻikaʻi ma kāna mau mākeke mākaʻikaʻi mua, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ʻEulopa. Akā ke hoʻololi nei kēia manawa, a i ʻole e hoʻokomo i kāna mau hua a pau i loko o ka hīnaʻi hoʻokahi, ke ʻimi nei ka ʻāina i nā mākeke hou e kū mai ana i hiki ke ulu.
ʻO ia ʻano laʻana ʻo India, Kina, ka Hikina mamao, ʻAmelika, Middle East, a me nā ʻāina GCC. ʻO Seychelles i kēia manawa ma India, aia kekahi o nā mākeke huakaʻi hele wikiwiki loa i ka honua. ʻO Mumbai a me New Delhi pū kekahi no 47% o nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa honua, ʻo ia ke kumu i koho ai ka Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) i ka Outbound Travel Mart (OTM) Mumbai a me Delhi fairs.
Ua alakaʻi ʻia kāna ʻelele e Amia Jovanovic-Desir lāua ʻo Cliff Estico. Ua kākoʻo pū ke kālepa kūloko i kēia hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mākeke ma India a ua pani ʻia e Doris Coopoosamy mai 7 Degrees South, Noella Gappy mai Mason's Travel, a me Shamita Palit mai Select Seychelles.
ʻO Desroches Island Resort ʻo ia wale nō ka hōkele i hui pū me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka mākeke ʻĀina, a ua pani ʻia lākou e Renee Leslie lāua ʻo Amanda Lang. Ua hele pū nā ʻelele o Air Seychelles mai nā keʻena ʻo Mumbai a me Delhi ma nā hale kūʻai a me nā papa hana.
Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Seychelles i nā mākaʻikaʻi kālepa a me nā mea kūʻai aku, a ua hōʻike ka manaʻo i ka nele o ka ʻike huakaʻi i kēia mākeke. Ua makemake nui ke kālepa India i ka ʻike e hānai ai i kāna poʻe kūʻai.
E hana maikaʻi loa ka male a me ka honeymoon niches no kēia mākeke, e noʻonoʻo ana i ka hoihoi, a loaʻa pū iā Seychelles ka mea a ka poʻe India e ʻimi nei i ka wā e mālama ai i nā hālāwai kūʻokoʻa a me nā hui hoʻoikaika.
Ua alakaʻi pū ka STB i kahi papa hana e ʻimi ana i nā ʻelele huakaʻi a me nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua. Ua maikaʻi loa ka huli ʻana mai Mumbai no ka ʻahaʻaina a me ka hale hana, ʻoi aku ma mua o 80 mau mea hana i komo, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i huki ʻia ka hōʻike ʻo Delhi i ka lehulehu ma muli o nā hanana ʻē aʻe i hana ʻia i ka manawa like.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi o nā hoa pili e makemake lākou e hoʻonui i ka mea a Seychelles e hāʻawi ai a noi aku i nā huakaʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa e hoʻonui i ko lākou ʻike i nā huahana a me nā lawelawe huakaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Seychelles Tourism Board e hoʻomau i ka ʻike ma kēia mākeke ma o nā papa hana a me nā kipa kālepa, a ke manaʻolana nei me ka nui o nā loulou ea e lawelawe ai i nā ʻāpana Mumbai a me Delhi, hiki iā ia ke loaʻa kahi mākeke maikaʻi.
"Ua lulu ʻia ka hua, a e hoʻomau mākou i ka hana ma India, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hiki, a he koi nui no nā wahi e like me Seychelles," wahi a Ms. Jovanovic-Desir.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia ua hōʻike ka poʻe huakaʻi huakaʻi i ka makemake e ʻike i nā noho hou aʻe mai Mumbai a me Delhi "no laila pono mākou e hoʻonoho iā Seychelles ma nā kūlanakauhale koʻikoʻi āpau ma India a hana i kēlā mākeke no mākou."
Ua kākoʻo ʻia ka huakaʻi o ka ʻelele i India e Seychelles Honorary Consul ma Mumbai Shiv Gorowa a me ke Komisina Kiʻekiʻe o ka mokupuni ma Delhi, ʻo Mr. Dick Esparon.
ʻO ka kipa mua ʻana o Seychelles i kēia mau hōʻikeʻike kālepa i loaʻa koke ka hopena, ʻoiai ua lanakila ka ʻāina i nā makana no ka maikaʻi no nā mea hoʻolaha paʻi maikaʻi loa ma Delhi a me kahi huakaʻi hou loa i Mumbai.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua ʻōlelo ka Seychelles Tourism Board e hoʻomau i ka ʻike ma kēia mākeke ma o nā papa hana a me nā kipa kālepa, a ke manaʻolana nei me ka nui o nā loulou ea e lawelawe ai i nā ʻāpana Mumbai a me Delhi, hiki iā ia ke loaʻa kahi mākeke maikaʻi.
- She added that tour operators have expressed a wish to see more seats out of Mumbai and Delhi “so we need to position Seychelles in all key cities in India and make that market work for us.
- The turnout from Mumbai for both the fair and workshop was very good, with over 80 agents taking part, though the Delhi show did not draw such a crowd due to other events taking place at the same time.
