Ua hele hou ka Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) ma ka New York Times Travel Show ma ka Jacob K Javits Convention Center, ma New York, USA.
ʻO ka paʻi 2018 o ka hanana, e hoʻolauleʻa ana i kāna makahiki 15 i kēia makahiki, i mālama ʻia mai Ianuali 26 a 28, 2018.
Ke hana ikaika nei ʻo STB e hoʻonoho iā Seychelles ma ke ʻano he wahi i koho ʻia ma waena o nā huakaʻi ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e ʻimi nei i kahi wahi hoʻomaha mokupuni exotic, ʻoi aku ka poʻe e hele ana i ka Middle East a me ʻApelika.
No laila, ʻo ka New York Times Travel Show ka manawa kūpono loa no ka Seychelles Tourism Board Director for Africa & the Americas, David Germain, e komo pū me ka media, kālepa huakaʻi a me nā mea kūʻai aku.
ʻO ka New York Times Travel Show, i hōʻike ʻia e American Express, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ka poʻe ʻoihana kālepa huakaʻi a me nā mea hoihoi huakaʻi. Hōʻike ka hōʻike makahiki ma luna o nā mea hōʻikeʻike 200 mai nā ʻāina ʻo 130 mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e huki ana ma luna o 25,000 mau mea komo.
I kona komo ʻana i ka hōʻike kālepa o kēia makahiki, ua hele ʻo Mr. Germain i kekahi mau hanana e like me ka 'Focus on Africa' conference, a me nā hōʻikeʻike a nā loea like ʻole a me nā mea haʻiʻōlelo e hāʻawi ana i ka hōʻano hou no ka huakaʻi huakaʻi hou loa i ʻApelika a me ka Moana Inia.
He lālā ka Seychelles Tourism Board o ka Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa (APTA), a he lālā hoʻi ʻo United States Tour Operator Association (USTOA).
No laila ua hele pū ʻo Mr. Germain i kahi hālāwai APTA kahi i kūkākūkā ai nā poʻe loea huakaʻi huakaʻi hele i waho mai ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 2018, me ka ʻike nui ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ka huakaʻi i waho mai ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a i ʻApelika a me ka Middle East.
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ke komo ʻana o STB i ka paʻi 2018 o ka New York Times Travel Show he mea kūleʻa ʻē aʻe, kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia ka manawa e hui pū ai me nā hui media like ʻole, nā ʻelele mokulele a me nā hoa kālepa ʻē aʻe e kū nei ma ka hōʻike.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Germain: "ʻO kēia ka manawa 5 i komo ai ʻo Seychelles i ka New York Times Travel Show, kahi hōʻikeʻike e hui pū ana i nā loea huakaʻi nui o ʻApelika, no ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻike huahana a me nā wahi e pili ana iā ʻApelika a me nā mokupuni ʻo India, e like me ia. He mea koʻikoʻi ia no mākou e hele mai, e hoʻolaha mau i ko mākou mau mokupuni ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
Paipai nui ʻia ka Seychelles Tourism Board e ka piʻi mau ʻana o ka poʻe malihini kipa mai ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 2017, a ma ka nānā ʻana i kēia, e hoʻonui ʻia kāna mau hana hoʻolaha ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i 2018.
E komo ka STB i nā hōʻikeʻike kūʻai a me nā kālepa a me nā papa hana ma Kanada a ma nā kūlanakauhale like ʻole o ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 2018. Hoʻolālā ʻia nā kipa kamaʻāina no nā ʻelele o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me nā huakaʻi paʻi, aʻo ka Canadian TV Crew pū kekahi e kipa aku iā Seychelles.
Loaʻa nā mokulele ma waena o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me ʻApelika ma o South African Airways a me Ethiopian Airlines, a ʻaʻole koke e hoʻomaka ʻo Kenya Airways e lele i ʻAmelika e hoʻonui hou aku i ka ea mai ʻApelika a i ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, me nā pilina maʻalahi i Seychelles.
E lele ana ʻo Emirates Airline, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines a me Etihad Airways mai ʻAmelika ʻĀkau me nā pilina maʻalahi i Seychelles, ma o kā lākou kikowaena nui ma ka Hikina Waena.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “This is the 5th time that Seychelles has participated in the New York Times Travel Show, an exhibition which brings together important African Travel specialists, in search of product and destination information about Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, as it is important for us to be present, to consistently promote our islands in North America.
- He described STB's participation at the 2018 edition of the New York Times Travel Show as another successful one, where he also had the opportunity to meet with different media organizations, airline representatives and other trade partners present at the exhibition.
- Paipai nui ʻia ka Seychelles Tourism Board e ka piʻi mau ʻana o ka poʻe malihini kipa mai ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 2017, a ma ka nānā ʻana i kēia, e hoʻonui ʻia kāna mau hana hoʻolaha ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i 2018.
