Ua kapa ʻia ka 75th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal ma ke ʻano he kī nui i ka mokupuni ʻo Solomon e hoʻopaʻa nei i kāna mea nui i kipa ʻia ma ʻAukake mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai nā moʻolelo hōʻea.
Ua hōʻea he 2589 mau malihini kipa i ʻAukake, ke kiʻi e hōʻike ana i ka 34.98 kenetene hoʻonui ma luna o ka piʻi net ma luna o ka 1916 i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ʻAukake 2016 me nā piʻi piʻi i ʻike ʻia mai Australia, ka US, New Zealand a me Japan paha.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO ʻo Bureau Islands Visitors Bureau, ʻo Josefa 'Jo' Tuamoto i ka 75th kanalua i hoʻokani nui i ka hopena.
"Ma muli o ka nui o ka hana i hāpai i ka hanana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ua hilinaʻi mākou i ka hoʻonui ʻana o kā mākou poʻe malihini kipa no laila ʻoluʻolu loa ka hopena," wahi a Mr Tuamoto.
"ʻO kā mākou mōʻaukala WWII kupaianaha, ko mākou kahua kaua i mālama pono ʻia a me ko mākou hale hōʻikeʻike kaua e hoʻomau nei i ka hoʻohau nui a ʻo ka nui hoʻi o nā moku kūloko a me nā mokulele i hoʻolilo iā mākou i meka no ka mākeke luʻu honua.
"He mea nui ko Solomon Islanders i ke kaua ma Guadalcanal a haʻaheo nui lākou ʻo ko lākou ʻāina kahi i hakakā ai ke kūʻokoʻa a lanakila hope loa no ka ʻāina Pākīpika Hema."
Ua hoʻomau hou ka mana o nā kiʻi Australia, ka helu 6425 i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ʻAukake he 3.4 keneta hoʻonui ma luna o ka huina o 2016 o ka makahiki 6211 a kū ma kahi o 35.41 o nā kipa a pau no ka mahina.
ʻO 1125 mau mea paʻa passport US, kahi piʻi he 5.63 keneta ma mua o 1065 i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki i hala, i kipa ʻia i kēlā me kēia mahina, ka hapa nui o kēia mau pūʻali koa US ma ka lima no nā hanana hoʻomanaʻo a me nā ʻohana, nā ʻohana o ka pūʻali koa US i kaua ma Guadalcanal. hoʻouka kaua.
He moʻolelo like ia me Nūhōlani i hana nui i ka mokupuni ʻo Solomon i ka wā o ka WWII. 1108 Kiwis i kipa ʻia i ʻAukake, kahi piʻi he 5.63 keneta o ka 1065 ʻAukake 2016 i loaʻa.
Ua lele ka poʻe Kepani i hōʻea mai 322 i ʻAukake 2016 a 474, kahi hoʻonui o 47.2 pakeneka, me ka aneane o nā malihini kipa, like ko lākou US counterparts, ʻohana o ka pūʻali koa Iapana i hakakā i ka hoʻouka kaua.
Ua hana nui ka helu ʻAukake 2017 i ka mālama pono ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi no kahi hopena makahiki maikaʻi me ka 16,190 malihini kipa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka manawa Ianuali a ʻAukake ma kahi o 8.27 māhuahua ma luna o ka helu 14,953 i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka wā like ma 2016.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The August 2017 figure has played a key role in keeping the destination well on track for a positive year end with the 16,190 international visitor tally recorded for the period January to August representing an 8.
- 63 per cent increase over the 1065 recorded last year, visited across the month, many of these US military personnel on hand for the commemorative events and additionally, the families of US veterans who fought in the Guadalcanal campaign.
- "Ma muli o ka nui o ka hana i hāpai i ka hanana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ua hilinaʻi mākou i ka hoʻonui ʻana o kā mākou poʻe malihini kipa no laila ʻoluʻolu loa ka hopena," wahi a Mr Tuamoto.
