Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka poʻe e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko e koi hou aku i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā mai ke Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa e hoʻomaka i kahi hoʻolaha hoʻolaha a me ka hoʻolaha hōʻailona no Tobago.
Me ka hakakā ʻana o ka mokupuni me nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi haʻahaʻa a me ka noho ʻana o nā hōkele haʻahaʻa, ua kāhea ke Kuhina o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Rupert Griffith i nā mea kuleana i kahi hālāwai ma ke keʻena poʻo o ka Ministry of Tourism ma ke alanui Duke, Port of Spain, i ka lā ʻapōpō i ka hola 2 p.m.
I loko o kahi hōʻike i ka Sunday Express o ka pule i hala aku nei, ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe hōkele ʻo Tobago, nā hale kūʻai, nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā ʻoihana pili i ke kūlana e hoʻoweliweli ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Tobago.
ʻO ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ma ka hālāwai ʻapōpō ke Kuhina o Tobago Development Vernella Alleyne-Toppin, Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Orville London, THA Tourism Secretary Oswald Williams and Tourism Development Company (TDC) chairman Stanley Beard.
Ua kāhea pū ʻo Griffith i ka pelekikena o ka Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association (THTA) Carol Ann Birchwood-James, a me ka hope pelekikena ʻo Chris James.
ʻO ka Pelekikena o Trinidad Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism Association Michelle Palmer-Keizer a me ka hope-peresidena ʻo Kevin Kenny kekahi i ka hālāwai.
ʻOiai ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa lehulehu e pili ana i ka kāne THA a me UK ʻo Peter lāua ʻo Murium Green, i ʻoki ʻia i ka maka ma ʻAukake 1, 2009 ma ko lākou hale ʻo Bacolet, ʻōlelo nā luna ʻoihana like ʻole ʻaʻole ka hewa ka hihia koʻikoʻi no ka mākaʻikaʻi o Tobago.
Hōʻike lākou he ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hewa o Jamaica ma mua o Trinidad a me Tobago akā ke piʻi nei ka waiwai mākaʻikaʻi o kēlā mokupuni, me ka piʻi ʻana o ʻeono pakeneka o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i hiki mai i Dekemaba. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Jamaica ʻo Best Caribbean Destination e ka poʻe heluhelu o ka makasina ʻoihana huakaʻi huakaʻi US Travel Weekly Ma ka lā 16 o Dekemaba.
"Makemake mākou a pau e hoʻomaikaʻi ke kūlana kalaima akā he mea lapuwale ke manaʻo ʻo mākou wale nō ka poʻe e ʻeha nei i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hewa.
"No laila, ʻae, pono mākou e kau i nā hana āpau e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ke kūlana kalaima no nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini akā e like me ka mea i hoʻokūpaʻa ʻia e ka kumuhana Green, pono pū mākou i ka ʻoihana pili i ka lehulehu e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia i ka ʻoluʻolu o nā mea āpau," wahi a kekahi luna. i ʻōlelo ai.
ʻO kahi kumu ʻoihana, nāna i noi ʻaʻole e ʻike ʻia, i ʻōlelo ʻia kekahi o nā mea nui e kūkākūkā ʻia ma ka hālāwai ʻapōpō, ʻo ia ke kūʻai aku ʻana a me ka hōʻailona o Tobago.
E ʻimi nō hoʻi nā mea kuleana e hoʻohuli i ke Aupuni e paipai i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā hōkele a me nā hale hoʻokipa e kū nei a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā hōkele hou e like me Vanguard a me Crown Reef Hotel, e lawe i ka waihona lumi i loaʻa i ka 1,500 ma ka mokupuni.
Ua ʻōlelo ke kumu, ua hōʻea ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Tobago i kona kiʻekiʻe i ka makahiki 2005 a "huhū ʻia e ko mākou mau hoalauna ma ka ʻāina akā ua lilo ia i mea ʻakaʻaka, a ke hoʻopiʻi nei ʻo THA i nā mea āpau a me nā mea āpau koe wale nō."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka huakaʻi kūʻai huakaʻi hele a ke Aupuni a hiki i kēia lā "ua hāʻule maikaʻi ʻole" a pono e hōʻailona ʻia ʻo Tobago me kahi hoʻolaha hoʻolaha hoʻolaha maikaʻi.
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā helu o ka Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) i hoʻolilo ʻo T&T i US $12 miliona ma ke kūʻai pololei ʻana i ka media ma 2010 ʻoiai ua hāʻawi ka huakaʻi i TT $5.4 biliona i ka Gross Domestic Product.
ʻO nā manawa hana ma o ka mākaʻikaʻi (ma kahi o 100,000 pololei a pololei ʻole ma Trinidad a me Tobago) a me nā pōmaikaʻi mai ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana o nā haole e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana iā Tobago.
“Pono mākou e hana i kēia manawa. ʻOi aku ke kumukūʻai o ke ala hou ʻana ma mua o ka hana ʻana, "wahi a ke kumu.
Hōʻike pū nā helu CTO iā Trinidad a me Tobago i ʻelua pākēneka o ka 23 miliona mau malihini kipa honua i ka ʻāina i ka makahiki i hala. Ua ʻike ʻo Tobago iā ia iho ma lalo o ka hapalua o kēlā ʻelua pākēneka.
Ua pilikia pū ʻo Tobago i ka emi mau ʻana i nā makahiki ʻehā i hala ma nā kumukūʻai lumi aʻo nā kumukūʻai ma nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe o Caribbean ua hoʻonui ʻia ʻelua a ʻekolu pākēneka.
E hāpai pū nā luna mākaʻikaʻi i ka hihia o ka laikini ʻāina, ʻo ia nā kumu i ʻike ʻia he ʻekolu a me ka hapa makahiki i hoʻokumu ʻia a, ʻōlelo lākou, ua hoʻopau i ka hilinaʻi o nā mea hoʻopukapuka.
"No laila, loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi kūlana i hiki ʻole ai i nā waiwai o kēia manawa ke komo i ke kālā no ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i kā lākou mau waiwai no ka mea ua kaupalena ʻia ka waiwai o kā lākou mau waiwai i ka waiwai kūloko a ʻaʻole i ka waiwai kūʻai," wahi a kekahi kumu.
ʻOiai ʻo nā panakō kūloko i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, e waiho ana i kahi kūlana kahi i hoʻōki ʻia ai nā papahana ma ke kau ʻana i ka laikini ʻāina no ka nele o ka hilinaʻi o ka mea hoʻopukapuka, wahi a ke kumu.
Ua kuhikuhi pū kekahi poʻe hōkele ʻē aʻe i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o Caribbean, e like me Barbados a me Jamaica, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻauhau ʻauhau a me nā mea hoʻoikaika ʻē aʻe e paʻakikī ai iā Tobago ke loaʻa nā makana like.
He laʻana lākou i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he 35 pākēneka ka uku o Trinidad a me Tobago ma ka waina aʻo ka hapa nui o nā mokupuni ʻo Caribbean ʻaʻohe kuleana i ka waina a me nā mea hoʻohana ʻē aʻe he nui.
"Ua ʻōlelo ke Aupuni makemake lākou e hoʻololi i ka ʻoihana, a ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi kekahi o nā pou a lākou i ʻike ai.
"Me he mea lā ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike i ka hiki ke kōkua ʻana i ke kālepa mākaʻikaʻi i ka inoa ʻo Trinidad a me Tobago a hana i kahi ʻoihana hoʻokuʻu aku," wahi a kekahi hotelier.
