ʻO nā huakaʻi hoʻolaha e hōʻike ana i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi koʻikoʻi o Myanmar e lanakila ana ma luna o nā nūpepa haole, me ka nūpepa ʻoihana Travel Trade Gazette ma Kepakemapa 26 e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻāina i ka ʻae ʻia.
Ua kipa aku ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo TTG Asia ʻo Sirima Eamtako i Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay a me Inle Lake i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Kepakemapa a "loaʻa iā lākou he waiwai i nā wahi kūlohelohe, moʻomeheu a me ka mōʻaukala".
A me ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana i nā mea hoʻokipa nui o ka ʻāina, ua pili pū ka ʻatikala i ke ala maikaʻi ʻole e hōʻike pinepine ʻia ai ʻo Myanmar ma ka media. Ua ʻōlelo nā alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana ua hāʻawi kēia i ka hāʻule nui o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻoiai - e like me kā Sirima Eamtako i ʻōlelo ai - "ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui" e nā hanana hou.
"ʻO nā pilikia o nā maʻi maʻi a me ka nele o ka maʻemaʻe, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana e kekahi mau media, ʻaʻohe kumu. … Pono ka wahi e hoʻomaha ai.”
Aia ʻo Sirima Eamtako ma Myanmar mai Kepakemapa 6 a 11, me kekahi mau mea kākau huakaʻi ʻē aʻe, ma kahi huakaʻi familiarization media i hui pū ʻia e ka Myanmar Marketing Committee (MMC), Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA) a me Myanmar Hoteliers Association (MHA).
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi huakaʻi ʻelua mai Kepakemapa 27 a ʻOkakopa 1, kahi i lawe mai i ʻelua mau mea kākau huakaʻi i Myanmar e kipa i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui.
"Ma waena o nā mea nūpepa ʻeono a mākou i kono ai, hoʻokahi mea kākau huakaʻi a hoʻokahi mea hoʻoponopono kiʻi i ʻae a hele mai i Myanmar," wahi a Daw Su Su Tin, ka luna o MMC a me ka luna hoʻokele o Exotissimo Travel Company.
"ʻEhā mau mea ʻē aʻe i hōʻole e hele mai ma muli o ka pahū ʻana o ka pōkā ma ke kaona ʻo Yangon," wahi āna.
ʻO kekahi o ka poʻe i hele i ka huakaʻi, ʻo ia ʻo Michael Spencer, he mea kākau huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa no nā makasina huakaʻi ʻo Beyond and Compass.
“Ua hele au i Myanmar i nā manawa he nui ma mua a i kēlā mau kipa ʻana ua ʻike au i nā mākaʻikaʻi he nui ma Mandalay, Bagan a me Inle Lake.
ʻO ka malihini ʻē aʻe, ka mea hoʻoponopono kiʻi ʻo Lester Ledesma mai Singapore-based Ink Publications, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hele ʻo ia i Myanmar ma mua.
“Ua loaʻa iaʻu nā ʻike maikaʻi he nui ma Myanmar. He nui nā mea maikaʻi o kēia ʻāina e huki ai i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. Inā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka hiki, a hāʻawi ʻia nā mokulele honua hou aku, he mea hoʻoikaika nui ia no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, "wahi āna.
ʻO ka hoʻolālā e hōʻike aku i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui o Myanmar i ka nūpepa haole kekahi o nā hana i ʻaelike ʻia e nā ʻoihana aupuni a me nā hui ʻoihana ma ka hālāwai 9 Kepakemapa ma Nay Pyi Taw.
Ma ka hālāwai, ua ʻae pū ke aupuni e wehe i nā palena huakaʻi iā Chaungtha, Ngwe Saung a me Thanlyin, e noiʻi i ka hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ka huakaʻi hele ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania a wikiwiki i nā noi visa ma nā ʻelele haole o Myanmar.
Ke manaʻolana nei nā alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi kaʻahele e hoʻopau nā huakaʻi paʻi i nā moʻolelo e pili ana i ka palekana o ka huakaʻi ma Myanmar, a ʻo ka ʻatikala o ka pule i hala ka hōʻailona mua e holo pono ana ka papahana.
Ua haʻi ʻo Daw Su Su Tin iā TTG Asia: "Ua hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻia ka mākaʻikaʻi o Myanmar e ka nūhou i ka nūhou honua, e hāʻawi ana i ka manaʻo hewa e pili ana i kēia ʻāina i ke koena o ka honua. Akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he ʻāina palekana a ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia kāna mau wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui e Nargis.
"Ma ka nānā ʻana iā Nargis, ua hana hewa ʻole ka nūhou honua i kahi pōʻino ʻē aʻe no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi," i hoʻohui ai ʻo ia i ka hālāwai ninaninau me The Myanmar Times i ka pule i hala.
"ʻO ka poʻe a pau e loaʻa ana ko lākou ola mai ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka pae ʻāina e loaʻa nā pilikia ma muli o ka hopena," wahi āna.
Aia ʻo Exotissimo Travel Myanmar ma mua o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻōla i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e hakakā nei. Ua hoʻomaka ka hui i ka mahina i hala aku nei e hāʻawi i nā mākaʻikaʻi o ka delta ʻo Ayeyarwady i luku ʻia e ka makani a me ka lawelawe visa ma ka hōʻea ʻana (VOA).
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Daw Su Su Tin ʻo ka ʻoihana ma waena o Ianuali a me ʻAukake he 40 pakeneka wale nō i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka manawa like o ka makahiki i hala, a ʻo ka ʻoihana ʻo Kepakemapa ma kahi o 60 pakeneka ma hope.
Wahi a nā helu aupuni, ʻo ka hōʻea ʻana o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma Yangon International Airport mai ʻApelila 1 a Iune 22 he 15,204, he hāʻule o 47.59 pakeneka ma ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala.
Ua paʻakikī loa ka hāʻule ʻana ma Inle Lake a me Bagan, kahi i hilinaʻi nui ʻia ai ka loaʻa kālā o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā malihini. Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻatikala ʻo TTG Asia o ka pule i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Kepakemapa "he kakaikahi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kūʻē i ka nui o nā mea kūʻai hoʻomanaʻo, nā mea holo kaʻa lio, nā mea nona ka waʻa lōʻihi a me nā mea kālepa pili i ka mākaʻikaʻi ... ua hilinaʻi ko lākou ola i ka loaʻa kālā".
Akā ʻoiai he liʻiliʻi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻea mai ana, ʻaʻole maopopo inā lawa nā loiloi maikaʻi o nā wahi makana o Myanmar e hoʻowalewale i nā huakaʻi makemake ʻole. ʻO ka mea nui i kēia ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā ʻelele huakaʻi ma luna o ka moku a hāʻawi i nā pūʻolo huakaʻi i ka ʻāina. Ua haʻi ka hope o ka UMTA a me ka luna hoʻomalu o Myanmar Voyages, ʻo U Thet Lwin Toh, ua lohi mau nā puke no ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa.
"Ke hele mai nei nā puke i nā minuke hope loa no ka mea ke lawe nei ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi ala kali-a-ʻike. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā puke i kēia manawa ke hele mai nei mai nā FIT (Foreign Independent Travelers) no ka mea, ua lawe ka nui o nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi ma waho o Myanmar mai kā lākou palapala palapala, e hōʻike ana i ka makemake ʻole o nā mea kūʻai aku, "wahi āna.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i ʻike i kahi hoʻomaikaʻi koʻikoʻi, ua hoʻokipa ʻo U Thet Lwin Toh i ka hoʻoholo e lawe mai i nā nūpepa haole i loko o ka ʻāina a wehewehe i nā hana ʻē aʻe i ʻaelike ʻia ma ka hālāwai ʻo Kepakemapa 9 he "hoʻoikaika".
"No ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi, pono mākou i ka hoʻolaha media ikaika e hiki ke hōʻike i ke kūlana ma ka honua a me nā mea a mākou e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻolaha i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina," i haʻi aku ai ʻo The Myanmar Times. "He mea koʻikoʻi e hoʻōla koke kā mākou ʻoihana no ka mea ke hoʻopilikia nei ke kūlana i kēia manawa ʻaʻole wale i nā mea hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi akā he nui nā ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻē aʻe."
