Wahi a ka luna alakaʻi o Tourism New Zealand, ʻo George Hickton, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻolilo ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ma ka mākeke ʻAmelika ʻĀkau ma mua o ka pālua ma kahi o $10 miliona.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Hickton, pono ʻo New Zealand e hoʻōki i ke ʻano iho o ka mākeke malihini kipa lōʻihi i nā makahiki i hala aku nei e hoʻohālikelike i ke ʻano ulu maikaʻi i ʻike ʻia ma ka heluna o nā malihini kipa pōkole, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ka mākeke trans-Tasman.
ʻO ka mākeke ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - ka mea e lawe mai nei ma kahi o 200,000 mau huakaʻi i New Zealand i hoʻokahi makahiki - ʻo ia ka pahuhopu nui no ka ulu ʻana.
"ʻO ia ka mākeke holo lōʻihi loa ma ka honua, no laila ʻo ia ka mea e hele ai. A ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mokulele i ka US ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Australia, "wahi a Mr Hickton.
E pālua ʻia ka waihona kālā hoʻolaha o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau ma waena o $8 a me $10m a ʻoi aku paha.
"Ke hoʻokomo nei mākou i ke kālā hou aʻe, ua aneane pālua mākou i kā mākou hoʻopukapuka ma laila - a ke hana nei mākou i kekahi mau hoʻolaha hou e pili ana i kā mākou hele ʻana ma US," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Mr Hickton ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka no nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi.
Ua mālama ʻia ka hālāwai e TNZ a me Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism.
Manaʻo nō hoʻi ʻo TNZ e pono ke hoʻoikaika pinepine ʻia ke kūʻai aku ʻana i loko o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e loaʻa ai ka hopena ma kahi mākeke media oversaturated.
Ua haʻi ʻo Annie Dundas, ka luna ʻāpana ʻāina o TNZ no ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, i ka kūleʻa o ka hōʻike kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻoniʻoni US ʻo The Bachelor – i paʻi ʻia kekahi hapa ma New Zealand – a me ke ʻano o John Key ma The Late Show me David Letterman.
"Pono mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana ... ʻo David Letterman, ke kuhina nui - e kamaʻilio ʻia ʻo New Zealand a ma ka palapala ʻāina," wahi a Ms Dundas.
Ua kono ʻia ʻo Mr Letterman i New Zealand. "Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou me Dave, he kanaka lawaiʻa ʻoi loa ʻo ia."
Ua hoʻokipa ʻia ʻo New Zealand ma kahi o 197,000 mau malihini kipa i ka makahiki mai US, a i ʻole 0.7 pākēneka o kāna mau huakaʻi hele lōʻihi, wahi a Ms Dundas.
ʻO ka manaʻo o TNZ e hoʻonui i kēlā helu i 1 pākēneka, a i ʻole 300,000 mau malihini kipa i ka makahiki.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Hickton, ʻo ka $20m i nā kālā keu i hāʻawi ʻia e ke Aupuni i kēia makahiki he bonus maoli.
“Ua loaʻa iā mākou ka piʻi nui loa o ke kālā i loaʻa iā mākou ma ke ʻano he hui - $20m i kēia makahiki, a he $30m aʻe.
"ʻO ka mea nui, loaʻa iā mākou he $ 100m e kūʻai aku iā New Zealand."
ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana o ka 1 pākēneka o nā malihini kipa i New Zealand i ka makahiki a hiki i kēia lā ua ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā wānana o kahi hāʻule 10 pākēneka i hana ʻia i 12 mau mahina i hala, wahi a Mr Hickton.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna nui o CCT, ʻo Christine Prince, ua mākaukau ka ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai e hoʻonui i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaulana e lawe mai i nā malihini.
Ua hoʻi hou mai ʻo Phil Keoghan, ka mea hōʻike TV ʻo The Amazing Race i kona kūlanakauhale ʻo Christchurch i ka pule i hala e hālāwai me nā limahana ma ka i-SITE Visitor Center ma Cathedral Square a kōkua i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi hoʻolaha i-SITE hou.
ʻO ia ka manaʻo e paipai i ka poʻe Cantabrians e kipa i ka pūnaewele a ʻike i nā mea i hāʻawi ʻia i hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻike i nā malihini.
