TURKS & CAICOS KAU ʻO "Nani e ke ʻano"
KUMU MAU ME NA HANA MAKAIKAI OMAOMAO
Hāʻawi nā Mokupuni i Eco-Chic me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka "Green Island" mua loa o ka honua, Mega-Yacht
Eco-Marina, Molasses Reef, kahi Ritz-Carlton Reserve a me Ambergris Cay's Environmental Center
- Ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae o ka 10th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-10), ua hoʻolaha ka Turks & Caicos Tourist Board i kāna mau hana e hiki mai ana e mālama i kahi kaiaola e pili ana i nā mokupuni nani. E pōmaikaʻi nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me nā kamaʻāina i nā hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hoʻokumu ʻia e ke aupuni Turks & Caicos me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka "mokupuni ʻōmaʻomaʻo" mua o ka honua, ʻo ka moana moana mega-yacht mua loa o ka Moana ʻAkelanika, kahi kaiāulu Ritz-Carlton branded i ka mālama ʻana i ke Komohana. ʻO Caicos, a me kahi kikowaena kaiapuni hou me ka mea kūlohelohe ma ka pūnaewele ma ka mokupuni pilikino o Ambergris Cay.
"Ma ke ʻano he wahi e haʻaheo ai iā ia iho i ka nani kūlohelohe, koi ʻia mākou e hoʻopukapuka kālā a hui pū i nā hoʻomohala i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou kaiapuni," wahi a Wesley Clerveaux, ka luna o ke Keʻena ʻOihana Kaiapuni a me nā Waiwai Kai. "Ke hoʻoikaika nei mākou e pale i ka hoʻopiʻi mālie a Turks & Caicos a mālama i ka hoʻomau ʻana o ke kaiapuni holoʻokoʻa ma o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i nā papahana ʻōmaʻomaʻo, me ka manaʻo nui i ko mākou mau mokupuni i waho."
ʻIke ʻia ʻo ia ka "mokupuni ʻōmaʻomaʻo" mua loa o ka honua, e hāʻawi ʻo Salt Cay i nā pōmaikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau a me nā kaʻina hana noʻonoʻo kaiapuni no nā mokupuni. Aia ma Salt Cay's North Shore, e hāʻawi aku ʻo Salt Cay Resort & Golf Club i ka poʻe kipa i kahi ʻike kiʻekiʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā kaiāulu a me nā malihini kipa e noho nei, hānai a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā kaiaola maoli a hoʻemi i ka hopena o ke kūkulu ʻana me ka mahalo i ka moʻomeheu. a me ka moʻolelo o ke kaiāulu mokupuni. E kaupalena ʻo Salt Cay i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hale ʻelua papa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a hoʻolilo i nā kumuwaiwai i ka ikehu hou. E nānā pū ka mokupuni i ka mālama ʻana i nā mangroves - nā wahi noho pono no nā manu a me nā holoholona hihiu ʻē aʻe - ma ke ʻano he wahi ecotourism ʻaʻole pilikia. Me nā kūlana ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou, ʻo ka $500 miliona ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka mokupuni e hoʻopau ʻia i nā makahiki ʻekolu a ʻehā. Ma hope mai, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ke kaʻa kaʻa.
ʻO kekahi hana nui i ka hoʻomau ʻana, ʻo ia ka wehe ʻana o Turks & Caicos Yacht Club, ka moana ʻAkelanika mua eco-marina, i Nowemapa 2008. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻo Nikki Beach Resort Turks & Caicos, ʻo Turks & Caicos Yacht Club Marina e kaena aku i 110-slips e lawelawe i nā moku moku. a hiki i 200 kapuai, e hookipa ana i ka makeke hou o ka poe hele waiwai i na Mokupuni. ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻoi aku kēia marina ma mua o nā alakaʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e Blue Flag Marina Criteria no ka mālama ʻana i ke ola moana a puni, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i nā hale no nā malihini holo moana nui o Turks & Caicos. ʻO nā ʻano kaiapuni ʻē aʻe o ka eco-marina e komo pū me ka hoʻopaʻa pono ʻana a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā hoʻololi aila a me nā unuhi ʻana, nā hale hoʻoheheʻe me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokele hou a me nā ʻōnaehana pale ʻana, a me kahi ʻōnaehana kamepiula e nānā i ka nui o nā moku e hiki mai ana. nā pahu paʻa e hōʻoia i ka hoʻolei ʻia ʻana o ka wai a me ka ʻōpala maʻemaʻe.
ʻO Molasses Reef, kahi Ritz-Carlton Reserve ma West Caicos, e hāʻawi i ka nani ʻaʻohe kāmaʻa me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hopena o ke kaiapuni. E wehe ʻia ana i ka hopena o 2008, e waiho ana ka hale hoʻokipa kūʻokoʻa i ka hapa nui o nā ʻeka ma West Caicos me ka ʻole e hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka noho ʻana o ka mokupuni i wahi hoʻāno kūlohelohe. ʻO ka hōkele 125-lumi a me kahi kaiāulu kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa e loaʻa pū kekahi 75 Ritz-Carlton-branded villas a me nā hale kai. E hana ʻo West Caicos a me Molasses Reef i nā mea e pono ai e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō ʻana o nā pahuhopu nui o ka mokupuni me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hale haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa wale nō, ka mālama ʻana i nā waiwai archeological, ka palena ʻana i ka lawe ʻana i nā kaʻa uila a me nā kaʻa, a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana o nā paka lehulehu a komo kahakai. ʻO ka home i ʻelua mau paka ʻāina, nā wahi archaeological a me nā moʻomeheu a me ka poʻe kamaʻāina o nā flamingos roseate pink a me nā manu kuhukukū, ʻo West Caicos e koi aku i nā malihini a me nā malihini e mālama i ka mālama kaiapuni e pale i nā wahi kūlohelohe kūlohelohe a me nā holoholona hihiu like ʻole.
ʻO Turks & Caicos Sporting Club ma Ambergris Cay - he 1,100-acre ka nui o nā mokupuni noho kaiāulu e hāʻawi ana i nā home-pūnaewele kaulana a me nā pono papa honua e like me ke kahua mokulele pilikino lōʻihi loa ma ka Caribbean a me kahi keʻena aʻo kūlohelohe me kahi mea kūlohelohe ma ka pūnaewele. he ala hoʻolālā e pili ana i ke kamaʻilio ʻana, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā mea koʻikoʻi āpau o ka ʻāina a hana i nā hoʻolālā e mālama ʻole ʻia kēlā mau mea. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi papahana lawaiʻa iwi hopu a hoʻokuʻu, a aia ka mokupuni i kahi hui hana me The Kew Royal Botanic Gardens ma Lākana no ka mālama ʻana i nā heluna o nā mea kanu koʻikoʻi i loaʻa ma ka mokupuni ʻo Ambergris Cay. Ke hana nei nā kānaka maoli ʻo Ambergris Cay ma ka pūnaewele me nā limahana o Kew Gardens e hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻanoʻano mai nā ʻano mea kanu make e hoʻohui ʻia i ka The Millennium Seed Bank- he hoʻoikaika honua i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i 24,000 mau ʻano mea kanu make mai ka honua. Eia hou, ua hui pū ʻo Ambergris Cay me Dr. Glenn Gerber o The San Diego Zoo e mālama i nā heluna kanaka o ka iguana pōhaku Turks & Caicos i hoʻopau ʻia.
Ma waho aʻe o kāna mau hoʻomohala pili i ka kaiaola, ua hoʻokipa ʻo Turks & Caicos iā STC-10 i ka mahina i hala aku nei, ka mea i ʻike i nā ala e hiki ai i nā mokupuni Caribbean ke hana i kahi kaulike ma waena o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me ke kaiapuni kūlohelohe. I ka hopena o ka makahiki 2007, ua mālama ʻo Turks & Caicos i kāna ʻaha kūkā kaiapuni makahiki mua, "Fostering a Green Culture in Small Island Nations," kahi i ʻōlelo ai ka Hope Pelekikena mua a me ka Nobel Peace Prize Winner Al Gore i ka pono e hoʻoponopono i nā loli kino o ka honua. e hoʻoikaika lākou i ka hoʻokele waiwai honua i kekahi lā. Ua mālama ʻia nā ʻaha kūkā ʻelua ma Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort & Spa (na Sandals), kahi Hotel Green Globe Certified.
"ʻOiai mākou e hoʻomau nei e kūkulu iā mākou iho i kahi huakaʻi mua no ka leʻaleʻa a me ka leʻaleʻa, hoʻomau mākou i ka mālama ʻana i ka nani kūlohelohe e makemake nui ai nā Turks & Caicos," wahi a Ralph Higgs, ka luna hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ke kūʻai aku ma ka Turks & Caicos Tourist Board. .
E pili ana iā Turks & Caicos
ʻO nā mokupuni he 40 o nā Turks & Caicos, ʻewalu i noho ʻia, ua kaulana no ko lākou mau kahakai lanakila, ka luʻu ʻana a me nā ʻano o nā hale hoʻokipa honua. ʻO nā hana ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka tennis, ke kolepa a me ka holo lio. Hāʻawi ka Mokupuni i nā ʻano lawelawe spa a me nā lawelawe mālama kino a ʻo ia ka home o ka mahiʻai conch wale nō o ka honua. ʻEkolu mau mokulele pololei 90 mau minuke i kēlā me kēia lā mai Miami, he US Airways lele pololei mai Charlotte, nā huakaʻi pololei i kēlā me kēia lā mai New York a me nā mokulele hebedoma mai Dallas, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta a me Toronto. No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka huakaʻi, e kipa i ka pūnaewele puni honua o Turks & Caicos Islands Tourist Board ma www.turksandcaicostourism.com a i ʻole kelepona (800) 241-0824.
