Ua koho ʻia ʻo Camille Fergusson, ka luna hoʻokele o ka American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) i ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka US Travel Association ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui, ua hoʻolaha ka hui ma ka Pōʻalima.
ʻO Ferguson, he kamaʻāina o ka ʻohana Sitka o Alaska a he lālā o ka ʻohana Kiksadi, ʻo ia ka luna hoʻokele o ka American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) no ʻeono makahiki. ʻO ka lua wale nō ʻo ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e lawelawe ma ka US Travel board, ʻo kāna mau makahiki ʻekolu e holo a hiki i 2021. I loko o kāna kau ʻana, hoʻolālā ʻo ia e hoʻonui i kāna hana me nā luna i koho ʻia i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻohana i ka lāhui. ʻōlelo mākaʻikaʻi.
"Ke kākoʻo nei ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā kaiāulu ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka pilikanaka, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā kaiāulu mamao a me nā kaiāulu, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea e kōkua ai i ke olakino holoʻokoʻa o ka hoʻokele waiwai o US," wahi a Ferguson, ka mea nāna i hoʻolauna i ka hoʻolaha ʻo "Our Voices, Our Stories" a AIANTA. ʻO ke koʻikoʻi o nā hui ʻohana i ka mālama ʻana i kā lākou leka mākaʻikaʻi ponoʻī e hāʻawi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka hoʻomau i ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o nā makana huakaʻi moʻomeheu. Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ua loaʻa iā AIANTA ka ʻike aupuni i ka wā i hāʻawi ʻia ai ka Pelekikena "E" Award for Exports of tribal tourism.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me Ferguson ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi mua, ʻo Deb Hickok, pelekikena a me Luna Nui o Explore Fairbanks. He ʻoihana kūʻai a me ka hoʻokele ʻana no kahi kokoke i 37 mau makahiki, ua lilo ʻo Hickok i Luna Nui o Explore Fairbanks i ka makahiki 1999. Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ua loaʻa iā Explore Fairbanks nā makana he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi ke Kiaʻāina o Alaska's Exporter of the Year Award a me ka Destiny Award mai ka U.S. Travel Destinations. Ahaolelo. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma nā papa alakaʻi ʻelua ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka Alaska Travel Industry Association (ATIA) āna i noho ai ma 2011 a me ka Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce.
Ua hui pū ʻo Ferguson i kekahi Ferguson, ʻo Elliot L. Ferguson, II, pelekikena a me Luna Nui o Destination DC, i koho ʻia ʻo ia ka luna aupuni hou o ka papa.
"Ke kakali nei au e hana pū me Elliott," wahi a ka luna hoʻokele o AIANTA. "He kūlana mahalo nui ʻia ʻo ia no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā makana moʻomeheu o kahi kūlanakauhale i ʻike nui ʻia no kāna mau hana kālai'āina. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e kōkua hou kāna alakaʻi i ka nānā ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā moʻolelo a me nā pilikia Native American, Native Alaskan a me Native Hawaiian i loko o ka papahana mākaʻikaʻi aupuni.
Ma ka Poaha, ua hookomo aku ka US Travel i na kulana luna e ae: ka hope hope mua Christine Duffy, ka peresidena o Carnival Cruise Line; Hope noho lua ʻo Michael Dominguez, hope peresidena kiʻekiʻe a me ka luna kūʻai nui o MGM Resorts International; puuku Joseph W. Lopano, luna hoʻokō nui o Tampa International Airport; a me ke kauoha ʻo Casandra Matej, pelekikena a Luna Nui o Visit San Antonio.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me Ferguson lāua ʻo Hickok ma ke ʻano he mau alakaʻi mua, ʻo: Margot Amelia, hope pelekikena kiʻekiʻe, luna kūʻai nui, National Aquarium ma Baltimore; ʻO Candace Carr Strauss, Luna Nui, E kipa aku iā Big Sky/Big Sky Chamber of Commerce; ʻO Chris Fogg, Luna Nui, ʻAhahui Kaʻahele Maine; ʻO Abigail James, hope pelekikena hui, Marketing Strategy, Macy's, Inc.; Cristy Morrison, pelekikena & Luna Nui, E kipa iā Stillwater; John Percy, pelekikena & Luna Nui, Destination Niagara USA; ʻO Richard Peterson, pelekikena & Luna Nui, US Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council; ʻO Milton Segarra, ka luna hoʻokele, E kipa aku i ke Kaikuono o Mississippi; ʻO Douglas Small, pelekikena & Luna Nui, E ʻike iā Grand Rapids; ʻO Monica Smith, pelekikena a me Luna Nui o ka Hikina Hema; a me Paula Vlamings, ka luna hoʻokele waiwai, Tourism Cares
ʻO ka hoʻi ʻana mai i ka papa ʻo: Kate Birchler, hope pelekikena kōkua, naketing mākaʻikaʻi, Macerich Shopping Centers; Liz Bittner, pelekikena & Luna Nui, Travel South USA; Gerrit De Vos, hope peresidena, hoʻomohala pāʻoihana, AmericanTours International; a me Gary Schluter, ka mea hoʻokumu, Rocky Mountain Holiday Tours
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ferguson, a citizen of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and a member of the Kiksadi Clan, has been executive director of the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) for six years.
- economy,” said Ferguson, who introduced AIANTA's “Our Voices, Our Stories” campaign, which emphasizes the importance of tribal entities taking control of their own tourism messaging to provide greater authenticity and sustainability in a rapidly growing inventory of cultural tourism offerings.
- “Tourism to Native American communities supports economic and social stability, especially in remote and rural communities, which in turn contributes to the overall health of the U.
