Me ka ʻole o ke kākoʻo ikaika, hiki i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi hōʻeuʻeu me ka manaʻo ʻole ke hōʻino i nā ʻoihana waiwai o Small Island Developing States (SIDS), ka Ka Hui Kaapuni honua (UNWTO) ua ao aku. ʻOiai ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi kahi pou socio-economic ikaika o nā SID he nui, ka hopena Covid-19 ke loaʻa nei ma ka ʻāpana kahi miliona o nā hana a me nā ʻoihana i kahi makaʻu, me nā wahine a me nā limahana hana maʻalahi ka mea maʻalahi loa.

I ka lua o kāna moʻolelo pōkole e pili ana i ka Tourism a me COVID-19, UNWTO Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka hopena koʻikoʻi o ka maʻi maʻi i ka nohona ma kēia mau wahi. Wahi a ka ʻikepili hou loa mai ka United Nations specialized agency, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma mua o 30% o ka nui o nā mea i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka hapa nui o 38 SIDS. I kekahi mau ʻāina, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o kēia kaʻina e like me 90%, e hoʻopilikia nui iā lākou i ka hāʻule ʻana o nā helu mākaʻikaʻi.

ʻO ia ʻano haʻalulu nui i unuhi ʻia i ka nalowale nui o nā hana a me ka emi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā o nā haole a me nā loaʻa ʻauhau, ka mea e pale ai i ka hiki ke hoʻolilo i ka lehulehu a me ka hiki ke kau i nā hana kūpono e kākoʻo ai i ka nohona ma o ka pilikia. UNWTO aʻo hou aku.

I ka makahiki 2019, ua hoʻokipa ʻo SIDS i kekahi mau huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi kūloko o ka honua he 44 miliona a ua loaʻa i kēia ʻāpana he $ 55 biliona ma nā loaʻa hoʻolilo Ua iho mai nā huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi kūwaho he 47% i nā malama ʻehā mua o kēia makahiki.

UNWTO Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kakauolelo Nui ʻo Zurab Pololikashvili: "ʻO ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 ka mea i hoʻopilikia ʻole ʻia. Ua hāʻule nui ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi o ka honua, a ʻo nā wahi e hilinaʻi nei i ka ʻāpana no nā hana a me ka pono waiwai e like me nā mokupuni liʻiliʻi e paʻakikī loa. No laila, ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi o nā hana e hoʻēmi i ka hopena o COVID-19 i kēia mau mokuʻāina a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi.

Ua koho ka United Nations hiki i nā ʻoihana SID ke emi iho e 4.7% i ka 2020 ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 3% no ka hoʻokele waiwai honua.

ka UNWTO Hōʻike pū ka ʻōlelo pōkole i ka pilikia i loaʻa i ka poʻe e hana ana i ka hoʻokele waiwai ma muli o ka hāʻule koke ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i SIDS. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana, ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi kahi alakaʻi alakaʻi honua a, e like me ka International Labor Organization (ILO), ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o nā limahana āpau i ka ʻoihana noho a me nā lawelawe meaʻai ma ka hapa nui o ka ʻikepili hōʻike SIDS he wahine. I nā mea he nui, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o kēia māhele, e komo pū ana ma Haiti a me Trinidad a me Tobago (70%+).

I ka manawa like, hiki i nā limahana i ka ʻoihana ʻike ʻole ke hāʻule i ka ʻilihune e like me ka hopena o COVID-19 i manaʻo ʻia ma SIDS a me nā ʻāina haʻahaʻa a me waena o ka honua. UNWTO aʻo hoʻi.

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