WASHINGTON - Ua kono aku nā senador US i nā luna mai nā hale hoʻokipa ʻo Walt Disney a me Las Vegas e kūkākūkā i nā ala e hoʻonui ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi US ma waena o ka ʻeha ʻeha a me nā makaʻu huakaʻi e pili ana i ka maʻi maʻi, ua hoʻolaha kahi loio i ka Pōʻalima.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Senatoa Demokratika ʻo Amy Klobuchar o Minnesota ʻo ia a ʻo Senatoa Repubalika Mel Martinez o Florida e alakaʻi i ka hoʻolohe ʻana o ka subcommittee Senate Commerce, "Tourism In Troubled Times," i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka Pōʻakolu.
ʻO ka poʻe loio a me nā mea hōʻike e lawe i "pehea e hoʻonui ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi US i ka wā paʻakikī o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma o ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻano o kēia manawa, e ʻimi ana i nā ala e hoʻolaha maikaʻi ai i ka US ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a ke keʻena o Klobuchar.
Hoʻopuka ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma kahi o 10.3 biliona kālā i ka ʻoihana hoʻokele makahiki a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hana he 140,000, wahi a kāna keʻena ma kahi ʻōlelo.
Akā ua paʻakikī ka ʻoihana e ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka honua a i kēia manawa e nā hopohopo huakaʻi e pili ana i ka maʻi maʻi H1N1.
ʻO nā mea hōʻike i hoʻonohonoho ʻia: Jay Rasulo, luna o Walt Disney Parks and Resorts; ʻO Jay Witzel, ke poʻo o Carlson Hotels; ʻO Sam Gilliland, ka luna kiʻekiʻe ma Travelocity/Sabre; A ʻo Rossi Ralenkotter, nāna e holo i ka Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
ʻO nā mea hōʻike ʻē aʻe e pili ana i kahi keʻena mākaʻikaʻi South Carolina a me ka mea nona ka Bavarian Inn Lodge, kahi hale hoʻokipa Kelemania i manaʻo ʻia e Michigan e hoʻohiki nei: "E komo i loko o ka puʻuwai o Kelemania me kou mau wāwae i kanu paʻa i Michigan."
