ʻO ke poʻo o USTOA ma ka hoʻolaha hui mua o Malta-Israel ma US

1. ʻO ka mea haʻiʻōlelo i hōʻike ʻia ma ka hoʻolaha hui mua ʻana o Malta-Israel ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo ia ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o ka United States Tour Operators Association.
2. ʻO nā mokulele pololei mai Tel Aviv/Malta e maʻalahi ka hoʻohui ʻana iā Malta a me Israel i kahi hui huakaʻi hoihoi.
3. ʻO kekahi mea maikaʻi ʻo ia he 2 ½ hola wale nō ka lele.

Terry Dale, Pelekikena & Luna Nui, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Tour Operators Association (USTOA), me Michelle Buttigieg, Lunamakaʻāinana ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, Malta Tourism Authority, Eyal Carlin, Luna Nui Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me Chad Martin, Luna Hoʻokele Northeast Region, IMOT.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Terry Dale, i kāna ʻōlelo: "He nui nā mea like ʻole ʻo Malta a me ʻIseraʻela. Kaʻana like lākou i ke Kai Mediterranean, nā meaʻai like ʻole, nā ʻano like ʻole a me ka waiwai i ka mōʻaukala, archeology a hoʻokipa i nā haipule haipule. Hōʻike ʻia kā lākou moʻomeheu i ka mosaic waiwai o ka poʻe i hoʻokumu i ko lākou heluna kanaka. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai ko lākou ʻano like, loaʻa iā lākou kēlā me kēia ʻano hoʻoilina kūʻokoʻa a me ka ʻono e hana ai lākou i kahi ʻike huakaʻi ʻelua.

I kēia manawa, me nā mokulele pololei mai Tel Aviv/Malta (he 2 ½ hola wale nō ka lele), e hoʻomaka hou ana, he mea maʻalahi loa ka hoʻohui ʻana iā Malta a me Israel a hana i kahi hui maikaʻi loa a hoʻohui i kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Michelle Buttigieg e pili ana i ka papahana Jewish Heritage Malta i hoʻomohala ʻia a hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Buttigieg: "No laila kakaikahi ka poʻe i ʻike aia he kaiāulu Iudaio ma Malta a ʻo ka mōʻaukala Iudaio ma Malta mai ka wā o ka poʻe Phoenicians. ʻO kēia papahana kūikawā e hiki ai i ka poʻe malihini kipa i Malta ke ʻimi a ʻike i nā wahi hoihoi o ka Iudaio a me ka hiki iā lākou ke launa pū me ke kaiāulu Iudaio Maltese liʻiliʻi.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chad Martin: "ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi paha ka ʻike i ka mōʻaukala Iudaio waiwai o Malta, e like me ka poina ʻana o kekahi poʻe ma waho o ka ʻāina Hoʻāno, ʻo ʻIseraʻela hoʻi kahi huakaʻi Mediterranean me nā ʻano moʻomeheu like ʻole i ka mōʻaukala a i kēia manawa. Ma ka hana pū ʻana, kōkua mākou e hoʻomanaʻo, hoʻomaopopo a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻoikaika i nā huakaʻi e kipa i nā wahi ʻelua. Ua kamaʻilio pū ʻo ia e pili ana i ka pono e noʻonoʻo hou i ka huakaʻi hoʻoilina ma o ka prism o nā makemake huakaʻi alakaʻi i kēia lā e like me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kaiāulu kūloko, nā pahuhopu hoʻomau ʻelua.

ʻO Yoram Elgrabli, VP, ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me Central America, ʻo El Al Israel Airlines, aia pū kekahi i ka hanana, hāʻawi i ka makana puka o kahi tikiki huakaʻi hele i Tel Aviv ma ka inoa o El Al.

E pili ana i Malta

ʻO nā mokupuni lā o Malta, ma waenakonu o ke Kai Mediterranean, he home ia i kahi ʻano kupaianaha o ka hoʻoilina i kūkulu ʻia, me ka kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o nā UNESCO World Heritage Sites i kēlā me kēia lāhui-mokuʻāina ma nā wahi āpau. ʻO Valletta i kūkulu ʻia e nā Naita haʻaheo o St. John, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mākaʻikaʻi UNESCO a me ka European Capital of Culture no 2018. ʻO ka moʻomeheu o Malta ma nā papa pōhaku mai ka hale kūkulu pōhaku kūʻokoʻa kahiko loa i ka honua, a i kekahi o nā mea weliweli loa o ka British Empire. nā ʻōnaehana pale, a me ka hui pū ʻana o ka hale, ka hoʻomana, a me ka hoʻolālā koa mai ka wā kahiko, medieval, a me ka wā kahiko. Me ka lā maikaʻi loa, nā kahakai maikaʻi, ke ola pō maikaʻi, a me 7,000 mau makahiki o ka moʻolelo hoihoi, nui nā mea e ʻike a hana ai. No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana iā Malta, kipa iʻaneʻi.