ʻO ke alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi USVI i kapa ʻia ʻo Caribbean Tourism Executive o 2023

ka ʻOihana Mākaʻikaʻi o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (USVI). Ua koho ʻia ʻo Komisina Joseph Boschulte ʻo Caribbean Tourism Executive of the Year.

ʻO nā mea hoʻoponopono o ka Caribbean Journal (CJ), nāna i hāʻawi i ka hanohano iā Mr. Boschulte, kākau, "ʻAʻole Caribbean Ua ʻike ʻia ka ulu ʻana o ka huakaʻi i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala ma mua o ka US Virgin Islands. Hiki ke hoʻopili pololei ʻia ka hapa nui o ia ulu i ka ʻoihana loea o Boschulte, nāna i kōkua i ka hana ʻana i kahi pane hou a maʻalahi i nā luʻi o ka maʻi maʻi a hoʻomau i ka hoʻokau ʻana i ka hana a ka USVI me kahi ʻikepili i alakaʻi ʻia i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi hou. ”

I nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei, ua lilo ka USVI i kona mau mokupuni nani ʻekolu, ʻo St. Thomas, St. Croix, a me St. .

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Joseph Boschulte, "Ua hauʻoli nui wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia ʻike hanohano ma hope o kēia mau makahiki paʻakikī ʻekolu. Laki a mahalo wau i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kahi pūʻulu akamai a paʻakikī o nā hoa hana. He hōʻailona kēia i ko lākou hoʻolaʻa nui ʻana, a me ka hui pū ʻana o kā mākou mau hoa hana i ka hana like ʻana i kēlā me kēia o kā mākou mau hana mākaʻikaʻi.

I ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi i ka wā e holo ai, ʻo ia ka 70% o ka loaʻa kālā huakaʻi o USVI, ua pau maoli, ua maopopo iā Boschulte e hoʻololi nā mea, a he mea nui ka honua kikohoʻe i kēia kaʻina hana. Ma waho aʻe o ka neʻe ʻana mai ka huakaʻi holo moku i ka hōkele a me nā hui mokulele, ua hoʻokō ka USVI i kahi puka hōʻike huakaʻi huakaʻi pūnaewele a hana pū me nā hoa kūloko āpau, me nā hale ʻaina, nā hōkele, nā hui huakaʻi, a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi. palekana a palekana nā ʻoihana kūloko.

Ua kākoʻo pū ʻo Boschulte i nā hana a ka USVI me kahi hoʻolaha hōʻailona hou, "Naturally in Rhythm," e hāpai ana i ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o ka hōkele a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻoulu i ka poʻe malihini e hāʻule kūlohelohe i ka moʻomeheu like ʻole, nā mea kupanaha kūlohelohe, a me nā hōkele nani a me nā hōkele o St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John.

ʻO nā hoʻolālā multi-pronged a me nā loea kikohoʻe, ka launa pū ʻana me nā mokulele a me nā hoa hana ʻoihana, a me ka hoʻolaʻa laser, ua uku maikaʻi ʻia. Me ka liʻiliʻi loa ʻelua mau hale hoʻokipa hou e kokoke ana e wehe i ka USVI, a piʻi ka helu mākaʻikaʻi i 44%, ke mākaukau nei ka USVI no kahi kūleʻa loa 2023. Ua hōʻike aku nei ka Territory ʻekolu-mokupuni i ka helu kiʻekiʻe o ka noho ʻana o ka hōkele ma ka Caribbean me 72.5% mai Iune 2021 a i Mei 2022 a me nā loaʻa kālā e kūlike.