ʻO ka moku holo moku ʻo Zenaiva Cervantes i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kū i nā kūlanakauhale kahakai i ka lā ma ka Riviera Mekiko. ʻO ka moku holo moku āna i lawe ai? Ua pae ʻo ia iā ia i Seattle, kahi i huki ai ʻo ia i kona mau lima i kona umauma i kona hele ʻana i kahi kakahiaka 50-degere.
"Makemake mākou e hoʻomaha i ka mehana," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka 61 makahiki ʻo Tijuana, Mexico, kamaʻāina ma Sepania i ka Pōʻalima. "Inā i haʻi mai kekahi iaʻu aia wau i Seattle i ʻewalu mau lā i hala aku nei, ʻaʻole wau i manaʻoʻiʻo iā lākou."
I ka piko o ka maʻi maʻi puaʻa, ua hoʻoholo nā mea hoʻokele moku nui ʻo Carnival Corp. a me Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. - makemake nui e pale i ka maʻi o ka poʻe kaʻa a nalowale ka loaʻa kālā - ua hoʻoholo e hoʻohuli hou i nā huakaʻi Mekiko a hiki i ka waena o Iune.
No laila ʻoiai ua emi ka makaʻu, ʻo nā poʻe kaʻa e ʻimi i ka lā e like me Cervantes e ʻike iā lākou iho ma Kapalakiko, Seattle a me Victoria, British Columbia, ma Kanada. Ke uku nei nā hui holo moku i nā poʻe kaʻa no ka hoʻololi ʻana me ka hōʻaiʻē ma luna o ka moku a me nā palapala hōʻaiʻē no ka holo moku e hiki mai ana. Loaʻa i nā poʻe holo ke koho e noho i ka home a loaʻa ka uku piha, akā ke koho nei ka hapa nui o nā poʻe holo i ka wā i hoʻolālā ai lākou, wahi a nā laina holo moku.
ʻO nā mea a lākou e nalowale nei i ka lā a me nā laina ʻeleʻele, ke loaʻa nei ko lākou mau wahi hou i nā miliona o ka ʻoihana. Ma Kapalakiko, e hoʻonui ka 16 hou aku i ka maʻi maʻi puaʻa i ke awa o ka makahiki he 31 pakeneka a lawe mai i 49,000 mau malihini hou, wahi a Michael Nerney, ka luna kūʻai moana o Kapalakiko. Hiki i kēlā me kēia kelepona ke ʻano he $1 miliona ma ke kūʻai aku no nā ʻoihana kūlanakauhale a hui pū lākou e hana i $500,000 i ka loaʻa kālā no ke awa.
"He mea ʻokoʻa loa kēia - haʻalulu, ʻoiaʻiʻo - ʻoiai ua hoʻonohonoho nā laina holo moku i kā lākou papa holo moku 12 a 18 mau mahina ma mua, a ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi nā loli liʻiliʻi," wahi a Nerney.
ʻO ka nui o nā awa ʻē aʻe i ka Caribbean e maʻalahi loa ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā wahi i laila. Ma kahi o Cozumel ma Mekiko, ke koho nei nā hui iā Ocho Rios a i ʻole Montego Bay ma Jamaica, Nassau a i ʻole Freeport ma Bahamas, nā mokupuni ʻo Virgin Islands 'St. Thomas, St. Maarten a i ʻole Key West, Fla., A i ʻole nā wahi ma waena o nā Caymans a me Turks a me Caicos.
Ke kali hauʻoli nei nā Bahamas i nā moku hoʻohuli ʻia. Loaʻa i ka Dute he $15 no kēlā me kēia kaʻa, a ʻo nā hale kūʻai moku a me nā hale kūʻai mea kūʻai aku, nā kaola a me nā hale ʻaina e hilinaʻi ʻia i nā kālā mākaʻikaʻi, wahi a ke kuhina huakaʻi ʻo Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace.
Manaʻo ka poʻe loiloi e hiki koke ana nā pōmaikaʻi no kēia mau awa no ka mea ʻaʻole i koʻikoʻi ka laha.
"Ke manaʻo nei au he puʻupuʻu pōkole ia i hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia," wahi a Michael McCall, he hoa noiʻi hoʻokipa a me ke aʻo ʻana ma ke Kulanui ʻo Cornell.
Ua ʻike ʻo Jan Freitag, ka hope pelekikena o ka hoʻomohala honua ma Smith Travel Research, ma kahi o ka maʻi puaʻa, ua hoʻopilikia ʻia ka huakaʻi ʻo Mexico e ka makaʻu i ka piʻi ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā mokuʻāina. ʻIke ʻo ia i ka huakaʻi ʻoihana i Mexico e noho mau ana a me ka maʻi puaʻa me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hopena i ka huakaʻi leʻaleʻa ke ʻole ka piʻi ʻana o ka maʻi.
Ke ʻike nei nā mea hoʻokele hōkele e hoʻopanee i nā hoʻolālā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company a me ʻEhā Seasons Hotel a me Resorts kokoke i nā malihini āpau i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ʻelua o kā lākou mau hōkele ʻo Mexico i ka hopena o ʻApelila a me ka hoʻomaka o Mei e hiki mai i kekahi mau mahina ma hope. Ua manaʻo ʻo Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc. i ka maʻi maʻi e lilo i $ 4 miliona a i $ 5 miliona ma ka loaʻa kālā akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hiki ke hoʻihoʻi i ka hapa nui o ia mea mai nā malihini i hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia ma kāna mau hōkele ʻo US a i ʻole Caribbean.
Ke ʻōlelo nei ka Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention i kēia manawa he 10 pakeneka wale nō o nā ʻAmelika i loaʻa i ka maʻi i Mexico, ʻaʻole hoʻokahi hapakolu e like me ka mea i manaʻo mua ʻia. Akā mālama ʻo ia i kāna ʻōlelo aʻo e kūʻē i ka huakaʻi hele ʻole i Mexico.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Michael Crye, ka hope pelekikena o ka ʻenehana a me nā mea hoʻoponopono no ka Cruise Lines International Association, he mea pōʻino a pono ʻole kēlā kapu, no ka mea, aia nā wahi i paʻi ʻia e ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi i uka a ua kokoke e pau ke kau maʻi.
Ua kuhikuhi ʻo Crye i nā haʻawina i aʻo ʻia mai kekahi mau pōʻai hoʻolaha maikaʻi ʻole ma hope o ka puka ʻana o nā maʻi ʻōpū e like me ka maʻi "Norwalk" a ʻōlelo ʻo ia i nā hōʻike ʻana o nā mea kaʻa hou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole kōkua nā moku i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka maʻi H1N1, ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka maʻi puaʻa.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou ... he moʻolelo maikaʻi kā mākou e haʻi aku ai, a ʻoi aku paha ka liʻiliʻi o kou hele ʻana ma mua o kāu huakaʻi ma mua o nā wahi ākea ʻē aʻe," wahi a Crye.
Ua wānana ʻo Eric Brey, ke poʻo o ka Center for Resort and Hospitality Business ma ke Kulanui o Memphis, ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻi koke i Mexico.
"Ma waho o kēia kauwela, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike he hana nui ia," wahi a Brey.
Ma Charlotte Amalie ma St. Thomas, kahi wahi i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia no ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o ke kaʻe ʻana, he mea maʻamau i kēia manawa o ka makahiki. Akā ua hoʻopaʻa nui ʻia nā kaʻa ʻauhau e nā uapo i ka pule i hala.
"(ʻO ka maʻi puaʻa) kahi pilikia maikaʻi no mākou," wahi a Edward Thomas, Luna Nui o ka West Indian Company Dock.
ʻOiai ʻaʻohe o ka lā, ua hauʻoli ʻo Cervantes, kāna kāne a me nā kaukani ʻē aʻe i hele i ka Pākīpika Northwest me lākou i nā poloka o Seattle a me ka Pike Place Market, kahi e maʻa kaulana ai nā mea kūʻai aku.
"Ua manaʻo mākou aia mākou i loko o kā mākou bikini a me nā lole ʻauʻau," wahi a Philipe Tabet, he 53 makahiki hale ʻaina mai Albuquerque, NM, e hele pū ana me kāna wahine. “Pono mākou e ʻeke i kahi mea ʻokoʻa, ʻo ia wale nō. Wehe a hoʻopaʻa hou."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- expected the flu to cost it $4 million to $5 million in revenue but said it could recover much of it from guests rebooked at its U.
- Instead of Cozumel in Mexico, companies are opting for Ocho Rios or Montego Bay in Jamaica, Nassau or Freeport in the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands’.
- The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts said virtually all guests booked at two of their Mexico resorts in late April and early May will come a few months later instead.
