Inganekwane, umcamelo wezokuvakasha, kanye nomholi ophezulu we-Hawaii Tourism uyasula. UDisemba 31 kuzoba wusuku lokugcina lokuthi uJohn Monahan asebenze njenge-CEO ye-ejensi ebhekelele ezokukhangisa eHawaii, I-Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB)
U-John ubehola i-HVCB ezikhathini ezinhle nezimbi futhi wacishe walahlekelwa yinkontileka yokumaketha ye-HVCB eya ku- Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA), inhlangano eyanikezwa igunya elikhulu lokuvikela izwe ezivakashini.
Owayengumphathi we-Hawaii Tourism Authority ye-HTA uJohn De Fries uguqule indlela ezokuvakasha manje ezivame ukubhekwa ngayo eHawaii:
Ukuvikela iHawaii kwezokuvakasha ngaphezu kokukhiqiza imali kwezokuvakasha.
I-Hawaii Tourism Authority iyisikhungo sikahulumeni esikhokhelwa abakhokhi bentela ukuqhuba ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha. Ngokobuchwepheshe i-HVCB ingusonkontileka ozimele we-HTA.
U-John Monahan ukwazile ukusinda kulolu shintsho ekuqondiseni i-HVCB ukuthi ihambisane ne-de Fries mindset futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ehlobene nokuthi ezokuvakasha ziyibhizinisi, empeleni ibhizinisi elikhulu kunawo wonke eSifundazweni SaseHawaii.
Inselelo yakhe yakamuva bekuwukusiza uMaui ukuthi abhekane nenkinga esaqhubeka ngemuva kwemililo yaseLahaina.
Isitatimende se-Hawaii Tourism Authority ngokusula kwe-HVCB CEO
Umongameli wesikhashana kanye ne-CEO yase-Hawaii uDaniel Nāho'opi'i ukhiphe lesi sitatimende esilandelayo ephendula isimemezelo sanamuhla se-Hawai'i Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) sokuthi umongameli kanye ne-CEO yabo uJohn Monahan uzoba ukwehlela phansi:
“Ngokukhalipha kwakhe okuqinile kwezamabhizinisi, uJohn ube nesandla esikhulu ezweni lethu kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule ngokusiza umphakathi nokweseka imboni yethu yezivakashi eyahlukene.
Uphathe ngempumelelo izindawo ezintathu ezibalulekile njengosonkontileka we-HTA, okubandakanya ukuqinisa uhlobo lwe-The Hawaiian Islands eNyakatho Melika nangale, ukuthuthukisa ibhizinisi leqembu le-Global MCI ngokusebenzisa i-Meet Hawai'i ngemihlangano, imihlangano emikhulu, kanye nemakethe yokukhuthaza, kanye nokwengamela Izahluko ze-Island ezimele. isiqhingi saseHawaii, iMaui, iMoloka'i, iLāna'i, i-O'ahu neKaua'i.”
UNāho'opi'i wengeze ngokuthi, “UJohn uphinde waba nguzakwethu obalulekile we-HTA ngezikhathi ezahlukene zokuvuselela umnotho wombuso ngesikhathi sakhe, muva nje ubelwela imizamo ebucayi emakethe yase-US yokweseka ukululama kukaMaui kanye nezwe lonke ekuphenduleni ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Simbonga kakhulu uJohn ngakho konke akwenzele abantu baseHawaii futhi simfisela impumelelo eqhubekayo.”
Ubani ozosebenzisa i-Hawaii Tourism?
U-Tom Mullen, iphini likamongameli omkhulu we-HVCB kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu esisebenzayo, uzosebenza njengomongameli wesikhashana kanye ne-CEO kusukela ngo-Jan. 1, 2024, kuyilapho egcina imisebenzi yakhe yamanje kuze kube yilapho kushintshwa unomphela isikhundla.
UMonahan uzoqhubeka nokusebenza njengomeluleki we-HVCB futhi uzoshintsha eduze no-Mullen kuze kube uJanuwari.
Ikusasa Lokuvakasha KwaseHawaii?
UJuergen Steinmetz, oyi-CEO ye-Hawaii-based World Tourism Network ithi: “Ikusasa lezokuvakasha eHawaii, ikakhulukazi esimweni sanamuhla sezombangazwe lisangaqiniseki. Ukucindezela kwe-HTA kokuphusha ibhizinisi lezokuvakasha eceleni ngemisebenzi yezokuvakasha esimeme ngokweqile, ukudikibalisa abavakashi abakhokha isilinganiso ekukhetheni iHawaii kungase kubangele futhi kungahlali kusimame embonini yezokuvakasha yasekhaya neyomhlaba wonke enokuncintisana kakhulu.
"Ezokuvakasha eHawaii zizohlala zibambe iqhaza elikhulu emnothweni, nokuthi ungalinganisa kanjani lokhu nezindaba zemvelo, "i-over-tourism", noma ngemuva kokuqaliswa okuningi kwe-"under-tourism" kusalokhu kuyisenzo sokulinganisela kumholi wesikhathi esizayo. I-Hawaii Tourism Authority kanye ne-Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau.
“UJohn usekubonile konke futhi usengumakadebona embonini yethu. Wayekwazi okumele akwenze. Asethembe ukuthi abaholi bethu abasha bezokuvakasha bazoletha umqondo ophusile, ukuze imboni ebaluleke kakhulu yokwenza imali eSifundazweni sethu iqhubeke nokuchuma.”
