I-Egypt, iTurks neCaicos, iDolobha laseNew York kanye nesifunda saseRhode Island zifana ngani? Zonke ziyizindawo ezisemthethweni ezisezingeni lomhlaba.
Isifunda esincane kunawo wonke enyunyaneni sizuze lokho kuhlonishwa kamuva nje lapho sithola i-International Star Diamond Award evela ku-American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, umklomelo ohlonishwa kakhulu embonini yezokuvakasha neyokwamukela izihambi. I-Rhode Island iyisifunda sokuqala nesiwukuphela kwezwe laseMelika ukuthola umklomelo, okuthe emlandweni wayo weminyaka engu-60 uye emazweni, ezindaweni zokungcebeleka, emadolobheni, emigwaqweni yokuvakasha, abapheki - kodwa engakaze ibe yizwe laseMelika.
"I-Rhode Island," kusho uJoseph Cinque, ongowokuzalwa kwaRevere nomongameli wesikole, "yisifunda esincane kunazo zonke - futhi esihamba phambili."
UCinque uthe lo mklomelo usekelwe ocwaningweni lwabahambi oluthathwe emhlabeni wonke, nokuthi iRhode Island ihlale ithola amaphuzu amahle. Isifunda, esincanyana kunazo zonke ezweni, sinezinhlobonhlobo zezindawo ezidonsa izivakashi, okuhlanganisa nowaso odume kakhulu, i-Newport, kodwa futhi sinamabhishi aseNingizimu County, uMlilo Wamanzi owine indondo edolobheni laseProvidence, indawo yokupheka eyi-Federal Hill in the inhloko-dolobha, kanye neSlater Mills ePawtucket, indawo okwazalelwa kuyo i-American Industrial Revolution.
"Izindawo eziyi-10 kuphela emlandweni wesikole ezithole lo mklomelo," kusho uMark Brodeur, umqondisi wezokuvakasha e-Rhode Island, emcimbini wokwamukela izivakashi owawungaphansi kwe-Rhode Island State House Jan. 15 ehanjelwe ochwepheshe be-200 bezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha, kanye nosopolitiki basekhaya nabakahulumeni. "Sihlonishwe ngokuba yizwe lokuqala ukuthola eyodwa."
Ngo-2007, u-Brodeur wathi, imboni yezokuvakasha e-Rhode Island yenza ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-4.24, ukugxuma ngamaphesenti angu-10 ngonyaka ka-2006.
Ekwamukela umklomelo, uMbusi waseRhode Island uDonald Carcieri uthe, "Le yi-Oscar yemboni yezokuvakasha."
