le Caribbean Turisi Faʻalapotopotoga (CTO) ua aufaatasi atu nei i le isi vaega o le atu Karipiane i le faavauvau i le maliu o Dr. Jean Holder, le tamā o le atinae o turisi faaitulagi. O Dr. Holder ua maliu na fa'aalu le silia ma le 30 tausaga o lona soifuaga fa'apolofesa e ta'ita'ia ai le atina'eina ma le fa'alauteleina o le vaega lea o le a avea ma fa'atauga fa'atau fa'atauga autu a le itulagi ma le afi o le fa'atupulaia o le tamaoaiga.

O le Caribbean, ma atonu tatou te finau i le lalolagi sili atu o tagata tafafao maimoa, e moni lava ua leiloa se tasi o ona alo paionia. O le ta'ita'iga alualu i luma o Dr. Holder i tausaga amata o turisi Karipiane na iloga ai o ia o se poutū o le atina'eina o turisi a le itulagi. I le avea ai o se sui fa'aitulagi fa'apitoa, sa ia va'aia le fa'atupulaia o turisi mai le tamameamea e o'o atu i la'asaga eseese o lo'o i ai nei o le matua. O le mea moni, o elemene o le uluai aganuu turisi Caribbean na fausia e faʻalapotopotoga na ia taʻitaʻia e mafai ona maua i le toetoe lava o atunuu uma o le Caribbean, toetoe lava o nuʻu uma ma soʻo se mea i le itulagi na totō ai le fatu turisi.

O nisi taimi e tausua ai Dr. Holder e faapea, ina ua faafaigaluegaina o ia ia Setema 1974 e faauluulu i le Caribbean Tourism Research and Development Center (CTRC), o ia o se alii “e na o le pau lava le fesootaiga ma turisi o se turisi.” O lea fa'alapotopotoga sa iai le fa'atonuga lautele mo a'oa'oga ma a'oa'oga tau turisi, fuafuaga ma su'esu'ega a tagata tafafao, fa'apea fa'amaumauga. O le mea na ia taumafai e fausia o se ofisa faʻaitulagi atinaʻe lea e faʻagaioia i le 'faʻalapotopotoga o turisi' e fausia suiga tau atinaʻe ma le tamaoaiga. E oo atu i le taimi o lona litaea, e le mafai e se tasi ona tautala e uiga i turisi Caribbean e aunoa ma le taʻuina o lona igoa.

Ia Ianuari 1989, ina ua tuufaatasia le Asosi o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa mai Caribbean - o le tino lea na fausia i Niu Ioka i le 1951 e maketi le itulagi - faatasi ai ma le CTRC e fausia ai le Caribbean Turisi Faʻalapotopotoga (CTO), O Dr. Holder o le alii lea sa i le foe o le faalapotopotoga faaitulagi faatoa faavaeina, ma oo atu i Amerika i Matu ma iu ai i Peretania ma Europa. Faatasi ai ma ana faamuamua muamua o le saili lea e suia le ala o turisi Karipiane, i le tulimatai atu i le vaveao o le 21st seneturi ma atinae fou ma sootaga sa vaaia i lena taimi o se vaaiga mamao ae ua avea nei ma vaega o tatou mea moni i aso uma. I aso nei, o le CTO o loʻo tu faʻamaualuga e avea o se faʻailoga vaaia o lona manuia i le fausiaina o se taʻavale atinaʻe mo le vaega o turisi Caribbean. O lana va'aiga sili o lo'o fa'avae i le mea moni, i le avea ai o se vaega malosi, o tagata tafafao maimoa e mana'omia se gaioiga faifaipea o le atina'e, e tusa lava pe tatou te fa'alauiloaina ma maketi le tulaga ese ma le 'ese'ese o lo'o i ai i totonu o tatou atunu'u Karipiane.

E leai se tasi e solomuli ese mai se luʻi, ina ua litaea mai le CTO, na faʻaaogaina e Dr. Holder soʻotaga faʻaitulagi na ia faia i le taimi o lana nofoaiga i le CTRC ma le CTO e faʻaopoopo ai lana faʻailoga i le faʻalapotopotoga faʻaitulagi. TULAFONO, lea na ia taʻitaʻia e avea ma taʻitaʻifono seia oʻo i le faaiuga o le 2019.

O i matou na galulue ma Dr. Holder e mafai ona faʻamaonia o ia o se faufautua moni, faʻamalosi faʻamalosi ma, e pei o le osmosis, faʻasoa atu ona malamalamaaga ia te oe. Na faʻaauau pea lenei mea, e tusa lava pe ua maeʻa ona alu ese mai le olaga faʻapolofesa malosi, ae e leʻi faʻavaivaia e lona matua poʻo le faʻaleagaina o lona soifua maloloina lana faʻamoemoe e avea ma se faatosinaga lelei, e faia se suiga tele ma ia tumau lona tamatamailima i luga o le fatu o le Caribbean.

O le fono a le CTO o minisita ma komesina o turisi, o lana komiti faafoe, sui soosootauau, ma le aufaigaluega e tutusa le faanoanoa o le itulagi ma lagona le lagona o le leiloa i le maliu o Dr. Holder. O le a misia o ia, ae o le faailoga na ia faia i lenei itulagi o le a umi ona manatua.

E momoli atu le faamaisega a le CTO i ona afafine, o Ianeta ma Caroline, ma lona aiga atoa.

Ia malolo o ia i le filemu e faavavau.

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Among his first priorities was to seek to change the course of Caribbean tourism, in anticipation of the dawn of the 21st century and the new developments and alliances that were at the time seen as visionary but are now part of our everyday reality.
This continued, even after he moved on from active professional life, when neither his age nor incursions on his health dampened his resolve to be a positive influence, to make a significant difference and to keep his finger on the pulse of the Caribbean.
In January 1989, when the Caribbean Tourism Association – the body formed in New York in 1951 to market the region – merged with the CTRC to form the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Dr.