Na faalauiloa e le ASTA o San Juan, Puerto Rico, o le a talimalo i le 2011 International Destination Expo. Na filifilia Puerto Rico mo lona faʻaaogaina i tagata femalagaaʻi i Amerika ma lona tamaoaiga o le tala faʻasolopito ma lana aganuʻu.

"O le International Destination Expo ua na o le pau lea o pisinisi na tuuto i toleniga toleniga," o le tala lea a William Maloney, ASTA CEO. “E maua e le au auai le avanoa e iloa ai e oe lava ia mataaga mataʻutia i turisi e ofoina mai e Puerto Rico, ma mauaina se faʻataʻitaʻiga o le konetineta tuai ma fou. O le atunuʻu, faʻapea foi ma kamupani e tuʻuina atu femalagaaʻiga ma ofisa femalagaaʻi, e mautinoa lava le toe foʻi i aiga ma le malamalama lelei i Puerto Rico ma ana taulaga tau turisi, e mautinoa e faʻatosina tagata uma e faia fuafuaga e asiasi ai i lenei nofoaga muamua.

"O tagata o le Caribbean e lagona le fiafia ma le fiafia tele i le filifiliga o Puerto Rico o le talimalo i le International Destination Expo i le 2011, o se tasi o sili ona lauiloa ma sailia-gaioiga gaioiga i tagata tafafao maimoa i le salafa o le lalolagi," o le tala lea a Daphne Barbeito, ASTA mataupu pelesetene mo Puerto Rico ma le USVI. “O se avanoa lelei lenei mo Puerto Rico ma le Caribbean e faʻatulagaina ai latou lava o se tasi o nofoaga muamua e taunuʻu ai i Amerika. E maua ai foi ma se avanoa e o mai faʻatasi ai o se pisinisi ma o ni tagata e faʻaali atu ia tatou tagata asiasi le mea sili ua ofoina mai e le tatou itulagi.

O le International Destination Expo o le a tuʻuina atu i sooupu ni punaoa e faʻatau atu ai Puerto Rico ma le Caribbean o se nofoaga lelei. O le ASTA's Puerto Rico ma le USVI, faʻatasi ai ma le Puerto Rico Tourism Company, o le a ofaina se "Travel Expert" tusi pasi faʻamaonia ma muaʻi ma post-tours i itulagi uma o Puerto Rico.

I sauniuniga mo le IDE 2011, o tagata femalagaaʻi uma e auai i le ASTA i le va o Novema 15, 2009 ma Ianuari 15, 2010, o le a otometi lava ona ulufale e manumalo i se tasi o le tolu faletalimalo faletalimalo a Marriott. E le gata i lea, o kamupani e tuʻuina atu i le ASTA o le a mauaina se tau paʻu i le latou faleʻoloa i le IDE 2011 ma le lisi o le ofisa faʻapitoa o tagata malaga mai Caribbean. Mo nisi faʻamatalaga e uiga ile IDE asiasi ile www.asta.org/expo.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

“The people of the Caribbean feel delighted and overjoyed with the election of Puerto Rico as the host of the International Destination Expo in 2011, one of the most recognized and sought-after events in the tourism industry around the world,”.
National, as well as regional suppliers and travel agents, will certainly return home with a better understanding of Puerto Rico and its tourism offerings, which will no doubt entice everyone to make arrangements to visit this premiere destination.
It also gives us a chance to come together as an industry and as people to show our visitors the best our region has to offer.