Na saunoa le Afioga i le Hon. O le Minisita o Edmund Bartlett, o le sa avea ma fautua malosi mo le gaioiga ma sa ia unaʻia le faʻavaeina o se faʻalapotopotoga o tagata tafafao maimoa i le itulagi, sa auai i le International Air Transport Association (IATA) Caribbean Aviation Day multi-destination tourism panel discussion. i le Atu Cayman i aso nei (Aso Lulu, Setema 14).
A'o fa'amamafaina le gafatia tele e fa'aleleia turisi tauvaga i totonu o le itulagi, Tagata tafafao maimoa mai i Jamaica Fai mai le Minisita Mr. Bartlett "e tatau i malo ona galulue vavalalata e suʻesuʻe mataupu tau turisi, fesoʻotaʻiga i luga ole ea, o le faʻamaopoopoina o faiga faʻavae visa, faʻaogaina o vaalele, ma le faʻatulagaina o le kilia."
Na ia faʻamatalaina e faapea "o le tasi avanoa e mafai ona suʻesuʻeina lelei o le faʻaaogaina lea o faiga e mafai ai e tagata tafafao maimoa ona feoaʻi ma le faigofie i totonu ma totonu o atunuʻu i totonu o se itulagi, e pei o le faʻateʻaina o visa mo atunuu filifilia poʻo se visa ulufale tele."
I le toe taʻua o lona tulaga ma valaau atu i malo faaitulagi e taʻitaʻia le moliaga, na faamamafa ai e le Minisita o Bartlett e faapea o le faʻavaeina o sea visa faʻavae, ma le faʻalauteleina o tagata tafafao maimoa, o le a aoga uma i tagatanuu ma tagata tafafao maimoa. Sa ia fai mai:
"I le aotelega, e to'atele tagata o le a auai i le fa'atauga tau turisi."
"O pisinisi laiti ma feololo o le a ulufale atu i le maketi e maua ai le tele o oloa ma auaunaga, tele tagata o le a faafaigaluegaina, ma sili atu tupe maua o le a maua mo malo."
I le faʻaopoopoina o le tele o nofoaga i Amerika ua amata ona suʻesuʻeina le tele o nofoaga, na ia faʻamamafaina ai o "Jamaica i le taimi nei o loʻo i ai le fa faʻasologa o nofoaga. O nei mea e aofia ai fuafuaga ma malo o Cuba, Dominica Republic ma Panama ma le isi i le paipa ma le malo o Cayman Islands.
I le taimi nei, na valaau foi le Minisita o Turisi i le vaega tumaoti ina ia auai, ma fautua mai e faapea "o malo faaitulagi ma vaega tumaoti o le a manaʻomia le galulue vavalalata atili e faʻalauteleina le faʻaogaina o maketi e ala i le faʻaleleia ma le faʻamaopoopoina o tulafono i fesoʻotaʻiga i luga o le ea, faʻafaigofieina visa, atinaʻe oloa, faʻalauiloaina ma tupe a tagata.”
Na faaopoopo mai e Mr. Bartlett o lenei faiga o le a avea ma se vaega o se fuafuaga lautele e siitia ai turisi taunuu mai, ma matauina foi o le faaosofia ma le faatulagaina e mafai foi ona aoga i le aumaia o le auivi o nofoaga e tele.
Fai mai a ia, “O lo’o una’ia fo’i le malo e su’esu’e fa’amalosi ma fuafuaga e fa’amalosia ai fe’avea’i fa’aitulagi; fa'aleleia femalagaaiga i totonu o le fa'aitulagi; ma e ala i maliega faʻatasi faʻatasi, faʻateleina fesoʻotaʻiga i le va o kamupani vaʻalele faʻaitulagi ma faʻava-o-malo o se vaega o se taʻiala lautele e faʻamalosia ai tagata tafafao maimoa."
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- Minister Edmund Bartlett, who has been a strong advocate for the move and has pushed for the establishment of a multi-destination tourism framework in the region, was participating in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Caribbean Aviation Day multi-destination tourism panel discussion in the Cayman Islands today (Wednesday, September 14).
- In reiterating his position and calling on regional governments to lead the charge, Minister Bartlett stressed that the establishment of such a visa framework, and by extension multi-destination tourism, would be beneficial to both citizens and tourists alike.
- He explained that “one possibility that can be effectively explored is that of adopting measures that would enable tourists to travel more conveniently to and among the countries within a region, such as visa waivers for select countries or a multiple entry visa.
