CHIANG RAI, Taialani - Northern Thailand na faʻamalosia lona tulaga o le Greater Mekong Subregion's travel hub, i le maeʻa ai o le manuia o aso e tolu Mekong Tourism Forum (MTF) i Chiang Rai, lea na faʻauʻu ia Iuni 14. E tusa ma le 350 sui mai Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, ma Saina Yunnan Province na auai i le faʻalapotopotoga faʻaletausaga, lea na aofia ai se fonotaga e lua aso, ni fonotaga faʻaleaʻoaʻoga, se faʻaaliga faʻatau pisinisi, ma fonotaga a le GMS Tourism Working Group.

O le autu mo le MTF 2012 o le “Vaaiga 20/20: Fausia i luga o le Luasefulu Tausaga o le Galulue Faatasi a le GMS.” Faʻatulagaina e le Bangkok-based Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office, o le mea na tupu na faʻamoemoe e siitia le talaaga o le GMS o se tasi o tafaoga maimoa.

O Chiang Rai, le itumalo pito i matu o Thailand, na filifilia e fai ma nofoaga, aua e tuaoi uma Laos ma Myanmar, ma o le a faia se sao taua o se alalaupapa i le itumalo atoa. O se tasi o nofoaga autu e siaki ai tuaoi e mafai ai e tagata asiasi ona sopoia mai Mae Sai i Chiang Rai i Tachilek i Myanmar.

O le vaega o lo'o fa'atasia ai tuaoi o atunu'u e tolu, ua ta'ua o le Tafatolu Auro, sa avea ma nofoaga autu mo taua o vaila'au opium i le 1970s ma le 80s. I le folasaga autu a Mom Rajawongse Disnadda Diskul, Failautusi Aoao o le Mae Fah Luang Foundation (MFLF) i lalo o le Royal Patronage, na maua ai e sui o le MTF ni malamalamaaga tulaga ese i le auala na toe totoina ai le eria ma suia e avea ma se gaosiga tele o kofe ma macadamia nati, e pei o. fa'apea fo'i ma nofoaga tutotonu mo su'esu'ega fa'ato'aga.

Na amataina i le vaitau o le 1980 e Her Royal Highness Princess Sri Nagarindra, le tina ua maliu o Lana Tupu o Bhumibhol Adulyadej, o le faʻavae atoa ma le tuʻufaʻatasia o le atinaʻeina o mea ola e mafai ona fesoasoani i tagata mauga o le Doi Tung eria e ola tutoatasi i le tamaoaiga e aunoa ma fa'afefeteina le si'osi'omaga po'o latou lava tu ma aga fa'aleaganu'u.

O le folasaga i luga o le atinaʻe na faʻafeiloaia e le tele o sui o le MTF, e aofia ai le Pule Sili o le Pacific Asia Travel Association Martin Craigs, o se "faʻataʻitaʻiga faʻaosofia o le auala e mafai ai e tagata Asia ona faʻaogaina a latou lava punaoa faʻaleaganuʻu e foia ai faafitauli i le lotoifale."

Na asiasi atu foi sui o le MTF i nisi o mataaga i le eria, e aofia ai le Mae Fah Luang Art & Culture Park, le Hall of Inspiration, le Hall of Opium, ma le nofoaga muamua o le Princess Mother.

I le MTF 2012, na fa'afou ai fo'i sui mai le Google sui usufono i faiga fa'atauga ma femalagaiga fou. O le tele o isi failauga na ofoina mai ni malamalamaaga i tagata tafafao maimoa i nuu ma afioaga ma tapenapenaga mo le faateleina o le numera o tagata asiasi i le GMS. O mea e mafua ai lenei tuputupu aʻe e aofia ai le tatalaina o Myanmar, le gafatia o femalagaaiga i fafo o Saina ma Initia, le faʻatinoina o le ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) i le 2015, ma le faʻaleleia atili o atinaʻe tetele ma fesoʻotaʻiga felauaiga, aemaise lava le auala tele a Asia.

O le filifiliga a Chiang Mai mo le MTF 2012 na faʻaalia ai tu ma aga faʻasolopito tulaga ese a Northern Thailand. O le una'ia o turisi i Northern Thailand ua avea nei ma fa'amuamua mo le Matagaluega o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa mai Ta'aloga ma Ta'aloga e avea o se vaega o se faiga fa'avae tau atina'e a le atunu'u ina ia fa'apaleni lelei le tufatufaina atu o tagata asiasi i le atunu'u atoa ma fa'aiti'itia le va o tupe maua a tagata tafafao mai le atunu'u atoa.

Na fa'atulaga e le PATA le MTF muamua i le 1996 ma ta'ita'ia mo le 10 tausaga. O le mea na tupu na fesuiaʻi i totonu o nofoaga eseese o le GMS seia oʻo i le 2005. O le Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO) na toe faʻafouina le fono i le 2010 i Siem Reap, Cambodia, ae o le MTF 2011 na faia i Laos.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Encouraging tourism in Northern Thailand is now a major strategic priority for the Ministry of Tourism and Sports as part of a national development policy to better balance distribution of visitors nationwide and narrow the tourism earnings gap with the rest of the country.
In the keynote presentation by Mom Rajawongse Disnadda Diskul, Secretary-General of the Mae Fah Luang Foundation (MFLF) under Royal Patronage, MTF delegates gained unique insights into how the area was reforested and transformed into a major producer of coffee and macadamia nuts, as well as a centre for horticulture research.
Na amataina i le vaitau o le 1980 e Her Royal Highness Princess Sri Nagarindra, le tina ua maliu o Lana Tupu o Bhumibhol Adulyadej, o le faʻavae atoa ma le tuʻufaʻatasia o le atinaʻeina o mea ola e mafai ona fesoasoani i tagata mauga o le Doi Tung eria e ola tutoatasi i le tamaoaiga e aunoa ma fa'afefeteina le si'osi'omaga po'o latou lava tu ma aga fa'aleaganu'u.