Ua manumalo le au ta'alo ta'alo i se fa'ataga tele i fa'aagaga mo le vaitau o le tausaga fou o le Oberammergau Passion Play. Ua tu'uina atu ia i latou le tele o le taimi e totogi ai le paleni i poloka poloka fa'asoaina i le totogiina o se tupe teu. O le fa'atauina atu o tiketi ma afifi e nonofo ai ua matua tuai lava, ae maise i Amerika i Matu, sa i ai le popolega ina ne'i toe fa'afo'i le afe ma afe o vaega tupe e le'i fa'atauina.

O le 2010 Passion Play e tatalaina i le aso 15 o Me, ma o le vaitau e alu seia oo i le vaiaso muamua o Oketopa. O le fa’afitauli o lo’o i ai le au malaga ta’amilo, ona ua mana’omia e le komiti fa’atulagaina i Oberammergau se totogi atoa e o’o atu i le fa’ai’uga o Setema o le tausaga nei, peita’i e to’alaiti lava tagata ua sauni e ta’utino atu i se malaga ta’amilo a Europa i luma atu o le tulaga o le tamaoaiga o lo’o i ai nei.

O atugaluga o le au fai tafaoga maimoa na ave i ai e le ETOA, lea na talia lelei le gaioiga e faʻamalieina le faʻasologa o totogi.

Na muamua tu'ufa'atasia e le au fa'atautaia tafaoga se poloka o fa'aagaga i le totogiina o le 20 pasene o tupe teu i le 2008, ma o paleni atoa e tatau ona totogi ia Setema 30 o le tausaga nei. Ua talia e le komiti faamaopoopo i Oberammergau e tatau ona totogi le isi teugatupe le tumau e 30 pasene ia Setema, ae o le paleni mulimuli o le 50 pasene e tatau ona totogi ia Ianuari 31, 2010.

O aiaiga o le faalēaogāina ua toe teuteuina i le 20 pasene, faʻaopoopo i ai le totogi muamua o le resitalaina pe a toe tuʻuina atu tiketi i tua atu i le 91 aso aʻo leʻi amataina le afifi.

O le mea e sili ona taua, o le a fa'atauaina fo'i tagata ta'amilosaga i le €2 (faaopoopo i ai le 19 pasene VAT) mo pasese ta'itasi o latou fa'atonuga e aofia ai nofoaga e nonofo ai i nu'u i fafo atu o Oberammergau, Unterammergau, ma Ettal.

O nei suiga o le a alu i se auala e foia ai atugaluga o tagata tafafao maimoa ua popole ona o le tuai o tusi resitala mo malaga a Oberammergau.

“O nei fa'ataga e matua talia lava. O le Passion Play o se tu ma aga iloga fa'asolopito ma o se fa'aosofiaga tele i turisi i totonu o Europa," o le tala lea a Tom Jenkins, fa'atonu fa'atonu, ETOA. "Ae ui i lea, ona o tulaga tau maketi ua matua faigata lava i lenei tausaga, o nei tuʻutuʻuga na matua manaʻomia e taofia ai le au taʻaloga taʻavale mai le lafoaʻiina o a latou pepa pasese ina ia puipuia ai i latou mai le tele o tupe gau."

Na talia foi e le German National Tourist Office i Lonetona suiga i le totogiina o fuafuaga ma i se faʻamatalaga na faʻaalia ai le telegese o le aveina e tagata faʻatau o Oberammergau afifi. “O lo’o matou iloa lelei le tulaga fa’apitoa mo le au ta’amilosaga o lo’o ofoina atu le Passion Play fa’atulagaina i lalo o le tau o le tamaoaiga o lo’o iai nei.

“E mana'omia se taumafaiga fa'atasi a tagata uma e aafia ai, ma o lo'o fa'alauiloa malosi e le GNTO afifi e lagolago ai le au ta'amilosaga o lo'o feagai ma le fa'aitiitia o le talitonuina o tagata fa'atau i nei taimi le mautonu. Matou te faʻafeiloaʻia le faʻaiuga a le au faʻalapotopotoga i Oberammergau e tuʻuina atu se avanoa manava i le au taʻavale e tali atu i le faʻagesegese o le faʻaogaina.

O tau ua sili atu nai lo le faaluaina talu mai le vaitau mulimuli i le 2000. O lenei mea na fetaui ma le paʻu i le maketi femalagaaʻi i Amerika i Matu. I tausaga ua tuanaʻi, ua tosina mai e Oberammergau le 500,000 tagata asiasi i le vaitau o le Passion Play ma o le tu masani ua avea ma faʻafiafiaga faʻaleaganuʻu tele i le Bavarian Alps i le tasi i le sefulu tausaga.

Ole Oberammergau Passion Play e masani ona fa'atau atu ile tele o masina oi luma. O poloka vaega o afifi na tusi e ekalesia Amerika e matua le lava i lenei tausaga.

“E taua tele le manuia o le Oberammergau Passion Play,” o le tala lea a Tom Jenkins. "Mo le tele o tausaga o se tasi lea o mea sili ona taua mo turisi i totonu o Europa, ma o lea e toetoe lava a le mafaufauina e mafai ona i ai se toilalo. Matou te faʻafeiloaʻi le gaioiga a le komiti faʻatulagaina e fausia ai se faʻatauga sili atu ona fetuutuunai e fetaui ma nisi o manaʻoga o nei taimi ua suia. O se tala lelei foi o loʻo latou amataina se faʻasalalauga ma PR faʻasalalauga e faʻateleina ai manaʻoga, i le taimi lava e manaʻomia ai.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

The problem for tour operators was that the organizing committee in Oberammergau had demanded full payment by the end of September this year, but few people are prepared to commit to a European tour so far ahead of time in the current economic climate.
We certainly welcome the decision of the organizers in Oberammergau to give some breathing space to the tour operators having to respond to the slow uptake.
Tour operators were originally allocated a block of reservations on payment of a 20 percent deposit in 2008, and full balances were due for payment by September 30 of this year.