HONOLULU, HI — Ua fiafia le Pulega o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa mai le Hawaii (HTA), le ofisa o le setete mo turisi, e faailoa atu ua filifilia Hawaii e Travel Weekly e avea ma manumalo i le vaega Best US State Destination mo lona fitu tausaga faaletausaga Readers Choice Awards. E le gata i lea, o le motu o Maui na aloaia i totonu o le Hawaii vaega o le Best Destination.

“Ua matua'i fa'amamaluina i matou ona ua filifilia Hawaii mo se fa'ailoga iloga fa'apea," o le tala lea a Mike McCartney, le Peresetene ma le Pule Sili o le HTA. “O se faafetai tele i le Hawaii Visitors and Conventions Bureau (HVCB), o ona motu, ma tagata faigaluega a le aufaipisinisi asiasi a Hawaii mo a latou taumafaiga mataʻina, lagolago, ma le galue malosi i le tausaga atoa."

Travel Weekly o le faʻamatalaga autu lea a le atunuʻu mo pisinisi femalagaaʻi, e oʻo atu i le silia ma le 180,000 tagata faitau i vaiaso taʻitasi. O a latou fa'ailoga "sili ona lelei o pisinisi femalagaa'i" e fa'ailoa lautele ma tu'uina atu i tausaga ta'itasi i sui o alamanuia ua ausia tulaga lelei i oloa ma auaunaga i le tausaga. O sui filifilia ma i latou na mauaina fa'ailoga na filifilia e le au faitau a Travel Weekly, o se vaega e aofia ai tagata tomai fa'apolofesa femalagaa'i.

"O lenei faʻailoga e faʻapitoa ona na palotaina e le au faitau Travel Weekly lava latou," o le tala lea a McCartney. "O le a faʻaauau pea ona galulue le HTA ma a tatou paaga faʻatau ma le pisinisi asiasi a Hawaii ina ia mautinoa o loʻo faʻaauau pea ona faʻaalia o tatou motu o se nofoaga e manaʻomia ma sili ona lelei mo femalagaaiga."

O le Pulega o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa mai Hawaii na fausia i le 1998 ina ia mautinoa le manuia o pisinisi asiasi mai i le lumanaʻi. O lana misiona o le pulea lelei lea o turisi i Hawaii i se tulaga gafataulimaina e ogatasi ma ana sini tau tamaoaiga, tulaga taua faaleaganuu, faasaoina o punaoa faanatura, manaoga o tagata lautele, ma manaoga o pisinisi asiasi. Mo nisi fa'amatalaga i le HTA ma lana Polokalama Atina'e Oloa, fa'amolemole asiasi www.hawaiitourismauthority.org.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

HONOLULU, HI — The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), the state agency for tourism, is pleased to announce that Hawaii has been chosen by Travel Weekly as the winner in the Best US State Destination category for its seventh annual Readers Choice Awards.
“HTA will continue to work with our marketing partners and Hawaii's visitor industry to ensure that our islands continue to be recognized as a desirable and premier travel destination.
Their “best of the best of the travel industry” awards are widely recognized and presented annually to industry members who have achieved excellence in product and service during the year.