O lenei maliliega o le a faafaigofieina ai foi ni aafiaga fou e ofo atu ai kamupani folau ma galulue faatasi ma le vaega tumaoti i le lotoifale e faʻateleina soʻo se avanoa. E le gata i lea, o le maliliega o le a tuʻuina atu ai le US Virgin Islands (USVI) i le faʻaaliga mo polokalame Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) e faʻatatau i le faʻafaigaluegaina ma le faʻatauina o oloa mai tagatanuu o le lotoifale.

O nisi o vaega o le faiga faapaaga e aofia ai le faʻalauiloaina o femalagaiga i le taumafanafana, faʻafesoʻotaʻi tagata femalagaaʻi, faʻatupuina manaoga o tagata faʻatau ma le atinaʻeina o se suʻesuʻega o manaʻoga o le a faʻamatalaina malosiaga, avanoa ma manaʻoga.

FCCA - o le faʻalapotopotoga fefaʻatauaʻiga o loʻo faʻatusalia le fiafia tutusa o taunuʻuga ma paaga i le Caribbean, Central ma Amerika i Saute, ma Mekisiko, faʻatasi ai ma le Sui Usufono o loʻo faʻagaioia le sili atu i le 90 pasene o le gafatia o femalagaiga i le lalolagi - na faʻaalia ua toe faipaaga ma le USVI. i luga o se maliega tau atinae. O le faiga fa'apa'aga e fa'afouina le tasi na sainia muamua i le 2022, a'o fa'ailogaina fo'i le silia ma le sefulu tausaga o le USVI o se "Paaga Peresetene" a le FCCA.

"O lenei maliliega o se isi faʻamatalaga e tautala ai i le faʻaauauina o faiga faapaaga i le va o le US Virgin Islands ma le FCCA," o le tala lea a Micky Arison, Taitaifono o FCCA ma Carnival Corporation & plc. "O le taunuuga ua faʻaalia lona talitonuga i le FCCA ma le faʻatautaia o vaʻa i taimi sili ona lelei ma sili ona leaga, ma ua faʻamamaluina aʻu ona o lenei mea ua mafua ai le faʻaleleia o olaga ma le ola o le toʻatele o tagata iina."

"Ua fiafia le USVI Department of Tourism e toe amata la matou faiga faapaaga ma FCCA," o le tala lea a le USVI Commissioner of Tourism Joseph Boschulte. "O le a matou faʻaauau pea ona faʻaalia le USVI i tagata faʻapitoa e fesoasoani le FCCA ia matou ausia, faʻatasi ai ma avanoa sili mo fonotaga faʻapitoa i totonu o le pisinisi folau."

Ina ua uma ona avea ma se tala manuia mo turisi Karipiane i le maeʻa o le COVID-19 - maua se fuʻa tausaga mo tagata tafafao maimoa i le 2021 ona talepeina lea o le tele o faamaumauga ma mauaina le tele o faʻailoga i le 2022, e aofia ai le Bronze HSMAI Adrian Awards ma le Caribbean Journal igoa Komesina Joseph Boschulte 'Caribbean Tourism Executive of the Year' faʻapea foʻi ma le lisiina o USVI i le 'The Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2023' ma le au faitau na palotaina le USVI o le manumalo i le 'Caribbean Travelers' Choice Awards 2022 - USVI vave tusia se faʻasologa e. fe'avea'i turisi folau va'a ausa atoa i luma.

O lea la ua fa'atino e le USVI se toe fa'aleleia atoatoa o le va'a i lenei tausaga, ma le aofa'i o pasese e fa'amoemoe e toe fo'i i le 2019 tulaga i le mea e alu i ai. O le a maua foi e le USVI se isi 440,000 tagata asiasi mai le Royal Caribbean International i le 2023 - faatasi ai ma St. Croix faʻafeiloaʻi le 140,000 o na tagata asiasi, toetoe a faatoluina le aofaʻi o le tausaga faʻaletausaga, ma St.

E le gata i lea, o loʻo faʻaauau pea ona faʻafeiloaʻi e le USVI ni vaʻa fou, e aofia ai le Celebrity Beyond o loʻo faia lana malaga faʻatauvaʻa i St. Thomas ia Novema 2022. O nei mea uma o loʻo faʻauigaina o faʻamanuiaga saʻo mo le tamaoaiga o le lotoifale ma tagatanuu, faatasi ai ma tagata tafafao maimoa e maua ai le $ 184.7 miliona i le aofaʻi o tupe faʻaalu, faʻaopoopo i le $ 77.9 miliona i le aofaʻi o totogi o tagata faigaluega, i le taimi o le 2017/2018 cruise year, e tusa ai ma le Business Research & Economic Advisors lipoti "Economic Contribution of Cruise Tourism to the Destination Economies."

O le maliliega e taulaʻi i le faʻalauteleina o nei faʻamanuiaga. E sau mai se faʻatonuga a le FCCA Executive Committee, e aofia ai peresitene ma luga atu o FCCA Member Lines, o le maliega e faʻaalia ai le avanoa i le au fai filifiliga autu ma a latou taumafaiga faʻatasi ma le FCCA e faʻataunuʻu sini, e aofia ai le faʻateleina o le feʻaveaʻi, aafiaga fou ma oloa, galulue faʻatasi. fa'atasi ai ma vaega tuma'oti a le atunu'u, tele avanoa faigaluega ma fa'atauga, fa'aliliuina o malo fa'asalalau i tagata asiasi e nonofo ai, fa'alauiloaina o femalagaiga i le tau mafanafana, fa'atupuina o mana'oga o tagata fa'atau, fa'asalalauga fa'asalalau ma isi mea.

"Matou te faʻafetai mo le lagolago umi a le US Virgin Islands, ma e le mafai ona sili atu lo matou fiafia e toe faʻafoʻi le faʻatuatua na latou faʻaalia ia i matou ma le alamanuia e ala i le faʻateleina o latou manuia mai le vaega," o le tala lea a Michele Paige, CEO, FCCA. "E ala i lenei maliliega, ua toe maua ai e le US Virgin Islands le tautinoga atoatoa a le FCCA i le faʻataunuʻuina o fuafuaga a le nofoaga, e aofia ai le fesoasoani i vaega tumaoti ma fesoasoani i tagata uma o le atunuʻu ia manuia mai aafiaga tau tamaoaiga o loʻo aumaia e le alamanuia."

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

After being a success story for Caribbean tourism in the wake of COVID-19 – experiencing a banner year for stay-over tourism in 2021 and then breaking numerous records and receiving multiple accolades in 2022, including the Bronze HSMAI Adrian Awards and Caribbean Journal naming Commissioner Joseph Boschulte ‘Caribbean Tourism Executive of the Year' as well as listing USVI in ‘The Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2023' and the readers voting the USVI as winner of the ‘Caribbean Travelers' Choice Awards 2022 – USVI quickly wrote a sequel by moving cruise tourism full steam ahead.
Coming from a directive by the FCCA Executive Committee, comprised of presidents and above of FCCA Member Lines, the agreement features access to key decision makers and their joint efforts with FCCA to fulfill the objectives, including increased cruise calls, new experiences and products, collaboration with the local private sector, more employment and purchasing opportunities, conversion of cruise guests to stay-over visitors, promotion of summer cruising, creation of consumer demand, travel agent outreach and more.
FCCA – the trade association that represents the mutual interests of destinations and stakeholders throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Mexico, along with Member Lines that operate over 90 percent of the global cruising capacity – announced that it has again partnered with the USVI on a strategic development agreement.