MANILA, Filipaina - Fai mai o le a sili atu le vaʻai i le ipu tioata afa, Malacañang i le Aso Sa faʻaleaʻoaʻoina se lipoti a Malo Aufaatasi na fai mai o Filipaina na i ai se tasi maualalo turisi taunuu mai i Sautesasae Asia.

E tusa ai ma le Faalapotopotoga o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa a Malo Aufaatasi (UNWTO), e 1.8 pasene le sao a Filipaina i tagata tafafao maimoa mai fafo i le 2012. I se faatusatusaga, e 10.7 pasene o Meleisia, 9.6 pasene o Thailand, 3.9 pasene o Initonesia ma le 2.9 pasene o Vietnam.

Na saunoa le sui sooupu o le peresetene, Abigail Valte, i luga o le leitio a le malo, o le a faaauau pea le taumafaiga a le malo o Filipaina e aumai nisi turisi i le atunuu.

“Muamua, o a tatou taumafaiga o le a faʻaauau pea ona faʻatosina mai tagata tafafao mai le atunuʻu. O loʻo matou faʻasolosolo ona saini i fuainumera faʻatusatusa i le matou faʻafiafiaga i taimi ua tuanaʻi, "o le faʻaopopo lea a Valte.

Ua naʻo se "mataupu o le faʻaauauina o a matou taumafaiga ma faʻaauau pea ona faʻaali atu i isi vaega o le lalolagi e sili atu ona malie i Filipaina."

Na taua foi e Valte, o loʻo silasila le malo i le faaleleia o fale, e aofia ai isi fale e pei o malae vaalele, ae le na o nofoaga tafafao. Mo le 2014, sa sauni Filipaina P20 piliona mo atinae tetele ma maketiina poloketi e faatosina mai ai 6.8 miliona tagata tafafao.

Na taua atili e Valte, o le mafuaʻaga na ala ai ona iai le paketi mo le atinaʻe o turisi i lalo o le Matagaluega o Galuega Lautele ma alatele, aua e aofia ai ma atinaʻe tetele.

“[E le naʻo se mataupu o le faʻailoaina o fea nofoaga e matagofie i turisi mai fafo. Matou te mananaʻo ia faʻafaigofie le faiga pe a latou o mai. ”

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Na saunoa le sui sooupu o le peresetene, Abigail Valte, i luga o le leitio a le malo, o le a faaauau pea le taumafaiga a le malo o Filipaina e aumai nisi turisi i le atunuu.