E silia ma le 15,000 tagata Kanata na malaga atu i le Flanders Fields – West Flanders region of Belgium i le 2017 i luga toetoe lava 120% i luga o le 2016. “Na matou iloa o le faamanatuina o le selau tausaga o le a i ai se aafiaga peitai, matou te leʻi mafaufauina lenei ituaiga siʻitia i luga o le tasi tausaga. .” fai mai Veerle Viaene, Maketi faamaopoopo mo Kanata ma VISITFLANDERS.

O fa'amaumauga a tagata asiasi o lo'o fa'aalia ai o asiasiga a Kanata i le itulagi e ta'imua ia Ausetalia o le 'maketi mamao' tele mo Flanders. Faatasi ai ma le Iunaite Setete ma Niu Sila, o nei maketi e fa ua uma ona i ai se vaega tele o maketi, ae na faʻaauau pea ona faʻatupulaia i le 2017 (+40% versus 2016 ma +18% versus 2015). Ole numera o tagata Kanata na asiasi i nofoaga o measina o le Taua Muamua a le Lalolagi i le 2017 e sili atu nai lo le faaluaina ile silia ma le 15,000 tagata asiasi.

"O nei fuainumera o tala lelei mo taumafaiga faavaomalo na faia e VISITFLANDERS ma ana paaga," e tusa ai ma le taʻitaʻi o le poloketi Lea Winkeler. “O fa'amoemoega ua matou fa'atulagaina mo le vaitau atoa o le fa'amanatuga ua toeitiiti lava aulia. O le mea moni, e le o lona uiga e tatau ona tatou taofi nei - o le a tatou faatumauina le malosi o tausaga talu ai, e tusa lava pe a maeʻa le 2018. O le Taua Tele o se vaega o le DNA o lo tatou nofoaga tafafao maimoa. Matou te faʻasoa lenei measina i le tele o atunuʻu ma o le a faʻaauau pea ona matou tausia i le lumanaʻi. Matou te faia e le gata ona o le faʻateleina o tagata asiasi e tuʻuina atu i le tamaoaiga o le lotoifale, ae faʻapea foʻi ma aemaise lava ona o le taua faʻapitoa ma agafesootai o aafiaga o loʻo sailia e nei tagata uma i Flanders.

O le faamanatuina o le selau tausaga o le Taua o Vimy Ridge ma Passchendaele o mea taua ia i lenei faʻaopoopoga o asiasiga a Kanata ma o le tului e tumau pea le malosi i le 2018 -2019 taʻamilosaga aʻo tatou vaʻaia le malosi o gaioiga mai tagata tafafao maimoa ma faʻasalalauga i le itulagi. 2017 fiafia toeitiiti faalima le asiasiga a Kanata i lalo ifo o le tele o tausaga.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Canada 3,200 7,700 8,100 7,000 15,400

O nei fa'amaumauga ua o'o mai fo'i e pei ona ta'ua talu ai nei e VISITFLANDERS le Tausaga o le Filemu i Kanata e fa'ailoa ai le selau tausaga o le toe fo'i mai mai le Taua Tele. I le tausaga na sosoo ai ma le Nov. 1918 Armistice na toe foi ai le toatele o fitafita Kanata i lo latou aiga, o se vaitaimi e taʻua e le toatele o le Tausaga o le Filemu.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

The centennial commemorations of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele were key factors in this increase in Canadian visitation and interest remains strong into the 2018 -2019 cycles as we see robust activity from tour operators and media in the region.
We do so not just because of the boost visitors give to the local economy, but also and especially because of the personal and social value of the experiences sought by all these people in Flanders.
These statistics also come as VISITFLANDERS recently designated Peace Year in Canada in recognition of the centennial of the homecoming period from the Great War.