Jamaica Tourism set to welcome MSC Cruise

MSC Cruise, an over 300-year-old company, entered the cruise business in 1988 and is now the world’s largest privately-owned cruise line and brand market leader in Europe, South America and Southern Africa.

I kēia lā, ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said Ocho Rios is gearing up to welcome 50,000 cruise ship passengers courtesy of the cruise line, MSC Meraviglia.

Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa no ka huakaʻi mua a ka moku i Ocho Rios i kēia lā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett, "Me ke kāhea hou o ka MSC Meraviglia, ka mea e paʻa ana he 7200 mau ohua a me nā luina, ua manaʻo ʻia ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi ʻo Jamaica e hoʻopau i ka makahiki i kahi kūlana ikaika loa. .

ʻO ka mea nui loa, e ʻike kēia mea hoʻohui iā Ocho Rios e hoʻokipa nei i ka poʻe holoholo moku he 50,000 me 10 mau kāhea mai kēia manawa a hiki i ʻApelila i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana.

ʻO ka Meraviglia, kahi hui maʻalahi o ka ʻenehana o ka ʻenehana, ka hoʻolālā, ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka pono, hui pū me Seaside, Divina a me Armonia i kipa aku iā Ocho Rios a me Falmouth.

"E ʻike ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi holoholo a Jamaica i ka hōʻea ʻana mai a me nā loaʻa kālā i nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana me nā kāhea hou ʻana i nā awa āpau a me ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o Port Royal i ka ala hele.

Ma loko o ka pōʻaiapili o ke kiʻi hou ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi mokupuni, ke nānā nei mākou i kēia manawa i ka mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke kūkulu i nā ʻoihana hou aʻe a me nā ʻike e huki ai i nā malihini kipa a hoʻomau i ka nui o ke kālā holo kai, "i hoʻohui ʻia e Kuhina Bartlett.

Ua loaʻa ʻo Ocho Rios i ke awa holo moana nui o ka Caribbean ma ka World Travel Awards ma Oman a ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka makana Hoʻokipa no ke kaona hoʻomaha maikaʻi loa.

No ka manawa o Ianuali a ʻOkakopa 2019, ua ʻike ʻo Ocho Rios i ka piʻi ʻana o 11.9 pakeneka o nā kelepona a me 2.6 pākēneka i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā mea kaʻa, e hōʻike ana i ka helu o nā kaʻa he 450,000. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Ocho Rios e ʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o 4% o ka poʻe e hiki mai ana i ka hopena o ka makahiki, e lilo ana ia i helu helu ʻekahi no nā malihini a me nā kelepona i ka mokupuni.

No ka nū hou e pili ana iā Jamaica, eʻoluʻolu e kaomi ma kahi.