- Uphando lwezokhenketho lubonisa ukuba abahambi abaninzi baya kukhetha ukudlula kwiindawo zamazwe aphesheya ngenjongo yokuhlola iindawo ezikufutshane nasekhaya.
- Umboniso we-AIANTA wokurhweba kwezokhenketho obonakalayo, kubandakanya ukubakho kwimiboniso yorhwebo yeVeki yeBrandUSA, i-ITB Berlin, i-IPW, kunye nokunye.
- Eli lisebe lesibini elitsha le-AIANTA kulo nyaka, emva kokungeniswa kweSebe elitsha lobuDlelwane boLuntu kunye neSebe lokufikelela.
Isebe elitsha laseMelika laseIndiya iAlaska Native Tourism liza kuzalisekisa iinjongo zalo mbutho ekwandiseni ulwazi ngamava omthonyama kunye neendawo ezihanjelwa ngabakhenkethi basekhaya nakwamanye amazwe.
Isebe likhokelwa ngowayesakuba ngumqeshwa waseTyelelo eAlbuquerque uMaureen Chavez (Pueblo waseAcoma), onomsebenzi omde owaziwayo kwezokhenketho, ukubuk 'iindwendwe, kunye nokuthengisa indawo ekuyiwa kuyo. Ngaphambi kokundwendwela iAlbuquerque, uMaureen wasebenza neZiko leNkcubeko iSky City kunye neMyuziyam yaseHaak'u kunye neShishini leShishini laseAcoma.
"Siyavuya ukwamkela uMaureen Chavez kwiqela lethu elikhulayo," utshilo uSherry L. Rupert, I-AIANTA CEO. "Njengokuba abatyeleli basekhaya nakwamanye amazwe beqhubeka nokufuna amava anyanisekileyo, xa betyhutyha lonke elaseMelika, uMaureen uzakwenza lula unxibelelwano phakathi kwabaphulaphuli behlabathi kunye neentlanga ezithengisa kubo."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The department is being headed by former Visit Albuquerque employee Maureen Chavez (Pueblo of Acoma), who has a long and distinguished career in tourism, hospitality, and destination sales.
- The new department of American Indian Alaska Native Tourism will fulfill the organization's goals in expanding awareness of indigenous experiences and destinations with domestic and international visitors.
- “As domestic and international visitors continue to demand more authentic, indigenous experiences when traveling throughout the United States, Maureen will facilitate connections between these global audiences and the tribes marketing to them.
