I-Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC) isanda kundimema ukuba ndihambe kwi-American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) uhambo lokuqhelanisa kwangaphambili. Ndandinethemba lohambo lokugxotha ezinye zezinto ezibhaliweyo ezingalunganga eziye zavela malunga nePuerto Rico kwiinyanga zakutshanje ngodliwano-ndlebe namanani abalulekileyo ePuerto Rico. Ndicele ngokukhethekileyo udliwano-ndlebe nomlawuli olawulayo we-PRTC, uMario González Lafuente - isicelo esamkelwayo ngaphambi kohambo, kodwa ekugqibeleni akwenzekanga, kuba uMnumzana Mario Gonzales Lafuente wagqiba ekubeni "ahambe aye eSpain" ngaphantsi kweeyure ezingama-24 ngaphambi kohambo. udliwano-ndlebe olucwangcisiweyo. (Mnu. Lafuente, ndiyazi ukuba uyayifunda le nto. Yenze njalo, mhlekazi, ukuba udliwano-ndlebe lwenzeke. Kukho imiba efuna ukuqwalaselwa. Nabanye babaphathi beehotele eSan Juan baye bandinika imibuzo embalwa ukuba ndikubuze yona. .) Ngoko ke, kwibala elinye, iPuerto Rico Tourism Company ayiphumelelanga ekubeni ingawuthabathi loo mzuzu.
Kuhambo, iqela lalinabasebenzi be-ASTA kunye nezinye iintatheli ezintathu, ubukho babo kuhambo ngandlela-thile kwandimangalisa njengoko babesele beya ePuerto Rico. Okubi nangakumbi kukuba enye yeentatheli ezazikhwelwe ngenqwelo-moya esuka eCalifornia yazalelwa ePuerto Rico kwaye yayiye kubona abazali bayo emva kolu hambo lubizwa ngokuba “luhambo lokuqhelanisa.” Kutheni le nto ehlabathini beza kuzisa iintatheli kuhambo lokushicilela ukuba sele bekhona? Kwakungenjalo ukuba bagubungele isiganeko, kuba umcimbi we-ASTA wangempela awuqhubeki kude kube ngu-Epreli walo nyaka. Kum, ubukho bezinye iintatheli ezintathu ngandlel’ ithile kwayitshitshisa injongo. Yayindim ndedwa intatheli engazange iye ePuerto Rico. Ke, ukubala ezimbini, uKhenketho lwasePuerto Rico ayisiyonto yokuqala kuphela.
Oko kuthetha ukuba zininzi izinto ePuerto Rico Tourism ezinikezelayo. Enye into, iPuerto Rico ayisiyondawo yokuya kubantu abatyhafileyo xa kufikwa kwi-gastronomy. Abakhenkethi kufuneka babe nomdla ekuzameni okunye kokutya kwasekuhlaleni. Ubusuku bam bokuqala bubandakanya isidlo sangokuhlwa kwindawo yokutyela i-Coko e-El San Juan Hotel kunye ne-Casino, ekwisithili saseSan Juan e-Isla Verde, apho ndaye ndaziswa kwindawo endiyithandayo ebizwa ngokuba yi-Mofongo - isitya esiqhotsiweyo seplantain-based, esiphakelwa ngasekunene. inxalenye yemero etshisiweyo. Amava okutyela ayinto kanye umntu anokuyilindela kwindawo yokutyela entle, yithi, Las Vegas, kwaye ngokufanelekileyo, njengoko iCoko Restaurant ilikhaya komnye wabapheki abadumileyo basePuerto Rico, uHector Crespo wodumo lwaseAguaviva.
Omnye akufuneki atye kwindawo yokutyela enqabileyo, nangona kunjalo, ukufumana izitya ezimnandi zasePuerto Rico. KuMnyhadala weSitrato waseSan Sebastian, umnyhadala wonyaka weentsuku ezine kumbindi weSan Juan, abantu abaziziyolo banokubamba “iipinchos,” inyama yehagu eyojiweyo okanye i-kabobs yenkukhu kwintonga eneplantain. Ukutya okubandakanya i-pinchos kunye nokuphakelwa kwejusi ye-acerola kwakubonakala ngathi yeyona combo ithandwa kakhulu kumnyhadala wesitrato. Ukubala kwesithathu, uKhenketho lwasePuerto Rico alukho uhlobo oluneentloni zokutya.
Ukuthetha ngoMnyhadala wesitrato waseSan Sebastian, uKhenketho lwasePuerto Rico ngokuqinisekileyo alukho kubakhenkethi be-claustrophobic. Ukuba isihlwele yinto ofuna ukuyiphepha, ngokuqinisekileyo awufuni ukuba seSan Juan ngempelaveki yokuqala okanye yesibini kaJanuwari (kulo nyaka, ibibanjelwe ngoJanuwari 10-13) kuba kuqikelelwa ukuba abantu basePuerto Rico baqikelelwa kwi-150,000. izitrato Old San Juan iintsuku ezine ezilandelelanayo kwaye babe "Party" Ricans. Oko kubandakanya umdaniso omninzi, umculo, kunye notywala. Lo mnyhadala ungumboniso omangalisayo, ekufuneka ungqinwe ngabakhenkethi njengomntu obukeleyo, hayi njengomthathi-nxaxheba, kuba uguga ngokukhawuleza. Kodwa, ukuba ufuna ukwenza itheko, oku kuthetha ukuba uthanda ukudibana kwabantu abaninzi kunye nepati engapheliyo kangangeentsuku ezine, ke iSan Juan yindawo oya kuyo ngempelaveki yokuqala neyesibini kaJanuwari. Yicinge njengenguqulelo yeSan Juan yeCarnival eyaziwayo eRio, kodwa kwinqanaba elincinci kakhulu.
Kwakhona, iSan Juan lizibuko elidumileyo lokufowunela iinqanawa ezininzi zokuhamba ngenqanawa. Xa kunjalo, oku kongeza ngokukhawuleza kwinto yesihlwele endigqiba kuthetha ngayo. Ndaxelelwa ukuba iSan Juan ithatha iinqanawa ezi-7 ukuya kwezisi-8 ngexesha lexesha eliphakamileyo. Yenza izibalo. Ukuba iindwendwe ezininzi zinokuba sezitalatweni zaseSan Juan kunye nabemi bayo abazizigidi ezi-2 kwindawo enikezela ngamatheko, amaqela, kunye namaqela amaninzi. Nje ukuba ufumanise ukuba unokuba nexesha elimnandi, njengoko abantu basePuerto Rican beqinisekile ukuba bangayenza njani indibano yolonwabo. Ukubala ezine, uKhenketho lwasePuerto Rico alukho kubakhenkethi aboyika izihlwele.
Indawo ethi ibonelela nge-surf, isanti, kunye nelanga, uKhenketho lwasePuerto Rico ngokuqinisekileyo lunqongophele kumasebe entlabathi nelanga. Ubuncinci ndiyakwazi ukuthetha oku malunga neSan Juan - ngexesha lokuhlala kwam okufutshane esixekweni, ekuphela kwesanti endiyibonileyo yayiyi-minuscule "indawo yolwandle" eCaribe Hilton. Ngokuqinisekileyo, kukho iindawo ezininzi zokusefa, kodwa okufanayo akunakuthethwa ngeendawo zesanti eSan Juan. Iqala apho ke ingxaki yokhukuliseko. Ngokuphathelele impendulo (okanye ukungabikho) kukarhulumente wasePuerto Rico kule ngxaki, nabasebenzi baseCaribe Hotel bayazibuza. Bavumile ukuba yinkxalabo kubo, njengoko beyipropathi yolwandle. Ukubala ezintlanu, uKhenketho lwasePuerto Rico alukho kwabo bafuna ukugcakamela ilanga kwiilwandle ezahlukeneyo ezinesanti.
Ekubeni iPuerto Rico iyindawo yase-United States (okanye ukuba ichanekile kwezopolitiko, i-Commonwealth), indawo yokuya kuyo isebenza kunye nemisebenzi njengawo nawuphi na omnye umbuso e-US, nangona ibiza kakhulu. Ixabiso ledola laseMelika eSan Juan yinto umntu angayilindela kwizixeko ezinjengeSan Francisco, Honolulu, New York City, okanye naseMiami. Ukusuka kwindawo yokuhlala ukuya kwindawo yokutyela kunye nezinye iindleko zohambo, yonke into inokubiza ngokukhawuleza okukhulu. Amaxabiso obusuku kwiCaribe Hilton asuka kwi-US$193 ukuya kwi-US$250. Yongeza ngobusuku kwindawo yokutyela yase-Coko, enesidlo sangokuhlwa phakathi kwe-US$20 ukuya kwi-US$30 ephezulu, kwaye ujonge ukuchitha imali eninzi iintsuku ezimbalwa eSan Juan. Wonke umntu utshintshiselana ngedola yaseMelika, kwaye abangcakazi abanzima baya kufumanisa ukuba amakhadi okuthenga ngetyala aba ngumhlobo wabo omkhulu xa bebetha iikhasino eSan Juan. Isebenza njani kwaye kutheni le nto isebenza, kuya kufuneka undwendwele iSan Juan ukuze ufumanise. Ukubala ezintandathu, uKhenketho lwasePuerto Rico ayisiyonto eyongayo.
Ngoxa ndandisePuerto Rico, abanye abemi besiqithi baxelelwa ukuba ndikweso siqithi, yaye abanye babecele intlanganiso, ngoko ndavuma. Umntu endadibana naye kwaye ndiqhubeka nokubhalelana nguRaul Colon. UMnu. Colon wayenokuninzi anokwabelana ngako ngobomi kwesi siqithi. Indlela awayevakalelwa ngayo yayifana neyomntu odimazekileyo ngemibandela eyahlukahlukeneyo, kuquka inkohlakalo yezilwanyana. Ngokutsho kwengxelo kaMnu Colon, izilwanyana ezibethelwa ziimoto zishiywe ukuba zife ezitratweni - ingxaki eqhelekileyo kwiindawo ezingaphandle kweSan Juan. Ngelixa mna ndingazange ndibone naziphi na iziganeko ezinjalo ngexesha lokutyelela kwam, iimbalelwano ezahlukeneyo ze-imeyile kunye noMnu Colon ngelishwa zibonisa umfanekiso ohlukileyo. Ke, njengesilumkiso kubakhenkethi abanokubakho, yazi ukuba de umntu onegunya ayigxothe, uKhenketho lwasePuerto Rico, kubalwa isixhenxe, alukho kubathandi bezilwanyana zasekhaya.
Le yinxalenye yoluhlu lwam lwamanqaku malunga noKhenketho lwasePuerto Rico endinethemba lokuphelisa ngodliwano-ndlebe lwam kunye nomlawuli olawulayo we-PRTC uMario Gonzales Lafuente.
