UMitch Berger wafumana ingcamango yokuqalisa uhambo lukaBarack Obama njengoko wayeqhuba iveni yeendwendwe ukuya kwihlathi lemvula laseOahu ngoSeptemba ophelileyo.
"Sasiye saya kwi-Koolaus kwicala le-Windward, kwaye endleleni ndabonisa i-Rainbow Drive-in eKapahulu apho u-Obama wayedla khona," kusho uBerger, umnini we-Guides of Oahu. “Abantu babethabathekile baza bathi mandithobe isantya ukuze bafote. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba, 'Oku kufana nokuthatha umfanekiso weZippy.' ”
“Ndabajonga emehlweni abo ndaza ndababona ukuba babenemincili,” ukhumbula oko uBerger. "Ndiye ndagqiba ekubeni ndenze ukhenketho olugcweleyo luka-Obama."
Ukhenketho luka-Obama yeyona mveliso intsha yezokhenketho yaseHawaii, enamashishini asele enzile afana neBerger's kunye noosomashishini bokuqala abafuna ukwenza imali kwiingcambu zomongameli omtsha e-Honolulu.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku akukho mntu wenza imali enkulu kwiikhenketho kunye ne-buzz yangaphambi konyulo malunga nomongameli wokuqala ozalwe eHawaii sele ephela.
Kwiinyanga ezintlanu nokubala, uBerger uqhuba enye yezona khenketho zakwa-Obama ezindala kwaye utsala abantu abamalunga nama-25 ngeveki. Ukhenketho lwakhe lweeyure ezimbini ezinesiqingatha luxabisa i-$40 ngomntu ngamnye.
“Kwaye iyakhula,” utshilo uBerger, oneveni ezimbini ezikhwelisa abantu abali-15, i-minibus enezitulo ezingama-24 kunye nephepha leWebhu, www.obamatourhawaii.com, elitsale ukubhukisha okuvela eOstreliya, eBrazil naseYurophu. Ayikhange ithathe indawo yokhenketho lwam lwamahlathi, kodwa ishishini liyakhula.
Ubuncinci iinkampani ze-20 ezisebenzisa "u-Obama" ngamagama abo zibhalise ishishini kunye neSebe lezoRhwebo kunye neMicimbi yabaThengi kwiinyanga ngaphambi nangemva konyulo.
Uninzi lwazo ziinkampani zokukhenketha, ezibandakanya i-Obama Ohana Tour, i-Obama's Roots Hawaiian Tours, kunye ne-Obama's Footsteps Hawaiian Tours. Abaninzi abazange bahambe ngaphaya kokubandakanya.
Iincwadi kunye neemephu kunye nokunye
Omnye wabokuqala ukungena kumdlalo yayinguRon Jacobs, owabhala "Obamaland: Ngubani uBarack Obama?" (I-Trade Publishing, i-Honolulu; i-$ 19.95).
Umntu wasekhaya kunye noweMainland werediyo, uJacobs ubhalise "u-Obama Land Hawaii" nge-19 ka-Aug. ngenjongo "yokuthengisa kuzo zonke imidiya ezaziwayo nakwikamva lemveliso kunye neenkonzo zikaBarack Obama."
“Bendivakalelwa kukuba bekufanele ukuba ndiyenze le ncwadi,” utshilo uJacobs, obefunda ePunahou kwaye ebesazi umhlobo wosapho luka-Obama ummeli wase-US uNeil Abercrombie amashumi eminyaka.
“I-Obamaland,” eyenza ishishini elikhawulezayo kwiivenkile ezithengisa iincwadi esiqithini, iquka iimephu eziphawulwe ngeecones ezincinci, ezinamanani zomkhenkce ochetyiweyo. I-“O-zone Key” ekhaphayo inika iinkcukacha (umzekelo: “No. 93. Honolulu Zoo. Yathabatha usapho ukuze ibone amantshontsho amahlosi”).
Incwadi kaJacobs yingqokelela engaphezulu kunengxelo, ihlanganiswe kulwazi olukhoyo kwi-Intanethi, kunye neefoto kunye neminye imifanekiso enikezelwe ngabahlobo bakhe kunye nabahlobo bosapho luka-Obama.
UPeter Cannon, umongameli kunye nomnini weZibonelelo zaseHawaii, waba nenzuzo ekwenzeni eyakhe imephu ka-Obama: Ebekwishishini lokwenza kunye nokuthengisa iHawaiiana - iiposikhadi, iikhalenda zeetshathi zamaza, iidecals, iincwadi - ukusukela ngo-1972.
UCannon usebenze iminyaka noFrank Nielsen (www.francomaps.com) waseCorona, eCalif., Ukuvelisa ukhenketho kunye nokuntywila iimephu zesikhokelo saseHawaii kunye nezinye iindawo zabakhenkethi.
I-Oahu ka-Obama, imephu engangeni manzi (i-6 yeedola zentengiso yoguqulelo olusongayo, i-$ 10 ye-laminated) ibeka imephu yabo ye-Oahu ethandwayo kwelinye icala kunye nemephu yobuntwana yase-Obama ye-Honolulu kwelinye. (Umzekelo: Ibala lokudlala lasePaki kufuphi neWaikiki. "Wayenelisa izakhono zakhe kwimidlalo yokuthatha kwiinkundla zangaphandle apha. ...").
“Ukhenketho luka-Obama lubonwa njengenye indlela yokuzisa abakhenkethi kurhulumente,” utshilo uCannon. "UGeorge Washington omncinci wagawula umthi wecherry, u-Abe Lincoln omncinci wafunda kwikhabhathi yelog ngekhandlela, kwaye uBarry Obama waya ePunahou."
I-Oahu ka-Obama ikwiivenkile ezili-100 kwilizwe lonke.
“Andikhange ndithathwe imaphu ukuba isuke njengale,” watsho uCannon. Ndibe nomdla osuka eNorway, eJapan.
Ubuhle bungumngeni
Ngelixa umdla wawuphezulu kwiinyanga eziqhuba unyulo kunye nokuvulwa, kukho into ebonisa ukuba u-Obama-mania kwiZiqithi uye wanyibilika.
“Sifumene izicelo ezininzi zokukhenketha xa u-Obama wayelapha ekhefini kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kodwa sifumana isicelo esinye kuphela ngeveki ngoku, ukuba kunjalo,” utshilo uFrank Hernandez, i-concierge kwihotele yaseHalekulani eWaikiki.
I-Halekulani isebenza kunye nePolynesian Adventure Tours, eyayinikezela ngeendwendwe ezibhukishwe kwi-intanethi nge-$ 36.76 (ehla ukusuka kwi-$ 39) kule veki.
“Sifumana imibuzo emininzi ngakumbi malunga nokhenketho olulahlekileyo. Ndicinga ukuba bubuhle beHawaii - ukubona iPunahou ayifani neNorth Shore, ”utshilo uHernandez.
Enyanisweni, i-aesthetics yesangqa esiqinileyo eMakiki apho u-Obama wazalelwa khona, ehlala kwaye efundile phantse idolophini kwaye ayibonakali. Imingeni yokwenza ukhenketho olunyanzelisayo oluhlala ngaphezulu kwemizuzu eyi-10 lubonakala ngokukhawuleza xa kuthathelwa ingqalelo ukuba eyona nto iphambili ibandakanya iBaskin-Robbins apho u-Obama wasebenza ngokufutshane njengomntwana osemtsha kunye nevenkile yeChecker Auto Parts eyayisakuba yindawo yemiboniso bhanyabhanya apho uObama anokuthi okanye angakwazi. Andizange ndibone "i-Star Wars" kwi-1977.
Embindini walo naluphi na ukhenketho kukho i-facade yekhonkrithi emdaka yePunahou Circle Apartments e-1617 S. Beretania St. apho u-Obama wayehlala nootatomkhulu bakhe, uStanley noMadelyn Dunham, ukusuka ngo-1971 ukuya ku-1979 kwindawo exineneyo, enamagumbi amabini okurenta.
U-Obama uye apho ngaphambi nje konyulo ukuze atyelele umakhulu wakhe ogulayo. Wasweleka nge-3 kaNovemba.
“Kuthe cwaka ngoku,” utshilo uPete Jones, umanejala ongumhlali kwesi sakhiwo, nothe olona gqatso lukhulu lweza ngexesha lotyelelo.
“Kwakungathi yiGrand Central Station ngoko. Kodwa ndingathi sifumana abantu abezayo mhlawumbi kane ngeveki,” utshilo. “Kukho iibhasi okanye iiveni ezidlulayo nazo. Abadli ngokuyeka.”
Urhulumente ubongozwa ukuba enze unyuso olungaphezulu
UCannon kunye nabanye bakholelwa ukuba urhulumente uphoswa lithuba lokukhuthaza ukhenketho olunxulumene no-Obama eHawaii, njengoko yenze iChicago, idolophu yangoku ka-Obama.
"[Igunya lezoKhenketho eHawaii] kunye namandla akhoyo, abenzanga msebenzi umhle kakhulu," utshilo uCannon.
URob Kay, umbhali walapha kunye nombhali we-Obamasneighborhood.com, iWebhsayithi ebanzi echaza ngezizathu zokugxothwa kuka-Obama eHawaii, iziqhulo malunga nokuseka i-Obama Tourism Authority.
Okubaluleke ngakumbi, uKay uthe unethemba lokuba amagosa esixeko kunye naseburhulumenteni aya kuqaphela iziphumo zexesha elide zobongameli baka-Obama.
"Ekugqibeleni - kwaye kuyacaca ukuba urhulumente sele esebenza kule nto - kufanele ukuba sithetha ngokongeza iimpawu zembali, kuba ngokuqinisekileyo olu luhlobo lwembali," utshilo uKay. “Yenze ibe yeklasiki, hayi kitschy, ingafani nala mabali anesiqhelo sika-Obama gewgaws. Ngoba kutheni? IChicago itsibe kuyo yonke le nto, kwaye asizange senze njalo. ”
UKay wongezelela enye ingcamango: “IHawaii ikwafanele icinge ukuba kuza kubakho ithala leencwadi lika-Obama ngaxa lithile. Izakuba phi lonto? Isixeko kunye norhulumente kufuneka bacinge ngaloo nto, kwakhona, mhlawumbi banikele ngesiqwenga somhlaba eKakaako. Ukuba akukho nto iyenye, ibiya kuba yinto enkulu yokwazisa uluntu ukufumana iphephandaba likazwelonke. ”
