Chifukwa chake, mgwirizano wake utha pa Seputembara 15, 2023. De Fries adalengeza Bungwe la Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) Board of Directors pamsonkhano wapadera wa bungwe lero.
Bungweli lidapempha a De Fries kuti aganizire zowonjezera mgwirizano wake pamsonkhano wa Marichi 30, 2023. Kumapeto kwa gawo lamalamulo, a De Fries adauza a board pa Meyi 9 kuti akana kukulitsa.
"Unali mwayi wotumikira anthu ndi anthu azilumba zathu zaka zitatu zapitazi ndipo ndithandizira bungwe ndi antchito pakusintha uku kwa utsogoleri wa AHT,” adatero De Fries. "Ndine wonyadira kwambiri ndi gulu lathu lokonda, losagwedezeka la akatswiri ku HTA ndi zonse zomwe zikuchitika m'madera athu kuti moyo wa Hawaii ukhale wabwino. Ndikuthokoza a HTA Board chifukwa chothandizira ntchito yathu yofunika kwambiri popititsa patsogolo kuyang'ana kwa HTA pakuwongolera kopita komanso kukulitsa maphunziro a alendo komanso kusintha momwe timawonera zinthu. zokopa alendo kuti tipindule kwakanthawi kama'āina, chikhalidwe chathu, komanso malo omwe timawakonda ku Hawaii konse. Ndikufunanso kuthokoza Bwanamkubwa, Lieutenant Governor, ndi Nyumba Yamalamulo pogwira ntchito limodzi ndi kupangitsa kuti HTA ipitilize ntchito yake mchaka chandalama chikubwerachi.”
De Fries adatenga mtsogoleri wa HTA kuti atsogolere ntchito za alendo ku Hawaii mu Seputembara 2020 pakati pa mliri wapadziko lonse wa COVID-19 komanso kufunikira kodzipatula kwa apaulendo panthawi yomwe ndalama za alendo komanso obwera zidatsala pang'ono kuyima. Mu Seputembara 2020, ofika alendo adatsika ndi 97.4 peresenti ndi alendo 18,868 okha poyerekeza ndi Seputembara 2019.
Kumanga pa HTA's 2020-2025 Strategic Plan yomwe idafotokoza kufunika koyang'anira kopita, motsogozedwa ndi De Fries, HTA idapanga mapulani azaka zitatu a Destination Management Action pachilumba chilichonse. Njira iyi, yoyamba, yotsogozedwa ndi anthu yomanganso, kumasuliranso, ndi kukonzanso zokopa alendo ikupita patsogolo pomwe HTA ikugwira ntchito mogwirizana ndi mabungwe ena aboma, ogwira nawo ntchito oyendera alendo, ndi anthu ammudzi kutengera chitsanzo chotsitsimutsa cha zokopa alendo ku Hawaii konse.
De Fries adatsogoleranso kukonzanso kachitidwe koyambira mu June 2021, kupitiliza mayendedwe a HTA kuchokera ku bungwe lomwe limayang'ana kwambiri zamalonda kudzera ku Hawaii Revised Statute 201B kupita ku bungwe loyang'anira komwe akupita.
Wapampando wa Bungwe la HTA a George Kam adayamika a De Fries chifukwa choyika zokopa alendo pamaphunziro atsopano ndikuchita izi panthawi yomwe bizinesiyo idakumana ndi vuto lalikulu lazachuma mzaka zambiri.
"John wachita ntchito yabwino kwambiri kukwaniritsa mgwirizano wake wazaka zitatu panthawi yovuta kwambiri m'mbiri yaposachedwa ya Hawaii. Panthaŵi imene tinkafuna mtsogoleri wamphamvu, wamasomphenya woti atitsogolere modekha m’mikhalidwe yovuta, John analipo ku HTA.”
Pamodzi ndi anthu ambiri ogwira nawo ntchito m'boma ndi m'mafakitale, HTA ikupitilizabe kutsogolera ndikuthandizira kukhazikitsidwa kwa kayendetsedwe ka kopita kuti apititse patsogolo njira zokopa alendo, ndikuthandizira kubwezeretsa chuma cha Hawaii chisanachitike. M'miyezi inayi yoyambilira ya 2023, ndalama zonse zomwe alendo amawononga zidakwera kwambiri ndi 21.7 peresenti mpaka $ 7.09 biliyoni ngakhale ofika ochepa poyerekeza ndi mliri usanachitike miyezi inayi yoyambirira ya 2019, kupitiliza chizolowezi chowononga ndalama zambiri kwa alendo ndi alendo ochepera ku Hawaii.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- I extend my gratitude to the HTA Board for their support of our critical work in accelerating HTA's focus on improved destination management and increased visitor education and changing our collective outlook toward tourism for the long-term benefit of our kama‘āina, our native culture, and the places we hold dear throughout Hawaii.
- De Fries took the helm of HTA to lead Hawaii's visitor industry in September 2020 amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic and state's self-quarantine requirement for travelers at a time when visitor spending and arrivals were nearly at a standstill.
- “It has been an honor to serve the communities and people of our islands these past three years and I will support the board and staff during this transition in leadership of HTA,” said De Fries.
