Iyo Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC) ichangobva kundikoka kuti ndiende kuAmerican Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) pre-conference familiarization rwendo. Ndakanga ndakatarisira rwendo rwekubvisa mamwe ekunyora-asina kunaka kwakaitika pamusoro pePuerto Rico mumwedzi ichangopfuura nekubvunzurudza nhamba dzinokosha muPuerto Rico. Ndakanga ndanyanya kukumbira kubvunzurudza mukuru wePRTC, Mario González Lafuente - chikumbiro chakagamuchirwa pamberi perwendo, asi pakupedzisira hazvina kuitika, nokuti VaMario Gonzales Lafuente vakasarudza "kuenda kuSpain" maawa asingasviki makumi maviri nemana asati asvika. bvunzurudzo yakarongwa. (VaLafuente, ndinoziva kuti muri kuverenga izvi. Itai kuti, changamire, kuti bvunzurudzo iitike. Pane nyaya dzinoda kugadziriswa. Kunyange vamwe vemahotera muSan Juan vakandipa mibvunzo miviri yekukubvunzai. .) Saka, pakuverengwa kwekutanga, Kambani yePuerto Rico Tourism yakakundikana mukusatora nguva yacho.
Parwendo urwu, boka racho raiva nevashandi veASTA nevamwe vatori venhau vatatu, avo kuvapo parwendo kwakandishamisa sezvo vakanga vatoenda kuPuerto Rico. Chakatonyanya kuipa ndechekuti mumwe wevatori venhau akatakurwa nendege kubva kuCalifornia akaberekerwa kuPuerto Rico uye akange aenda kunoona vabereki vake mushure merwendo rwunonzi “rwendo rwekuzivana”. Neiko munyika vaizounza vatori venhau kurwendo rwevatori venhau kana vanga vatovapo? Yakanga isiri iyo nyaya yekuti vaivhara chiitiko, nekuti chiitiko cheASTA chaicho hachiitike kusvika Kubvumbi wegore rino. Kwandiri, kuvapo kwevamwe vatori venhau vatatu neimwe nzira kwakakunda chinangwa chacho. Ndini ndega mutori wenhau akanga asati amboenda kuPuerto Rico. Saka, pakuverenga mbiri, Puerto Rico Tourism haisi yekutanga nguva chete.
Izvo zvakati pane zvinhu zvakawanda Puerto Rico Tourism inofanira kupa. Chimwe chinhu, Puerto Rico haisi nzvimbo yekuenda kune vasina simba kana zvasvika kune gastronomy. Vashanyi vanofanira kunge vakashinga mukuedza zvimwe zvekudya zvemuno. Husiku hwangu hwekutanga hwaive nechisvusvuro paCoko Restaurant muEl San Juan Hotel neCasino, iri mudunhu reSan Juan kuIsla Verde, kwandakasumwa kune imwe nzvimbo inonaka yaidiwa inonzi Mofongo - ndiro yakakangwa-based plantain, inopihwa nerudyi. chikamu che seared mero. Chiitiko chekudyira ndicho chaitarisirwa nemunhu muresitorendi yekudyira yakanaka, toti, Las Vegas, uye zvakakodzera, sezvo Coko Restaurant iri kumusha kune mumwe wevabiki vane mukurumbira muPuerto Rico, Hector Crespo weAguaviva ane mukurumbira.
Mumwe haafaniri kudya paresitorendi yakaisvonaka, zvisinei, kuti awane ndiro dzePuerto Rico dzinonaka. PaSan Sebastian Street Festival, chiitiko chegore negore chemazuva mana pakati peSan Juan, vafambi vemabiko vanogona kutora "pinchos," nyama yenguruve yakakangwa kana huku kabobs padanda rine plantain. Kudya kunosanganisira pinchos uye kushumirwa kweacerola muto waiita kunge ndiyo yaifarirwa kwazvo combo inopihwa pamutambo wemugwagwa. Pakuverenga katatu, Puerto Rico Tourism haisi yerudzi rwekunyara chikafu.
Kutaura nezveSan Sebastian Street Festival, Puerto Rico Tourism haisi yevashanyi vane claustrophobic. Kana chaunga chiri icho chaunoda kudzivisa, saka iwe zvechokwadi haudi kuve muSan Juan mukati mevhiki yekutanga kana yechipiri yaNdira (gore rino, yakaitwa kubva Ndira 10-13) nekuti vanofungidzirwa 150,000 vePuerto Rican vanofudza. Migwagwa yeOld San Juan kwemazuva mana akatevedzana uye vave "Party" Ricans. Izvi zvinosanganisira kutamba kwakawanda, mimhanzi, uye boozing. Chiitiko ichi chinoshamisira, icho chinofanirwa kupupurirwa nevashanyi seanomira, kwete semutori wechikamu, nekuti chinochembera nekukurumidza. Asi, kana iwe uchida kuita mabiko, zvinoreva kuti unoda mhomho-kusangana uye kusingaperi kwemazuva mana, ipapo San Juan ndiyo yako kuenda mukati mevhiki yekutanga neyechipiri yeJanuary wega wega. Funga nezvayo seshanduro yeSan Juan yeCarnival yakakurumbira muRio, asi pamwero wakawanda, diki.
Zvakare, San Juan ichiteshi chengarava chakakurumbira chekufona kune ngarava dzakawanda dzekufamba. Zvazvakadaro, izvi zvinokurumidza kuwedzera kune chaunga chandabva kutaura nezvacho. Ndakaudzwa kuti San Juan inogadzika zvikepe zvinosvika 7 kusvika ku8 panguva yemwaka wepamusoro. Ita masvomhu. Kuti vashanyi vazhinji vanogona kunge vari mumigwagwa yeSan Juan pamwe chete nevagari vayo mamirioni maviri munzvimbo yekuenda inopa mapato, mapato, uye mamwe mapato. Paunenge uchinge wawana mabudiro ako, nguva yakanaka inogona kuvepo, sezvo vePuerto Rican vanoziva nzira yekukanda kuungana kwemafaro. Pakuverenga mana, Puerto Rico Tourism haisi yevashanyi vanotya mhomho.
Kune nzvimbo yekuenda iyo inoti inopa surf, jecha, uye zuva, Puerto Rico Tourism zvirokwazvo inoshaikwa mumadhipatimendi ejecha uye zuva. Zvirinani ndinogona kutaura izvi zvakawanda nezveSan Juan - panguva yangu pfupi muguta, jecha chete randakaona yaive minuscule "nzvimbo yemahombekombe" paCaribe Hilton. Chokwadi, kune nzvimbo dzakawanda dzekusevha, asi zvakafanana hazvigone kutaurwa nezve nzvimbo dzejecha muSan Juan. Apa ndipo panouya dambudziko rekukukurwa kwevhu. Kana zviri zvemhinduro yehurumende yePuerto Rico (kana kushaikwa kwayo) padambudziko iri, kunyange vashandi vepaCaribe Hotel vari kushamisika. Vakabvuma kuti inyaya kwavari, sezvo vari midziyo yemugungwa. Pakuverenga shanu, Puerto Rico Tourism haisi yeavo vari kutsvaga kunyura pasi pezuva pamahombekombe akasiyana ejecha.
Kuve iyo Puerto Rico inzvimbo yeUnited States (kana kuve yakarurama mune zvematongerwo enyika, Commonwealth), kwainoenda kunoita uye inoshanda senge chero imwe nyika muUS, kunyangwe ichidhura zvakanyanya. Kukosha kwedhora reUS muSan Juan ndizvo zvingatarisirwa nemunhu mumaguta akaita seSan Francisco, Honolulu, New York City, kana kunyange Miami. Kubva pekugara kusvika kune yekudyira uye imwe mari yerwendo, zvese zvinogona kudhura nekukurumidza. Mitengo yehusiku paCaribe Hilton inotangira paUS$193 kusvika paUS$250. Wedzera izvozvo kuhusiku paCoko Restaurant, ine kudya kwemanheru pakati peUS$20 kusvika kumusoro US$30 renji, uye uri kutsvaga kushandisa mari zhinji kwemazuva mashoma muSan Juan. Wese munhu anotengesa nedhora reUS, uye vanobhejera vakaomarara vanozoona kuti makadhi echikwereti anova mubatsiri wavo mukuru pakurova makasino muSan Juan. Sei uye nei izvi zvinoshanda, iwe unofanirwa kushanyira San Juan kuti uzive. Pakuverenga nhanhatu, Puerto Rico Tourism haisi yevasina mari.
Ndiri muPuerto Rico, vamwe vagari vepachitsuwa vakaziviswa kuti ndakanga ndiri pachitsuwa chacho, uye vamwe vakanga vakumbira musangano, saka ndakavabvumira. Munhu wandakasangana naye ndikaramba ndichinyorerana naye ndiRaul Colon. VaColon vaiva nezvakawanda zvokutaura nezveupenyu pachitsuwa chacho. Manzwiro ake aienderana neaive emunhu aishungurudzika nenyaya dzakasiyana siyana dzinosanganisira hutsinye hwemhuka. Maererano nenhoroondo yaVaColon, mhuka dzinorohwa nemotokari dzinosara dzichifa mumigwagwa - dambudziko rinowanzoitika munzvimbo dziri kunze kweSan Juan. Kunyange zvazvo ini pachangu handina kuona zviitiko zvakadaro panguva yekushanya kwangu, tsamba dzakasiyana-siyana dzeemail naVaColon zvinosuwisa dzinoratidza mufananidzo wakasiyana. Saka, seyambiro kune vangangoshanya, ziva kuti kusvikira munhu ane chiremera azvibvisa, Puerto Rico Tourism, pakuverenga manomwe, haisi yevanoda zvipfuwo.
Ichi chikamu chimwe chezvinyorwa zvangu zvePuerto Rico Tourism izvo ndinotarisira kuzopedzisa nehurukuro yangu nePRTC executive director Mario Gonzales Lafuente.
