Kwishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa, ukulungiselela ukucotha kwenkcitho yabathengi yinto elula. Yinto onokuyilindela kwezinye izinto ezimbini ezibalulekileyo - amaxabiso epetroli kunye namaxabiso otshintshiselwano lwemali-enika abalawuli abahamba ngeenqanawa isitshisa.
Ezo zinto zimbini zinokugqiba ukuba ushishino luqhuba njani na xa kukho isaqhwithi ngo-2009. Iziphumo zazo zombini zikhulu. Kwi-Miami-based Carnival Corp., owona mqhubi mkhulu wokuhamba ngenqanawa emhlabeni, abaphathi bathi i-10 yepesenti yokutshintsha kwamaxabiso epetroli isindisa - okanye iindleko - inkampani ye-97 yezigidi zeedola ngonyaka. Utshintsho lwepesenti ezili-10 kuzo zonke iimali zangaphandle ngokuchasene nedola yaseMelika lufikelela kwi-140 yezigidi zeerandi.
Kodwa ukuxela kwangaphambili ukuba enye iya kuya phi kufana nokuqikelela.
"Ukuguquguquka kwepetroli kunye nemali yinto engakholelekiyo," uMicky Arison, usihlalo kunye negosa eliyintloko leCarnival Corp., uxelele abahlalutyi ngexesha lenkomfa yokuphela konyaka yenkampani kwinyanga ephelileyo.
Ukuwa kokudodobala koqoqosho kwihlabathi kulula ukukubona kuza. Abahlalutyi boshishino bathi ukubhukisha kuka-2009 kuye kwacotha kakhulu. Inkcitho ekwibhodi - kuyo yonke into ukusuka kwiifandesi zobugcisa ukuya ekungcakazeni ukuya kwii-port-of-call excursions - nayo iye yawa.
Imigca yokuhamba ngenqanawa irekhode amathontsi afanayo emva kohlaselo lwabanqolobi ngoSeptemba 11, 2001, kodwa ukubhukisha kwabuyela umva ngokukhawuleza. Akukho kuphinda kubonakale kubonakala ngeli xesha, abaphathi bathi.
“Le ziimeko ezikhethekileyo, apho abantu bangakwaziyo ukufumana ityala. Umthengi angafuna ukwenza okuthile, kodwa oku kungakwazi ukufumana ikhredithi kuyasichaphazela isigqibo sakhe,” utshilo u-Arison. "Inyani yeyokuba, kufakwe kumanani ethu kukuxhalaba malunga nomthengi, ngokucacileyo, kuyo yonke i-'09."
Sekunjalo, abaxhamli bagxininisa ukuba kukho izizathu zokuba nethemba kwishishini. Ukuhamba ngenqanawa ngokwesiqhelo kubambe ukomelela kunezinye izinto zokuzonwabisa ngexesha lokucotha kwangaphambili, njengoko abathengi abaxabisa kakhulu betsalwa kwiiholide zephakheji enye.
"Imfuno yokuhamba ngenqanawa iyakwazi ukumelana noqoqosho oluthambileyo lwabathengi," abahlalutyi be-Susquehanna Financial Group babhale ekwindla, nangona bongezelele ngelithi: "Ayikhuselekanga."
I-Carnival ithi sele ibona ubungqina bokuba abathengi babeka i-premium kwixabiso. Inkampani yathi uhambo lwayo olufutshane, olungabizi kakhulu lweCaribbean "luqhuba ngcono kakhulu" kunexesha elide, iminikelo ebiza kakhulu eYurophu naseAlaska. Olu lutshintsho lweminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, apho iYurophu neAlaska ziye zagqwesa iCaribbean, kwaye imizila yokuhamba ngenqanawa yabaleka ukuhambisa iinqanawa ezininzi kuloo mimandla.
Ikwaziindaba ezimnandi kuMbindi weFlorida. Zonke iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa eziphuma ePort Canaveral zibonisa iindlela zeCaribbean. Kwaye i-Celebration-based Disney Cruise Line kudala yagqiba ekubeni igcine zombini iinqanawa zayo kwi-Caribbean kuyo yonke i-2009, emva kokuthumela i-Disney Magic eCalifornia ngo-2005 kunye ne-2008 kunye neYurophu ngo-2007.
“Endinokuyithetha kukuba, siphumelele phantse kuyo yonke indawo yolonwabo [ngo-2008], kwaye sikholelwa ukuba siza kuyenza ngo-'09,” utshilo u-Arison. “Ngoku ithetha ukuthini loo nto? Oko kuthetha ukuba siza kwenza ngcono kunezinye zeshishini [lohambo lokuzonwabisa] - kodwa liza kwenza njani lonke ishishini?"
