Umhlaba waphukile namhlanje kwiSitena esitsha saseSingapore sokuhamba ngenqanawa. Iziko laseMarina South, elixabisa i-500 yezigidi zeedola, liza njengoko imfuno yehlabathi yentengiso yokuhamba ngenqanawa iqikelelwa ukuba iya kubetha abakhweli abazizigidi ezingama-27 ngo-2020 - ukukhula okuphindwe kabini kwisithuba seshumi leminyaka.
Umzi mveliso weenqanawa usahamba kakuhle ngaphandle kokudodobala kwezoqoqosho. Abahambi ngeenqanawa kwihlabathi jikelele kulindeleke ukuba babe yinani le-13.5 yezigidi kulo nyaka, ngokwe-Cruise Lines International Association ese-US.
I-Asia Pacific ithatha ipesenti ezisi-7 kwimarike yokuhamba ngenqanawa kwaye iSingapore ifuna ukuba yindawo yokuhamba ngenqanawa.
Ibhodi yezoKhenketho yaseSingapore (STB) ilindele ukwamkela abakhweli bayo abakwisigidi senqanawa ekupheleni konyaka - elona liphezulu kwiminyaka eyi-10. Kwisiqingatha sokuqala salo nyaka, abakhweli abafikayo bakhule ngeepesenti ezingama-20 ngonyaka ukuya kuma-540,000.
Kumsitho weSitena sokuhamba ngenqanawa saMazwe ngaMazwe, uMphathiswa wezoRhwebo kunye noShishino uLim Hng Kiang uthe: “Ukusukela oko iZiko leenqanawa laseSingapore eHarbourFront laqala ukusebenza ngo-1991, ukunyuka kwabakhweli ngenqanawa eSingapore kuye kwanyuka ngokuthe ngcembe njengoko kungqinwa ngumyinge wokukhula ngonyaka we-12 ekhulwini. kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo.
"Ngowama-2008, iinqanawa ezingaphezu kwe-1,000 920,000 zabiza eSingapore, zikhwelisa abantu abangaphezu kwama-XNUMX."
Ngo-2015, iSingapore inethemba lokuba i-terminal entsha iya kubamba iinqanawa ezinkulu ze-Oasis eziklasini kunye nokutsala abakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa abayi-1.6 yezigidi. Isiphelo sinokuphatha abakhweli abangama-6,800 nangaliphi na ixesha kwaye siya kuphinda kabini indawo yokuhlala yaseSingapore.
I-STB ithi ukusebenza ngokukuko kunye nokufikeleleka kuya kuvumela abakhweli ukuba behle kwaye bemke kwisiphelo ngaphakathi kwemizuzu engama-30.
Itheminali ye-28,000-square-meter, elingana namabala amathathu ebhola ekhatywayo, yenye yezona zikhulu e-Asia. Umsebenzi wokulungisa uza kuqalisa kwinyanga ezayo kwaye xa ugqitywe ngowama-2011, kulindeleke ukuba udale imisebenzi engama-3,000 kukhenketho nakumashishini anxulumeneyo.
Abakhi-mkhanyo bathi abakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa badla ngokuchitha malunga neepesenti ezingama-30 ngaphezulu kumndilili, nto leyo enokunyusa uqoqosho lwaseSingapore.
U-Remy Choo, usekela mlawuli we-cruise, uthe: “Ngokwesiqhelo, uthetha ngolwandle malunga neentsuku ezisixhenxe kwinqanawa yesiqhelo yokuhamba ngenqanawa. Sithetha ngomntu olungele ukuchitha malunga ne-S $ 7 entloko, xa kuthelekiswa nabakhenkethi abaqhelekileyo abavela kulo mmandla ochitha mhlawumbi i-S $ 2,000, i-S $ 300 ngentloko. Ke ujonge abathengi abazimiseleyo ukuchitha nangaphezulu. ”
Ibhodi yezokhenketho, engumnini wetheminali, iya kutyumba umntu oza kusebenza kweli ziko ekupheleni konyaka. I-STB ithe ithenda yakhutshwa kwiveki ephelileyo kwaye iya kuvalwa ngomhla wesine kuNovemba.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Since the Singapore Cruise Centre at HarbourFront commenced operations in 1991, Singapore’s cruise passenger throughput has been rising steadily as evidenced by the average annual growth rate of 12 percent in the last five years.
- We are talking about someone who is prepared to spend about S$2,000 per head, compared to a normal tourist from the region who spends perhaps S$300, S$400 a head.
- The facility at Marina South, costing S$500 million, comes as global demand for the cruise market is estimated to hit 27 million passengers by 2020 –.
