Isikhululo senqanawa saseGibraltar siphumelele ibhaso kwindibano yeSeatrade Cruise Shipping ebibanjelwe kwisixeko saseMelika iMiami kwiveki ephelileyo. IGibraltar ifumene imbasa ka-2008 “yeyona ndawo iLawulwayo ngokuFanelekileyo neSebenzayo leSitenali yokuHamba ngenqanawa kwiMeditera”. I-Gibraltar iphinde yafumana ukunconywa phantsi kodidi “lweNdawo ekufikelwa kuyo abona baKhokeli boKhenketho abaBalaseleyo”.
Uphando olwenziwa yiDream World Cruise Destinations for the 2008 Awards lubonisa ukuba ama-231 amazibuko kunye neendawo ekusingwa kuzo zabekwa phambili njengezinike inkonzo engaphaya kokulindelekileyo. Kwezi, ama-41 aphumelele iimbasa kulo nyaka. Ngo-2003, iGibraltar yaphumelela ibhaso “loyena Msebenzi wetheminali uFanelekileyo”.
"Ndiyonwabile ziindaba zokuba iSitena sokuhamba ngenqanawa saseGibraltar samkelwe ngolu hlobo lishishini", utshilo uMhlonishwa. Joe Holliday, uMphathiswa weZibuko. “Olu lwazi lububungqina bendlela yobuchwephesha apho iinqanawa ezihamba ngenqanawa nabakhweli bazo zijongwana nabo ngexesha lotyelelo lwazo eGibraltar. Ndingathanda ukuthatha eli thuba ndivuyisane nabasebenzi beZibuko kunye neSitena kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba kushishino lwalapha ekhaya ngokufezekisa oku wonga. Ngamabhaso anjengala, abonisa umsebenzi onzima owenziwa lishishini laseGibraltar, aya kusigcina siphambili kweli shishini likhuphisanayo.”
Ngeli xesha, emva kwesaqhwithi esinamandla esenzeka ngo-Okthobha ophelileyo esiye senza umonakalo kwiSitena seCruise, iSitena sihlaziywe ngokupheleleyo kwangethuba ukuze samkele abakhweli bokuqala baseGibraltar kwisizini ka-2009. I-Holland America inqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa "Prisendam" iya kubiza ngoLwesithathu ukuba ihlale iiyure ezisixhenxe ePort. Zonke izibonakaliso zalatha ku-2009 ukuba ngomnye unyaka orekhodiweyo wokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye ne-Gibraltar elindele ukufumana iifowuni ezingama-242 kunye nobuninzi babakhweli abangama-360,000. Kunyaka ophelileyo, iGibraltar yafumana iminxeba engama-222 ethwele abantu abangaphezu kwama-309,000.
