Abaqhubi beenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kumazwe ngamazwe baye bagrogrisa ngokuphuma kwizibuko laseMombasa, bechaza iindleko eziphezulu zokusebenza eziziswa yiRhafu yeXabiso eyongeziweyo esanda kufakwa kuzo zonke iinkonzo zaselwandle kunye nezibuko.
Imigca ithi inyathelo likarhulumente waseKenya alinasihlahla, ngexesha apho abachaphazelekayo kwezoshishino kwishishini lenqanawa lokuhamba ngenqanawa kulo mmandla bezamana neziphumo zokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi.
Abaqhubi beenqanawa zehlabathi bakwatsho ukuba bayasokola ukuhamba ngobuqhetseba obukhulayo kumanzi ommandla, singasathethi ke ngeendleko eziphezulu zokuhamba ngeenqanawa eziziswa ngamaxabiso epetroli angazinzanga kunye nokungakhathali kwabathengi.
Ukongeza ukuba iirhafu zikarhulumente waseKenya zifike ngexesha kwaye zidala imeko engalunganga yoshishino.
Ngaphezulu nangaphezulu, ibango lenqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa 'elibalekayo kumazibuko aseMpuma Afrika aseMombasa, eDar es Salaam naseZanzibar ngenxa yeziseko zabo ezingezizo.
Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho uNajib Balala uxelele iThe EastAfrican ukuba uwuthethile lo mbandela neqabane lakhe lezeMali, u-Uhuru Kenyatta, ngenjongo yokukhulula abaqhubi beenqanawa ngenqanawa ekuhlawuleni i-VAT.
“Irhafu yenzelwe abasebenzisi beezibuko. Oku kusekelwe kwimfuneko yokuba iSebe lezeMali lixhase uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali. Nangona ndivelana nenkonzo ekufuneni kwayo le mali, iinqanawa zokukhenketha azinaso isikhululo esilungiselelwe bona kuphela, kungoko sixoxa ngalo mba,” ucacise watsho uMnu Balala.
"Nantsi imeko apho umntu abanjwe phakathi kwelitye kunye nendawo enzima," wongezelela.
Izibuko laseThekwini libhengeze ukuba ukuza kuthi ga ngoku licwangcise iminxeba engama-53, kubandakanywa uninzi lwenqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa yeNkampani yeMeditera iMSC Sinfonia.
Inqanawa iza kuhlala eDurban phakathi kukaNovemba noAprili ka-2010.
Abanye baquka isigebenga se-150,000-gt u-Queen Mary 2, obiza eKapa naseThekwini, inqanawa ye-P&O yokuhamba ngenqanawa i-Aurora, iCrystal Cruises' Crystal Serenity, iBalmoral kaFred Olsen kunye neSeven Seas Voyager kunye neHolland America's Amsterdam.
Enyakeni, iinqanawa zabo ezimbini ze-Vista class i-Noordam ne-Westerdam ziya kuhlala kumanzi oMzantsi Afrika ngexesha leNdebe yeHlabathi yeSoka ka-2010.
Zonke ezi nqanawa zazenzelwe ukumisa kwizibuko laseMombasa.
Kwiileta ezithunyelwe kulawulo lwe-Kenya Ports Authority, imizila yokuthutha yathi isigqibo sabo sokunika i-Mombasa indawo ebanzi ngenxa yokuba i-VAT iya kwandisa iindleko zokufowuna kwi-port.
Ukuba iilayini zenza kakuhle isoyikiso sazo, intshukumo iya kuba neziphumo zokunkqonkqoza eDar naseZanzibar njengoko amazibuko amathathu encedisana.
IMombasa yonwabela isabelo esikhulu sentengiso yeshishini ngenxa yokuba kufutshane neendawo ezihlala izilwanyana zasendle, iilwandle ezigqwesileyo ezinesanti kunye neehotele. IDar es Salaam yindawo yesibini emva koko ibe yiZanzibar.
Kwiileta, ezithunyelwe ngeentsuku ezahlukeneyo kwinyanga ephelileyo ngabaqhubi beenqanawa abahamba phambili emhlabeni - iNkampani yoShipping yeMeditera (MSC) kunye neCosta Romantica - kuxelwe ukuba lo mbandela uza kuxoxwa yintlanganiso yebhodi ye-European Cruise Council eza kubanjwa ngaxesha lithile kule nyanga. .
“Ezi mfuno zintsha ziyakutyhala iindleko zokufowunela kwizibuko laseMombasa zinyuke ngeepesenti ezili-16. Umzekelo, iifizi zokulinga, ezithi ngomsebenzi ngamnye ziphantsi kwentlawulo encinci ye-150 yeedola, ziya kunyuka ziye kwi-174 yeedola. Ipilotge yenye yeenkonzo ezinikezelwa yi-KPA,” ileta evela kwi-MSC yomhla we-17 kuSeptemba walo nyaka ifundeka ngolu hlobo.
Ihlabela mgama isithi: “Qaphela ukuba, ngenxa yobuzaza bengxaki yeenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zamazwe ngamazwe, lo mbandela uza kuxutyushwa kwintlanganiso yebhodi yeEuropean Cruise Council kwinyanga ezayo.
“Iinqanawa ze-MSC zihamba emhlabeni wonke unyaka wonke, zifowunela kumazibuko abalulekileyo ehlabathi. Ndicela undikholelwe xa ndisithi siyaqala ngqa ukujongana nesi sityholo esinje.”
Ileta evela eCosta yomhla we-8 kaSeptemba ithi: “Ngoku sihlolisisa ezinye iindlela zokufowunela ezibukweni ukuze siphephe oku kunyuka kweendleko yaye siya kukucebisa ngalo naluphi na utshintsho kwishedyuli esiyenzayo. Siza kunika ingxelo ngalo mba kwinkampani yethu yabazali, iCarnival Corporation Plc, eqhuba inani elikhulu leenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kwihlabathi, kubandakanya iHolland America, iPrinces Cruise, iCunard / P&O Cruise, iSeabourn, i-AID kunye ne-Iberocruceros.
"Thatha oku kunye nogunyaziwe ofanelekileyo kwaye ubalumkise ukuba basengozini yokuphulukana neshishini elikhulu lokuhamba ngenqanawa eMombasa ukuba bakhetha ukunyanzelisa umrhumo onje."
Iinkonzo zaselwandle ekulindeleke ukuba zithotyelwe phantsi kwemiqathango yeRhafu-ntengo eyohlwaywayo ibandakanya iintlawulo zokulinga, iinkonzo zokutsala, iinkonzo zokuxhoma, imirhumo yezibuko nezibuko, unikezelo lwamanzi amatsha, idokhi, ibhoyiji kunye ne-anchorage, phakathi koluhlu olude.
Ukusabela kwezi zoyikiso, umanejala oyintloko kwiSebe lezobuGcisa baseKenya, uJoseph Atonga, uthe bawuchophele lo mba kwabasemagunyeni kwaye ulindele isisombululo kungekudala.
Kwileta yakhe yomhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu kuSeptemba, umnumzana Atonga, nangona kunjalo, ugwebe ukuba imeko iya kuhlala injalo de lo mba usonjululwe ngesebe elichaphazelekayo.
“Makhe ndiqaqambise indlela ekufaneleke ngayo ukuba iKenya iphinde icinge ngesigqibo sayo, ihamba ngefuthe elikhulu elithe ngqo nelithe ngqo lezoqoqosho kuzo zonke iinqanawa eziya eMombasa. Iziphumo zesigqibo ziya kuba yingozi kwicandelo,” yatsho ileta ye-MSC ethunyelwe kumlawuli olawulayo weKPA uJames Mulewa.
Ngokwezibalo ezivela kwiCruise Lines International Association, inqanawa yabakhweli ethwele abantu abangama-2,000 kunye nabasebenzi abangama-950 benza umyinge we-322,705 yeedola kwinkcitho yomnxeba kwizibuko lasekhaya.
Inqanawa efanayo yokwenza izibuko yokundwendwela umnxeba yenza i-$275,000 kwinkcitho elunxwemeni.
Umbutho uqikelela ukuba abantu abazizigidi ezili-14 bayakuhamba ngenqanawa kulo nyaka.
Ixesha lokuhamba ngenqanawa liqala ngenyanga kaNovemba kwaye lihlala kude kube nguMatshi, kunyaka olandelayo, ngexesha lebusika laseYurophu.
Kwingingqi, ngokuka-Abercrombie kunye nomlawuli wase-Kent Kenya u-Auni Kanji, umkhenkethi ohamba ngenqanawa uchitha malunga nama-200 eedola ngosuku.
Uphando lubonisa ukuba phakathi kwama-50 nama-70 ekhulwini abakhweli bathi bangathanda ukubuya kwiiholide zomhlaba emva kokutyelela ilizwe elitsha okokuqala.
Ishishini liye lahlala lincinci kutshanje, kunye nelizwe lirekhoda iifowuni ezisibhozo kunyaka ophelileyo ngokuchasene ne-20 kwi-2005/2006.
Izibuko laseMombasa lilindele ukufumana iinqanawa ezisibhozo okanye ezili-10 ngeli xesha lonyaka, ukuqala ngoNovemba.
Imizila yokuthumela yaseCosta, nangona kunjalo, ibhengeze ukuba baya kunika iMombasa indawo ebanzi ukuba iVAT ayisuswanga.
“Okwangoku, sineminxeba esibhozo ecwangciselwe isizini ka-2009/2010, ukuqala ekuqaleni kukaDisemba, unyaka wesithathu. Ngoku siphonononga ezinye iindlela zokufowuna ukuthintela oku kunyuka kweendleko. Siza kukucebisa ngalo naluphi na utshintsho lweshedyuli,” watsho uCosta Crociere SPA kwenye ileta yomhla we-8 kaDisemba 2008, eya kwiKPA.
Amazibuko aseMpuma Afrika, ngakumbi iMombasa, kulindeleke ukuba axhamle kuhambo olulindelekileyo loMzantsi Afrika lokuhamba ngenqanawa malunga neNdebe yeHlabathi.
Ngeli xesha, iKenya iye yaqhankqalaza kwinyathelo le-United Kingdom yokunyanzelisa i-95 (i-153 yeedola) kubakhenkethi abavela eLondon ukuya kumazwe asakhasayo.
Oku kuya kuba nefuthe elibi kushishino lwezokhenketho, uMnu Balala uxelele iqonga lezizwe ngezizwe.
Ethetha kwiseshoni ye-18 ye UNWTO INdibano Jikelele eyayibanjelwe e-Astana, eKazakhstan, uMnu Balala uthe eli nyathelo liza kuvala abakhenkethi abaninzi ekutyeleleni iKenya nakwamanye amazwe asakhulayo.
