Sasiphi kunyaka ophelileyo? NgoJanuwari ophelileyo, ngo-2009 inqanawa ethi “Ewe Sinako” ukuya kumsitho wokumiselwa kwesizwe yarhoxiswa ngenxa yokunqongophala komdla – hayi kumsitho, kodwa ngenxa yokuba inqanawa ayikwazanga ukusondela eWashington kuneBaltimore – kakhulu apho. igridlock iqalile. Ukusuka apho banikezela ngebhasi yokuya eWashington Mall (ngentlawulo) ngaphandle kwesiqinisekiso sokuba baza kufika.
Oko kumisela ithoni yeziganeko ezininzi kushishino lokuhamba ngenqanawa kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kodwa sinyamezele isaqhwithi ngcono kuneenkampani ezininzi, ngakumbi ezinxulumene nokuhamba. NgoJanuwari ophelileyo abantu babethandabuza ukuba iRoyal Caribbean izokwazi ukufumana inkxaso-mali ye-behemoth Oasis yoLwandle. Kulungile baye bafumana inkxaso-mali, inqanawa iyimpumelelo encomekayo kwaye iRoyal Caribbean isanda kuxela ingeniso ye-Q4 2009 ibingcono kakhulu kunoko bekulindelwe; a 3.4 million inzuzo kwikota, ngaphezu kabini kunyaka omnye odlulileyo.
Zeziphi ezinye iintlekele ushishino lokuhamba ngenqanawa olwadlula kuzo ngo-2009? Ngomhla wama-26 kuEpreli, iiMSC Cruises zagxothwa ngasemva kubaphangi baseSomalia bezama ukuqweqwedisa inqanawa yabo. I-MSC Melody yayikwiikhilomitha ezingama-200 kumntla weZiqithi zaseSeychelle xa amadoda amathandathu kwisikhephe esincinci esimhlophe saphehlelelwa kwinto ebonakala ngathi yinqanawa kamama yamapirate. Kanye ecaleni kwenqanawa “bavula umlilo ngokungathi bayaphambana,” ngokutsho komphathi wenqanawa owachaza eso siganeko “njengokungathi basemfazweni.”
I-MSC yothuse aba baqweqwedisi ngokudubula ngeembumbulu zokwenyani, into yokugqibela ebeyilindele nabani na. Ekuqaleni saxelelwa ukuba umphathi "unikezele izixhobo kubasebenzi abambalwa ababalulekileyo," kodwa sakhawuleza safunda ngokuchanekileyo ukuba i-MSC yayiqeshe kwaye yakhwela amagosa akwa-Israeli e-Seychelles ukuze akhuseleke - ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukuba badlule. indawo yobungozi. Umkhosi wokhuseleko wexeshana wakhutshelwa ngokukhawuleza ukuba inqanawa ilungele ukungena kwiSuez Canal.
Zange kuphele neveki safumana iindaba ezimbi kakhulu. Kanye njengokuba uMatiloshe weeLwandle waseRoyal Caribbean wehla eCalifornia ukuze adibane neCarnival Splendor kunye neSapphire Princess ukuze bazibandakanye kwisizini yokuqala yoNxweme oluseNtshona lokwenyani lokuhamba ngenqanawa kweMega siye safumana iindaba zohlobo olutsha lwentsholongwane olubulala abantu eMexico. Phantse kwangaloo mini inye, isebe lethu likarhulumente likhuphe isilumkiso ngokuchasene “nalo lonke uhambo olungabalulekanga lokuya eMexico”.
Kwiinyanga ezimbini ezilandelayo i-H1N1 yayikuwo onke amaphepha angaphambili kunye nothungelwano lweTV. Ekuqaleni yayibizwa ngokuba nguMkhuhlane waseMexico, emva koko nguMkhuhlane weHagu kwaye ekugqibeleni yayingathathi cala kwezopolitiko i-H1N1. Kuyo yonke i-2009 bekukho iingxelo ezithi i-H1N1 yayingabunjwanga ukuba ibe ngubhubhani oqikelelweyo kuqala, kodwa i-WHO yawunyusela kwinqanaba lesi-6 ubhubhane kunye neendaba ezichukumisayo zaphumelela ngolo suku. Izitokhwe zeCruise Line ziwe ngathi ngamatye. Ndicebise ukuba bazithenge kwelo nqanaba ngenxa nje yezaphulelo zebhodi yeenqanawa indlela yokuhamba ngenqanawa inika abaninizabelo. Iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zaphinda zasiwa eCanada ehlotyeni kodwa zaqala ngokuzola zabuyela eMexico zihamba ngenqanawa kungekho ziganeko.
Amanqaku ephepha-ndaba le-H1N1 aye anda de asiva nto, kodwa silindele ukuba loo nto itshintshe kungekudala. UWolfgang Wodarg, unobhala wezempilo kwiBhunga lezizwe ezingama-41 laseYurophu ubambe iindibano zovakaliso-zimvo ukuze abone ukuba wonke umsitho “yawuyenye yezona zinto zinkulu zezamayeza kule nkulungwane”. Urhulumente wase-Bhritane wanikwa uqikelelo lokusweleka kwe-65,000 ukusuka kwi-H1N1 ngeli xesha lobusika. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kukho ama-360. Kubonakala ngathi uninzi lwamazwe aseYurophu alugcinile isitofu sokugonya ukuze kuthintelwe “imeko kaxakeka” engazange yenzeke, kwaye ngoku akukho namnye kubemi bawo ofuna isitofu sokugonya. IFransi ineedosi ezizigidi ezingama-60, kwaye ikhuphe izigidi ezihlanu.
I-H1N1 yaxhokonxa iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa ukuba zehlise isikhokelo somvuzo wabo kubaninizabelo ngoJuni ophelileyo, emva koxinzelelo oluvela kubahlalutyi abathile baseWall Street. Mna ngokwam ndathi ndiyakholelwa ukuba esi sifo sasisenziwa ngaphaya kwesizathu. Xa sijonga umva, ndikholelwa ukuba bendichanile ukusebenzisa ingqiqo efanayo neyelinye ilungu leBhunga, uGqr. Ulrich Keil owathi, “Nge-SARS, enomkhuhlane weentaka, ingqikelelo isoloko iphosakele… Kutheni singafundi kwimbali?”
Ngeli xesha, kusekho ukuwa kwi-H1N1 "ingxaki" kwishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa - ukuhamba ngenqanawa ukuya eMexico kuseyinto yokutshaya! Kwaye nali icebiso lam, bamba elinye ngoku phambi kokuba amaxabiso anyuke. Ndisandula ukubuya kuhambo oluhle kakhulu kwiSapphire Princess kwaye isihloko se-H1N1 asizange size nakanye.
