Njengoko amaxabiso esitokhwe sabo ehla, imigca yokuhamba ngenqanawa inethemba lokuba ukuthengisa ngokundlongondlongo kunye nezaphulelo ziya kunceda abanokuba ngabagibeli boyise inkxalabo malunga noqoqosho olubuthathaka kwaye bazibandakanye nohambo.
Abahlalutyi bezemali baxhalabile malunga nokunyuka kwamaxabiso amafutha kwingeniso kunye nokugqithiswa komthamo kwiinqanawa, kwaye oko kuqhutywe amaxabiso esitokhwe seCarnival Cruise Lines, iRoyal Caribbean International kunye nomzali weDisney Cruise Line uWalt Disney Co. ephantsi kulo nyaka uphelileyo, utshilo uOivind Mathisen, umhleli wopapasho lwezorhwebo lweCruise Industry News.
“Ezi ziinkampani ezinesandi esiqinileyo, iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa,” utshilo. Benza itoni, kodwa abenzi kangako njengoko bebesenza ngaphambili, kwaye iWall Street ifuna ngaphezulu.
Ukuhamba ngenqanawa kwiCaribbean kusahlala kudumile, ngakumbi kubahambi ngenqanawa okokuqala, utshilo uMathisen.
“Kodwa iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa kufuneka zinyuse umatshini wokunyusa,” utshilo uMathisen. “Kubekho ukonyuka kwenani ngeepesenti ezingama-24 ngo-2008 ngo-2007, kwaye oko kuya kuqhubeka. Kuya kufuneka balwe nokukhula okunamandla kuluhlu lweempahla, kunye nokuthamba kwiimarike zokuhamba ngenqanawa zaseYurophu. ”
Kodwa ungenzi mpazamo, iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa zinenzuzo. Umzekelo, iCarnival itsale kwi-390 yezigidi zeedola kwingeniso kwikota yesibini.
Kwaye amaxabiso amatikiti anyukile kwaye abakhweli bayahlawula, utshilo uMathisen.
Ikota yesibini yaseRoyal Caribbean yaphela ngo-Matshi 31, yabonisa ingeniso yetikiti lomkhweli yanda ukusuka kwi-$ 870,416 kwi-2007 ukuya kwi-$ 1,037,903 kwi-2008. Kwakhona, inkcitho ye-board-board yaphuma kwi-$ 352,710 kwikota yesibini ye-2007 ukuya kwi-$ 391,182 ngexesha elifanayo kwi-2008.
Ngeenqanawa ezinkulu ezithunyelwa ePort Canaveral nakwamanye amazibuko kwihlabathi liphela, kukho uluhlu oluthengisiweyo lokuthengisa.
Ke izivumelwano kunye nezaphulelo kwiDisney, Carnival kunye neRoyal Caribbean zininzi. Kukho imvakalelo yongxamiseko eyenziwayo ukuze kuzaliswe amagumbi, utshilo uGeraldine Blanchard, umongameli weGlobal Tours & Travel, iarhente yokuhamba eMelbourne.
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