Iinqwelo-moya zifumana uncedo kumzi mveliso wokuhamba ngenqanawa

Umzi-mveliso wokuhamba ngenqanawa waseMntla Merika ukhuthaza uqoqosho kwaye ubonelela ngokukhula koqoqosho okubalulekileyo kwiinqwelomoya ezikhwelisa abakhweli ngenqanawa ukuya kwiindawo zokukhwela.

Ngo-2008, ifuthe elibi loqoqosho e-US kwishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa laliyi-40.2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ukunyuka kwe-6% ukusuka ku-2007, ngokutsho kwe-Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) kwingxelo yayo yamva nje: Igalelo leMveliso yoMmandla waseMntla Melika ukuya UQoqosho lwase-US ngo-2008.

Phantse abakhweli abazizigidi ezili-13 bathathe iholide yokukhenketha kulo nyaka uphelileyo kwihlabathi liphela, ebinyuke nge-4% ukusuka kunyaka ongaphambili, ngelixa iinqanawa ezingamalungu e-CLIA zithwele abakhweli abazizigidi ezisi-9 ukusuka kumazibuko aseMelika kuphela.

IFlorida ihlala iziko lokuhamba ngenqanawa e-US, kwaye i-akhawunti ye-57% yazo zonke ii-embarkings zase-US. IMiami lelona zibuko liphezulu esizweni, ilandelwa yiPort Canaveral kunye nePort Everglades eFlorida, kunye neLos Angeles, eNew York naseGalveston, eTexas.

Ingxelo ye-CLIA ithi i-60% ye-40 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi zemveliso zichaphazela amashishini asixhenxe aphambili, amabini awo ngamaziko eenqwelo-moya kunye neenkonzo zokuhamba. Ibalele i-2.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngokuthe ngqo kuthutho lwenqwelomoya ngo-2008, kunye nemisebenzi engama-6,942 kushishino lwezophapho. Iinkonzo zokuhamba, ezibandakanya ii-arhente zokuhamba, iinkonzo zokuthutha emhlabeni kunye nohambo lwase-US olusekelwe elunxwemeni, luzuze kwi-4.2 yeebhiliyoni kunye nemisebenzi ye-54,442, ngokutsho kwengxelo.

Nangona kunjalo, ukukhula kwesikhundla kuye kwehla iminyaka emithathu ilandelelana.
Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, iinqanawa ezisibhozo ezintsha zongezwa kwinqanawa ukongezwa ezimbini kuphela njengoko ezintandathu bezithengisiwe okanye zaphinda zasasazwa kwimarike yaseMntla Melika. Ngokomzekelo, ukususela ngo-2005 ukuya ku-2006, inani leenqanawa landa ngamathandathu, kwaye ukususela ngo-2006 ukuya ku-2007, lenyuka ngesibhozo. Kwakhona, ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa liyaqhubeka nokwandisa ukusetyenziswa kwamazibuko eCaribbean kwiindawo zokuqalisa, ezinciphisa abakhweli abasuka kumazibuko ase-US. "Ngenxa yoko, i-United States ayizange iqhubeke nokufumana ukwehla kwesabelo sayo sokuhamba ngenqanawa kwihlabathi kodwa ifumene ukwehla kwenani labakhweli abasuka kumazibuko aseMelika," yatsho ingxelo. "Ngexesha lika-2008, ukukhwela abakhweli kumazibuko ase-US kuye kwafikelela kwi-8.96 yezigidi, ukuhla kwe-2.4% ukusuka ngo-2007 kunye ne-69% yesabelo sohambo lwehlabathi." Oko kuthelekiswa ne-77% yokuqaliswa kwehlabathi ngo-2004.

Iinqwelomoya ezibhabha eMiami ngo-2008 zixhamle kwi-11.4% yokwanda kokuqalisa (i-2.1 yezigidi zabakhweli abahamba ngeenqanawa), ngelixa i-Florida iyonke inyuke nge-133,000 kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukusuka eMiami, ePort Everglades naseTampa, eyaye yahlaziywa ngokuyinxenye yilahleko evela ePort Canaveral kunye Jacksonville. Amazibuko okukhula ngo-2008 ngokwemiqathango yokuqalisa, ukongeza eMiami, yayiyiPort Liberty eBayonne, NJ, inyuke nge-142.4%; iSan Diego, inyuke nge-16.4%; Seattle, phezulu 12.7%; kunye ne-Mobile, Ala., inyuke nge-12.3%.