EBRIDGETOWN, eBarbados-Ngaphandle kokuthotywa ixesha elide kwiimarike zemithombo yokhenketho, iBarbados kulindeleke ukuba irekhode i-10 yeepesenti yokunyuka kwabakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa ekupheleni kuka-2009.
Ngokusekwe kwizibophelelo eziqinisekisiweyo zeenqanawa zikaDisemba, kunye neshishini elidlamkileyo kwiinyanga ezili-11 zokuqala zonyaka, indawo ekuyiwa kuyo kulindeleke ukuba yamkele malunga nama-750,000 abakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa ekupheleni konyaka, irekhoda ukuphucuka kuka-2008.
Bamalunga ne-10,000 laba bakhweli ekulindeleke ukuba bakhwele esiqithini ngosuku olunye, iBoxing Day, xa iinqanawa ezintlanu zicwangciselwe ukumisa iiankile kwizibuko laseBridgetown. Ezo nqanawa zilindele ukuvelisa umsebenzi ojikeleze iSixeko yiNkosazana yoLwandle, i-Explorer, iMillennium, iCrystal Serenity kunye neRoyal Clipper.
UMlawuli wokuSebenza kwiiNkonzo zeFoster kunye ne-Ince Cruise, uRobert Hutson, uphinde waxela ukuba zombini isikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye ne-seaport iya kuxakeka ngoMgqibelo we-26 kaDisemba njengoko inkqubo ye-fly / cruise iya kusebenza, ihambisa abakhweli baseYurophu ukuya nokubuya kwiNkosazana yoLwandle.
Ukongeza, amaqabane asekuhlaleni ecandelo lokuhamba ngenqanawa aye anethemba jikelele malunga nexesha lokuhamba ngenqanawa lika-2009-10, eliya kuqhuba ukusuka ngo-Oktobha 2009 ukuya kutsho ngoAprili ka-2010. Oku kuqale ngenqaku eliphezulu emva kwenkomfa ye-16 ye-FCCA e-St Lucia, apho iintlanganiso bezikhona. ibanjwe nabaphathi beendlela ezihamba phambili zokuhamba ngenqanawa.
Iingxelo zemizi-mveliso zikwalatha kutshintsho olulindelekileyo luka-2010 kwiimarike ezinkulu ezithe zachatshazelwa kukudodobala koqoqosho nokuqhubeleka korhwebo olundlongondlongo ngeendlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa, ukutyhala amaxabiso anomtsalane kunye nexabiso lesiphakamiso semali.
UMphathiswa wezoShishino lwaMazwe ngamazwe kunye noThutho lwamazwe ngamazwe, uGeorge Hutson, owayeye kwinkomfa ye-FCCA, wathi iBarbados yayinethemba lokugcina ishishini eliqinileyo ngo-2010 kwaye iinzame zaziphezu kokuqulunqa izicwangciso zokukhuthaza abakhweli abahamba ngeenqanawa ukuba bachithe ngaphezulu kwisiqithi.
UMphathiswa uqhube wathi iBarbados yayijonge ngokunzulu ukutsala ishishini elikhulu kwixesha elicothayo lasehlotyeni, xa iinqanawa ezininzi zisuka kwiCaribbean ukuya eYurophu nakwiMeditera.
“Eso sesinye sezizathu zokuba sifumanise ukuba imarike yaseMzantsi Melika inomtsalane. Ubusika kummandla osemazantsi we-hemisphere bungqamana nehlobo lasentla kwaye ukuba sinokutsala abakhenkethi abasuka emazantsi ngeli xesha oko kuya kuthetha ukuba sishishina unyaka wonke kuthi,” utshilo uHutson.
UMphathiswa uthe uRhulumente uzimisele kwiinzame zakhe zokuphuhlisa iimarike eMzantsi Melika, zombini iindwendwe ezihlala ixesha elide kunye nokuhamba ngenqanawa, kwaye wakhuthaza amahlakani ecandelo labucala ukuba ajoyine umzamo.
