I-Bermuda ilindele ukubona ukunyuka kweepesenti ezili-11 kwinani labakhweli abahamba ngeenqanawa abatyelela unxweme lwayo kulo nyaka.
UMphathiswa wezoThutho uTerry Lister ubhengeze namhlanje ukuba bangama-385,200 bebonke abakhweli ekulindeleke ukuba beze apha, xa kuthelekiswa nabangama-347,931 abandwendwele kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Kodwa, njengoko kwaxelwa okokuqala kwi-Bermuda Sun ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, inqanawa enye kuphela iya kumisa eSt George's - iNkosana Albert II ngo-Oktobha.
IVeendam iya kuqhubeka nokuthenda edolophini ngoLwesibini ukuqala ngoMeyi.
Ethetha kwinkomfa noonondaba namhlanje, uMnu. Lister uthe: “Sihlala siyindawo enomtsalane kungekuphela nje kwiindlela ezinkulu zokuhamba ngenqanawa ezisebenza eUnited States nakwiCaribbean kodwa nakwiindlela ezincinci, ezidla ngokuhamba ngenqanawa ehlabathini lonke. Yima eBermuda.”
Ishedyuli yalo nyaka iphuhlisa iminxeba eli-180 ngeenqanawa ezihamba ngenqanawa ngegalelo lemali lezigidi ezingama-81 zeerandi kuqoqosho lwethu.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zazisa i-73.4 yezigidi zeedola.
Imigca emitsha ekhonza esi siqithi kulo nyaka ibandakanya iSilversea Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Oceania Cruises kunye neAida Cruises, indlela yokuhamba ngenqanawa yaseJamani eza kwenza uhambo lwazo lokuqala ukuya eBermuda.
UMnu. Lister uthe iCarnival nayo iya kuhamba ngenqanawa ukuya eBermuda ukusuka eBaltimore, eCharleston naseNorfolk.
“La ngamazibuko abalulekileyo aqalayo njengoko siye safumanisa ukuba abakhenkethi abahamba ngenqanawa abasuka kumazantsi mpuma eUnited States bayayixabisa imbali nenkcubeko yaseBermuda, kwaye babhukisha uhambo olungakumbi lwaselunxwemeni kunelo lusuka kwamanye amazibuko”, wongeze watsho.
UPatrice Minors, uMphathiswa woPhuhliso lweShishini kunye noKhenketho, uthe: “Ziindaba ezimnandi ezi kukhenketho lwaseBermuda.
"Ngaphandle kombuzo, ishishini eliveliswe kwicandelo lokuhamba ngenqanawa liyinto ebalulekileyo kushishino lwethu lokhenketho kwaye linegalelo elikhulu kuqoqosho lwethu."
Uqhubeke wathi: “Kumele kucaciswe ukuba iCrystal, iRegent, iCunard, iOceania kunye neSilversea zonke ngamagama aziwayo kushishino lokuhamba ngokuzonwabisa.
“Enyanisweni uCondé Nast ubalinganise phakathi kweendlela ezintlanu eziphambili zokuhamba ngenqanawa.
“Ke ukukwazi kwethu ukutsala iklasi yokuqala, abafowunelwa beprimiyamu lufezekiso ngokwenene, ngakumbi kwimozulu yangoku esikuyo.
“Ewe kunjalo ngaphandle kokutsho ukuba iCarnival Cruise Lines ikwaluphawu oludumileyo nolwaziwayo.
Ke ngoko utyelelo oludityanisiweyo lwezi liner, luqinisekisa ukuba iBermuda ikwixesha elisebenzayo nelinika umdla.
Inqanawa yokuqala, iSeven Sea Mariner, iya kufika ekupheleni kukaMatshi eHamilton.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “We remain an attractive destination not only for the larger cruise lines that typically operate in the United States and the Caribbean but also with the smaller, premium lines that generally do world cruises with a stop in Bermuda.
- Imigca emitsha ekhonza esi siqithi kulo nyaka ibandakanya iSilversea Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Oceania Cruises kunye neAida Cruises, indlela yokuhamba ngenqanawa yaseJamani eza kwenza uhambo lwazo lokuqala ukuya eBermuda.
- “Without question, business generated from the cruise sector is an important element of our tourism industry and a major contributor to our economy.
