Kwihlabathi jikelele, ukhenketho lokukhenketha luchatshazelwe kakhulu yi-COVID19 enyanzelise ukuvalwa kwemida kwiindawo eziphambili zokhenketho kuMntla Merika, eYurophu, eAsia-Pacific, naseMzantsi Melika. Ngendlela emangalisayo, iindlela ezininzi zokuhamba ngenqanawa ziye zahlangatyezwa kungekho zimpawu zokungena kumazibuko ahlukeneyo okukhokelela ekuxingeni okanye ekunyanzelweni ukuba kubuyiselwe izibuko lokuphuma. Icandelo lenqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa libe semngciphekweni wokuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19 ngenxa yomkhwa walo wokutsala abakhweli abadala. Umzila omnye wokuhamba ngenqanawa, ngakumbi, iRuby Princess, yaba ngubhubhane wobhubhane eYurophu, ngamatyala angama-340 ekugqibeleni. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ilahleko ebaliweyo yoshishino lokhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa ukusukela oko ubhubhane uzizigidi ezingama-750 zeedola. Izabelo kwiinkampani ezinkulu zokuhamba ngenqanawa ezifana neRoyal Caribbean, Carnival, kunye neNorway nazo zehle ngama-60 ekhulwini ukuya kuma-70 ekhulwini.
KwiiCaribbean, uninzi lweendawo ezingakhange zifumane nqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa ukusukela ngoFebruwari njengoko iinkampani ezinkulu ziye zamisa okwethutyana ukuhamba ngomkhumbi. Ukwehla kukhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kuba nefuthe elibi kwiJamaica. Kule minyaka idlulileyo, ukhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa luvele ngokukhawuleza lwaya kwelinye lawona macandelo abaluleke kakhulu kuqoqosho lwesizwe, lukhula ngaphezulu kwama-300% kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo. IJamaica ibisoloko ibekwa kwindawo efanelekileyo yokuhamba ngenqanawa kwindawo. Ukukhula nokuphuhliswa kwecandelo lezorhwebo lokuhamba ngeenqanawa kuye kwaxhaswa lutyalo-mali olukhulu lweli lizwe ukuphucula amazibuko ukwandisa umthamo wawo wokuthwala.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2020, ingqikelelo yayiyeyokuba ukhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa lwaluya kuba nakho ukuvela ngo-2020 kunye nokungena kwezinto ezintsha ezinje ngeRoyal Caribbean's Symphony yeeLwandle. NgoJanuwari walo nyaka, ngaphambi kwefuthe le-COVID-19, iPort Royal yaba lelona zibuko litsha kweli lizwe kwaye yamkela umnxeba wayo wokuqala wenqanawa. Ehlabathini jikelele, ukhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa yayilelona candelo likhula ngokukhawuleza kwishishini lokhenketho lwehlabathi ngaphambi kobhubhane. Ngokucacileyo, ifuthe eliphazamisayo lobhubhane we-COVID-19 lonakalise uqikelelo lokukhula kunye neendlela zokukhula kutshanje kukhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa. Ukhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa, nangona kunjalo, ngokwesiko belilelinye lawona macandelo omeleleyo kushishino lokhenketho lwehlabathi.
Ngokwembali, icandelo lokhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa yayiyeyona nto inezixhobo ezifanelekileyo kwaye inamava okulawula kunye nokubeka iliso kwimeko yezempilo yabakhweli nabasebenzi. Njengenxalenye yesakhelo sabo sokusebenza esiqhelekileyo, imigca yokuhamba ngenqanawa iphumeze amanyathelo okuthintela ukuqhambuka kunye neempendulo kwaye iinqanawa zazifakelwe izibonelelo zonyango ngelixa oomatiloshe kunye nonxweme kwicala leengcali bezonyango zazikhona ubusuku nemini, 24/7, ukubonelela ngonyango lokuqala kwimeko yokugula kunye nokuthintela ukuhanjiswa kwezifo. Imizila yokuhamba ngenqanawa ikwathabathe amanyathelo okhuseleko kunye nokuhlola abakhweli kunye nabasebenzi bezigulo ngaphambi kokuba bakhwele xa iimeko zifuna njalo. Ngenxa yala manyathelo, ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa likwazile ukulawula ngempumelelo ukuqhambuka kosuleleko kwixa elidlulileyo kubandakanya i-H1N1, umkhuhlane, imasisi, amabutho emikhosi, i-norovirus, kwaye ngoku yinoveli coronavirus. Uphando lubonakalisile ukuba ukubhukishwa kwenqanawa kwixesha elidlulileyo kubuyile kumanqanaba angaphambi komsitho emva kweentsuku ezingama-90, ezinika ithemba kwimeko yangoku.
Icandelo lezokhenketho lokuhamba ngeenqanawa kwihlabathi liphela nalo likhawulezile ukuphendula kwingxaki ekhoyo. Impendulo yayo ihlala ibeka phambili impilo nokhuseleko lwabakhweli, abasebenzi, kunye noluntu kwiindawo ezityelelweyo. Ukulandela isibhengezo se-WHO ngobhubhane phakathi ku-Matshi, yonke imigca yokuhamba ngenqanawa ebhaliswe ne- Umbutho wamazwe aphesheya kweCruise Lines (CLIA) yenze isigqibo esingazange senziwe ngaphambili sokumisa ngokuzithandela imisebenzi yehlabathi, isenza ukuba ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa libe lelokuqala ukwenza njalo. Oku kuncede ukunciphisa isoyikiso ngqo se-COVID-19 kwizigidi zabakhweli beenqanawa kunye nabasebenzi.
I-CLIA ikwasebenza noorhulumente basekhaya nabesizwe kwihlabathi liphela, kunye namagunya ezempilo akhokelayo kunye namaqabane ayo kuluntu ngokubanzi lokuhamba ngeenqanawa ukuze zilungelelanise iinzame ngexesha lokunqunyanyiswa okuqhubayo kwemisebenzi yokuhamba ngenqanawa kwihlabathi liphela. Imizila yokuhamba ngenqanawa ikwamkele ukuvavanywa kwangaphambi kwebhodi kunye nokwala ukukhwela kwabo basandula ukuhamba ukusuka okanye kwiindawo ezichaphazelekayo ngokuhambelana nesikhokelo esivela kubaphathi bempilo kwihlabathi. Ukuqhubela phambili kweenkokheli zeshishini ngokuqinisekileyo kuncede ukhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa ukuba lihambe ngcono kakhulu kunamanye amacandelo okhenketho lwehlabathi. I-CLIA ixele ukuba uninzi lweenqanawa ezingama-270 zokuhamba ngenqanawa ngaphakathi kwamalungu eqela le-CLIA azichaphazelekanga yile ntsholongwane.
IiCaribbean zisendleleni yokugqibezela izicwangciso zazo zokubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo njengoko uninzi lusebenze iQela lokuBuyisa uKhenketho, elinikwe uxanduva ngokubanzi lokuphuhlisa inkqubo yokuvuselela nokukhula kwecandelo. Ngokukodwa kwezokhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa, sikwenze kwasebenza "iNkqubo yokuBuyisa uLwandle ngenqanawa" eza kuchotshelwa nguMongameli kunye ne-CEO yeGunyabantu leZibuko laseJamaica, uGordon Shirley. Ezokhenketho ngoku zisebenza kunye nempilo ukuqinisekisa ukuba amava abatyeleli kwiCaribbean iphela, iya kuba yindawo ekhuselekileyo kwaye, amazwe aliqela kunye nemibutho yengingqi nayo iyagqibezela iinkqubo ezongezelelweyo kunye nezikhokelo zokuphucula impilo kunye nokhuseleko lwemveliso yezokhenketho yaseJamaican. Umsebenzi onzima wabachaphazelekayo baseCaribbean uhlawule njengoko ummandla ukulungele kwaye ulungiselelwe ukuvula kwakhona indawo yokhenketho ngoJuni 2020.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Following the WHO's declaration of a pandemic in mid-March, all cruise lines registered with the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) made the unprecedented decision to voluntarily suspend worldwide operations, making the cruise industry one of the first to do so.
- The CLIA has also been working with local and national governments around the world, as well as leading health authorities and its partners across the wider cruise community to coordinate efforts during the ongoing suspension of worldwide cruise operations.
- As a part of their routine operational framework, cruise lines had implemented outbreak prevention and response measures and ships were fitted with medical facilities while shipboard and shore side medical professionals were available around the clock, 24/7, to provide initial medical care in the event of illness and prevent disease transmission.
