I-SAN JUAN - Emva kokuthatha ukubetha kunyaka odlulileyo, imboni yezokhenketho yaseCaribbean ijonge ekuphuculeni kwi-2010 nangona inkxalabo malunga nerhafu yendalo ebekwe yiBritane kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho olujoliswe kubakhenkethi kwezinye iziqithi.
Inyikima eyantlithwa yinyikima iHaiti ayikhange ibe yindawo enkulu yabakhenkethi, ngaphandle kweRoyal Caribbean's yabucala yaseLabadee beach resort kunxweme olusemantla, egcinwe emonakalweni.
Kodwa uninzi lwezinye iziqithi zeCaribbean zixhomekeke kakhulu kukhenketho ngengeniso nakwimisebenzi, kwaye kuxelwe ukuhla kulo nyaka uphelileyo njengoko imeko yezoqoqosho yehlabathi kunye nokudodobala kwamatyala kugcine abantu baseYurophu nabaseMntla baseMelika ekhaya.
Umphathiswa wezokhenketho kwisiqithi sasempuma yeCaribbean saseSt.
“Mhlawumbi siza kuwuphelisa unyaka nge-5.6 yeepesenti ezantsi kodwa sijonge ukuphinda sibuyele esomeleleyo ngo-2010,” utshilo uChastanet ngexesha leMarike yeCaribbean, umsitho wonyaka owawusingathwa yiCaribbean Hotel kunye neTourism Association edibanisa abanikazi behotele kunye nababoneleli.
I-St. Lucia ifumene iindwendwe ze-360,000 zokuhlala - abo bachitha imali kumagumbi ehotele nakwiindawo zokutyela - kwaye babone ukunyuka kweepesenti ze-15 ekufikeni kweenqanawa.
I-Tobago, isiqithi esincinci sikadade waseTrinidad, yehla kakhulu ekufikeni kwabakhenkethi abavela kwintengiso yabo enkulu yase-UK kunye naseJamani.
“Imeko yezoqoqosho kwihlabathi jikelele ibe nefuthe elibi eTobago. Iihotele zinike ingxelo yokuhla kangangeepesenti ezingama-40 kwindawo yokuhlala, ngakumbi kwiimarike zaseBritane naseJamani, utshilo umphathi wehotele uRene Seepersadsingh.
Ngelixa uninzi lweziqithi lunika ingxelo ngo-2009 ohlwempuzekileyo wokhenketho, iJamaica yabona ukonyuka kwe-4 ekhulwini kwabafikayo.
“Ibingunyaka olungileyo kuthi nangona yonke into kwihlabathi liphela,” utshilo uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho u-Ed Bartlett.
IZIHLALO EZINGAKUMBI
IJamaica ibisenza iintengiso zikamabonwakude kulo lonke elaseMntla Melika ngexesha lobusika obubanda ngokungaqhelekanga ukurhwebesha ababukeli kwimozulu eshushu, kwaye inethemba lomnye weyona minyaka ilungileyo.
“Kweli xesha lobusika liqala ngoku, sinerekhodi yezihlalo ezisisigidi esi-1 (seenqwelomoya) elona nani likhulu esakha saba nalo,” uBartlett uxelele iReuters.
Ngelixa amagosa okhenketho enethemba lokuphuculwa koshishino kulo nyaka, anexhala malunga nefuthe lerhafu yendalo esingqongileyo urhulumente wase-UK ayibeke kubahambi ngenqwelomoya.
Xa ukunyuka kwexabiso kuqala ngoNovemba, ithikithi yeklasi yezoqoqosho ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-UK ukuya kwiCaribbean iya kuthwala irhafu ye-75 pounds ($ 122) ngelixa irhafu kwitikiti yeklasi yokuqala i-150 pounds (244 $).
“Yirhafu engafanelekanga, engeyomfuneko nengekho sikweni,” watsho uJohn Taker, umlawuli wezentengo kwiVirgin Holidays.
Uninzi lweziqithi lujongene nomngeni owongezelelweyo wokuqinisekisa abahambi abanokubakho ngokhuseleko lwabo emva kolwaphulo-mthetho oluninzi ngokuchasene nabakhenkethi.
Abaphangi abaxhobileyo e-Bahamas bajolise kubakhenkethi abahamba ngeenqanawa, ngelixa iingcebiso zokuhamba zikhutshiwe eTrinidad naseTobago ngenxa yokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo kunye nokubulawa kwabakhenkethi kunye nabahlali bamanye amazwe.
Nangona abahlali bendawo bahlala bejolise kubo kuneendwendwe, lo mmandla ujongene namazinga aphezulu okubulala.
IBermuda yayinokubulala okuthandathu ngo-2009 kwaye enye sele isele kulo nyaka. Ubuncinci ezithathu zokubulala zinxulumene nemigewu.
Umphathi weehotele uMichael Winfield, usihlalo weBermuda Alliance for Tourism, uthe ukubulawa kwabantu nokubhengezwa kwamazwe ngamazwe kwalubeka emngciphekweni umfanekiso wesi siqithi.
“Enye yezona ndawo zithengisa kakhulu eBermuda, ngokwesithethe, ibilukhuseleko nobubele bayo kwaye neplanga yeprofayile yethu ibe sesichengeni iyothusa; ngeli xesha uqikelelo sele lumbi kakhulu,” utshilo uWinfield eBermuda.
U-Seeparsadsingh uthe uTobago wonyusile ubukho bamapolisa, ngelixa izinga lokufunyanwa kolwaphulo-mthetho liye landa.
IJamaica, echazwa njengelinye lawona mazwe anogonyamelo kwiNtshona yeIkhweyitha, isaqhubeka itsala abakhenkethi nangona izinga layo lokubulala lixhomis’ amehlo. Isiqithi siye sabulala abantu abayi-1,680 kulo nyaka uphelileyo, irekhodi lesizwe sabantu abazizigidi ezi-2.7.
“Kuyaphikisana. Eyona nto inomtsalane eJamaica ngabantu. Iyaziphikisa iinkcukacha-manani zolwaphulo-mthetho,” utshilo uBartlett.
