Izibuko laseBaltimore liza kufumana unyaka wokuqala wokuhamba ngenqanawa xa iCarnival Cruise Lines ilahla iankile apho ngoSeptemba 2009, amagosa athi ngoLwesine, ezisa ukonyuka kwezoqoqosho kurhulumente.
I-"Carnival Pride" iya kuqalisa uhambo lweentsuku ezisixhenxe ukusuka e-Baltimore veki nganye ukuya ku-Agasti ka-2011, inyusa kakhulu inani leehambo eziphuma kwizibuko. IRoyal Caribbean International kunye neNorwegian Cruise Line isebenza ngaphandle kwezibuko ukusuka kuEpreli ukuya kuOkthobha.
UJim White, umlawuli olawulayo kuLawulo lwePort yaseMaryland, uthe kukho iinqanawa ezingama-27 ezicwangciselwe ukuhamba eBaltimore kulo nyaka. Kwi-2009, uMhlophe uthe inani liya kuphinda kabini ngokongezwa kweCarnival kunye nolunye uhambo olongezelelweyo olucwangciswe yiRoyal Caribbean kunye neNorway.
Ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa libe nefuthe loqoqosho lwezigidi ezingama-56 zeedola ngo-2006, utshilo.
“Sithetha ngokuphinda-phinda umthamo, ngoko ndingatsho ngokulula ukuba siyakube siyiphinda kabini inzuzo yezoqoqosho kurhulumente,” utshilo uMhlophe. “Siza kuqala ukuyibona lo nto ngo-2009. Ngo-2010 sinethemba lokuba iza kuqina ngakumbi.”
URhuluneli uMartin O'Malley usibize isigqibo seCarnival sokusungula eBaltimore, "impumelelo enkulu kwilizwe laseMaryland."
ICarnival inethemba lokurhwebesha abantu abazizigidi ezingama-40 ngaphakathi kohambo lweeyure ezintandathu ukuba batsibe indlela yokunqumla ilizwe okanye babhabhe baye kwiindawo ezitshisayo baze bahambe ngenqanawa bephuma eBaltimore endaweni yoko.
Isithethi seCarnival uJennifer de la Cruz sathi: “Uninzi lwabantu lunengxaki yokubhabha neendleko zokuhamba ngenqwelo-moya.
Nangona iBaltimore inokuthathwa njengokhetho olungaqhelekanga lwendawo yokuhamba ngenqanawa unyaka wonke ngenxa yobusika bayo obubandayo, ude la Cruz uthe inkampani ilindele ukwenza kakuhle.
“Siza kusebenza kumazibuko asekhaya ahlukeneyo ali-17; oku kube yimpumelelo enkulu kuthi ukwandisa ngaphaya kwamazibuko okuhamba ngenqanawa,” utshilo.
Inkampani iya kubonelela ngeendlela ezimbini zokuhamba ukusuka eBaltimore, zombini zingena kude kakhulu kwiCaribbean. Olunye uhambo luya kumisa eGrand Turk, Turks & Caicos kunye neFreeport eBahamas. Olunye uhambo luya kumisa ePort Canaveral, Fla., naseNassau naseFreeport eBahamas.
ICarnival ihlala ibizwa ngokuba lukhetho lokukhenketha olulungele usapho, ngoko ke u-de la Cruz uthe inkampani mayingabinangxaki yokukhuphisana neNorway kunye neRoyal Caribbean, ejongana neendidi ezahlukeneyo zabahambi.
“Zonke iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa zahlukile,” utshilo. “Xa ungumntu osebenza unyaka wonke osuka kwizibuko unenzuzo eyahlukileyo…
Nangona iCarnival ingalindelanga ukuqesha okuninzi kule ndawo, ukongezwa kweenqanawa zayo kuya kuvuselela ishishini kwii-stevedores, abaqhubi beekhabhi kunye neehotele.
Ngalo naliphi na ixesha xa sifika ekhaya inqanawa kwindawo kukho impembelelo eqinisekileyo yezoqoqosho,” utshilo u-de la Cruz. “Izibuko lasekhaya kulapho abasebenzi bathenga khona kakhulu, kwaye bayathanda ukuthenga. Bathanda ukuphuma enqanaweni xa sifika kwaye sifike kuzo zonke iivenkile zalapha ekhaya. ”
USara Perkins, umnini we-CruiseOne, i-arhente yokuhamba e-Abingdon, uthe ngenxa yamava akhe, ulindele ukuba iCarnival ibe yimpumelelo kakhulu eBaltimore.
“ICarnival yafika apha kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo kwaye zakhukuliswa zizikhukula kuba yayiyinqanawa entsha, into eyahlukileyo, ixabiso lalingabizi,” utshilo uPerkins.
Ukongeza inqanawa eyahlukileyo kwisibaya ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kukhuthaza ishishini likaPerkins, owathi nangona uqoqosho lucothayo, abantu basahamba ngenqanawa.
“Ukuhamba ngenqanawa lixabiso elilungileyo kwidola yakho kuba yonke into ikhona kuwe,” utshilo. Ndiyazi ukuba abantu abaphuma eBaltimore bafela enye inqanawa.
Nangona uPerkins ethe uchulumancile ziindaba zolunye uhambo ngenqanawa oluza edolophini, unendawo angakuthandi ukuyenza.
“Ndixhalabile kancinci ngenkqubo yonyaka wonke,” utshilo. “Xa usimka apha ngoJanuwari, ngoFebruwari nangoMatshi, akukho shushu phandle.”
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