Phakathi kwabo bonke unxunguphalo malunga nexesha lokhenketho kunye nefuthe lokudodobala koqoqosho, kubekho indawo enye yemarike yokhenketho esele ingummandla wohlumo.
Ukhenketho lunokuba sengxakini, kodwa ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa apha liyonwabela omnye weminyaka yalo eyomeleleyo, kwaye iDublin iba lizibuko elithandwayo lokufowuna.
Kunyaka apho amanani abatyeleli bangaphandle kuzwelonke kulindeleke ukuba ehle ngaphantsi kwezigidi ezithandathu, i-Dublin Port imiselwe ukuba namava onyaka orekhodiweyo nabakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa abangama-75,000 abehla kwikomkhulu.
Ukusukela ngo-Epreli kude kube sekupheleni kukaSeptemba, ixesha lokuhamba ngenqanawa kulo mmandla wehlabathi, iilayini zokuhamba ngenqanawa ezingama-83 ziza kumisa izibuko eDublin Port, bebetha irekhodi lalo nyaka uphelileyo lokuhamba ngeenqanawa ezingama-79 eziza edolophini. Ngowe-1994, kwiminyaka nje eli-15 eyadlulayo, umlinganiselo weenqanawa ezintandathu ngonyaka zazimisa kwiZibuko laseDublin.
Ukusukela ngoko, imarike yeeholide zokuhamba ngenqanawa itshintshile, yaba lishishini elikhulu kumantla eYurophu ngaphandle kweCaribbean, iMeditera kunye ne-transatlantic heartlands.
“Iinkampani ezihamba ngenqanawa zazingayazi iDublin. Yayingekho phezulu kwi-radar njengoko umntla weYurophu wawungekho ngokubanzi kwi-ajenda ye-luxury liners. Ngoku iDublin iza kujongwa njengendawo yenkcubeko nembali,” satsho isithethi seZibuko laseDublin.
I-Cruise Ireland yasekwa kwi-1994 ukulungelelanisa ishishini phakathi kwamachweba afana neDublin, iCork, iWaterford kunye neBelfast kunye namanye amaqela anomdla, ukusuka kwii-arhente zokuphatha ukuya kwiGuinness Storehouse kunye neenkampani zabaqeqeshi.
Uphando olwenziwa yiDublin Tourism ngo-2006 luqikelele ukuba umyinge wenkcitho kumkhweli ngamnye ohlayo yi-€113, ingaquki indawo yokuhlala. Lilonke, abakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa bachitha phakathi kwe-35 yezigidi zee-euro kunye ne-55 yezigidi zeedola ngonyaka eDublin, ukomelela okukhulu kokhenketho kuba urhwebo lwalungekho kwiminyaka eli-15 eyadlulayo.
Izolo, inqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa yaseJamani iDelphin yafika kwizibuko ngenjikalanga iphethe abakhweli abangama-443 kunye nabasebenzi abangama-225. Nangona imalunga neemitha ezingama-200 ukusuka kumphambili ukuya ngasemva, yinqanawa nje ephakathi xa ithelekiswa neza kutyelela izibuko kulo nyaka.
Uninzi lwabakhweli abalupheleyo bahlala nje ixesha elifutshane eDublin njengoko inqanawa yaphinda yanduluka ebusuku. Nangona ingekho kwiligi enye njengeendawo eziphambili ezifana neVenice neBarbados, iDublin ifumene udumo njengelinye lamazibuko adlamkileyo kuhambo olusemantla Yurophu.
INkosazana yoMqhele, eza kuba ngolunye utyelelo eDublin Port, iya kukhupha abakhweli abangaphezu kwe-3,000 ngoMgqibelo. Inqanawa enkulu ine-atrium eyakhiwe emva kwepiyaza yase-Italiya apho abakhweli banokutya kwaye "babukele abantu", indawo yemidlalo yeqonga, i-cinema esecaleni kwephuli, ikhasino kunye neeklabhu zasebusuku. Ibe luqhushululu olukhulu kwi-Dublin Port ukuyindwendwela kwaye iza kumisa apha izihlandlo ezihlanu kweli xesha lodwa.
Ukuhla kwinqanawa enkulu ngolo hlobo yinto encomekayo ngokwako, kwaye ngentsasa yangoMgqibelo, iibhasi ezininzi ziya kufola ecaleni kwendlela ukuze zikhwelise abantu esixekweni nangaphaya.
Yona kunye nenqanawa kadade wayo, iNkosazana yaseTahiti encinci, efika ngomso, iya kuyenza ibe yimpelaveki exakekileyo yorhwebo lokuhamba ngenqanawa. Kwangoko kweli hlotyeni, iNkosazana yaseTahiti yehla eDublin ekupheleni kohambo olunye kwaye yakhwela abakhweli abangama-750 ababekhwele inqwelomoya besuka e-US ukuya kuyijoyina ekuqaleni kolunye uhambo.
Uguquko lunengeniso ekhethekileyo kwisixeko esisindleke kwaye utyelelo lukaMeyi lweNkosazana yaseTahiti luvelise ubusuku obuyi-1,400 bokulala kuqoqosho lwaseDublin ngexesha apho umthamo usezantsi kwenye indawo. Yayiluhambo lokuqala lokuhamba ngenqanawa lwamazwe ngamazwe ukuqalisa uhambo lwayo eDublin.
Ngokwesiqhelo, uhambo lokuhamba ngenqanawa luhlala malunga neeyure ezili-12, iinqanawa zihlala zingena kwizibuko kwangentseni kwaye zimke ngorhatya. Eyona ndawo idumileyo ayisiyiyo, njengoko uninzi benokulindela, iziko lesixeko saseDublin, kodwa iWicklow, enePowerscourt kunye neGlendalough zithandwa kakhulu.
UDavid Hobbs, ovela eCafe2u, ebonelela ngekofu kunye nokutya okutyiwayo kubakhweli abehlayo kwindawo yokuphumla, uthi ukudodobala koqoqosho kubonakala kunempembelelo encinci kurhwebo kulo nyaka.
“Olu hambo lunokubhukhwa kwiminyaka emibini kwangaphambili, ngoko ke uninzi lwabakhweli ngebelubhukishe phambi kokudodobala koqoqosho,” utshilo. “Sithetha ngemali endala apha. Uhlobo lwabantu abahamba ngenqanawa apha baye benza imali, amatyala abo ayahlawulwa, kudala beyigcinela oku.”
Iinqanawa zokukhenketha ngokwesiko bezisoloko zikhuselwe zizityebi nabantu abadala. Yimbono yokuba ishishini, elibone ukukhula okubonakalayo kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, lizama ukusuka. Ukunyuka kohambo lokuhamba ngenqanawa kutsale abaphulaphuli abatsha kwaye ukuhamba ngenqanawa kuye kwaba ngamaxabiso akhuphisanayo kwiintsapho, nazo. Iinqanawa zokuhamba ngelanga, ngakumbi kwiiCaribbean, zibekwe kubaphulaphuli abancinci, kodwa iinqanawa zaseMantla yaseYurophu zitsala umdla wabantu abahamba ngenqanawa. ULeo McPartland, umthengisi weenqanawa ophethe ezona nqanawa zinkulu ezifika kolu nxweme uthi: “Kufana negumbi lokulinda likaThixo.
Uthi ngelixa bekukho inani elirekhodiweyo le-cruise liners, inani labakhweli liye lehla kancinci. “Ishishini lihlile kancinci, kodwa aliyonto xa lithelekiswa namanye amacandelo olwandle. I-Anecdotally, i-container traffic yehla ngayo nantoni na phakathi kwe-25 pesenti kunye ne-40 pesenti.
“Ekuhambeni ukhe ube nentwana yokunyuka kunye nokuhla kancinci, kodwa ihlala ifana. Ihlala ikwi-radar yokuhamba ngenqanawa yaseMelika kuba ngokuqhelekileyo xa befaka iinqanawa eYurophu, i-Ireland lizibuko lokuqala lokufowuna kuba baya kunqumla iAtlantiki.”
