Ngaphandle kukaDorian, ukuhamba ukuya kwiCaribbean kuyaqhubeka nokukhula

Uphononongo olutsha luye lwabonisa ukuba ngaphandle kokutshatyalaliswa kwenkanyamba iDorian kunye nezinye izaqhwithi ezinkulu kwiCaribbean, ukhenketho luya kuqhubeka lukhula. Iziphumo zophononongo zinikezelwe kwinkomfa yeendaba eququzelelwe yiCaribbean Tourism Organisation kwi Intengiso yeHlabathi yoKhenketho namhlanje ekuseni.

Ukuqhubela phambili ubhukisho lwexesha elibalulekileyo lasebusika, ngomhla woku-1 kuNovemba ukuya kowama-31 kuJanuwari kungokunje nge-1.6% ngaphambili kwindawo ebekuyo kunyaka ophelileyo. Okwangoku, ubhukisho oluvela e-USA, eyona marike yomthombo ibalulekileyo yi-3.0% ngasemva kodwa ukubhukisha kuzo zonke ezinye iimarike eziphambili zemithombo kungaphambili, iFrance 9.8%, i-UK 0.9%, iCanada 8.2%, iArgentina 8.1% kunye nehlabathi liphela. ngokudibeneyo 3.2%. Inkokeli yangoku yiNetherlands, i-42.1% ngaphambili.

Nangona kunjalo, imbono ayilunganga jikelele. Ukubhukisha phambili ukuya kwindawo ephezulu yeCaribbean, iDominican Republic, okwangoku i-14.2% ngasemva kwaye abo baseBahamas naseAruba yi-6.4% kunye ne-1.4% ngasemva ngokulandelanayo. Ukukhula okukhuthazayo kubonwa ukusuka ePuerto Rico, i-28.0% ngaphambili, kodwa ngokwenene libali lokubuyisela, njengoko ukhenketho kwisiqithi kwahlaselwa kakhulu yinkanyamba uMaria ngoDisemba 2017.

Ukujonga emva kwiikota ezintathu zokuqala zonyaka, ukuhamba ukuya kwiCaribbean kuye kwanda ngokunempilo, i-5.2% phezulu ngexesha elifanayo kwi-2018. Imarike yomthombo weenkwenkwezi ibe yi-USA, kunye nesabelo se-56% kunye nokukhula kwe-9.0%. Nangona kunjalo, ezinye iimarike eziphambili zemvelaphi ziye zaxutywa, kunye neFransi phantsi kwe-2.2%, i-UK phantsi kwe-4.7% kunye ne-Argentina phantsi kwe-5.7%. Nangona kunjalo, iCanada inyuke nge-15.3%, iChile inyuke nge-17.0% kunye nehlabathi liphela nge-1.4%.

Esona saqhwithi sexesha lonyaka, iDorian, esifike ekupheleni kuka-Agasti nasekuqaleni kukaSeptemba, satshabalalisa eyona ndawo isemantla eBahamas kodwa sashiya ezinye iindawo zingonakaliswanga. Isiphumo sesokuba imimandla ethile yelizwe ibone ukwehla kwabantu abafikayo, apho abanye bafumana ulwando olukhulu. Ukuhamba kwi-Freeport kunye ne-Marsh Harbour ngoSeptemba kwehle kakhulu, nge-50.9% kunye ne-67.9% ngokulandelanayo. Impembelelo eNassau, ikomkhulu kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya esikhulu, yayincinci, njengoko abafikayo behla nge-7.4%. Ukuhamba ukuya eGeorgetown kunye neNorth Eleuthera kwakunyukile, i-10.6% kunye ne-30.7% ngokulandelanayo.

Izaqhwithi zibe sisibetho esikhulu, esichaphazela ukuhamba kwiCaribbean kwiminyaka yakutshanje, kunye neziqithi ezishiywe zonakaliswe kakhulu. Uphando olutsha lubonisa ukuba ukuchacha kwimpembelelo yenkanyamba enkulu kunokuthatha iminyaka. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iPuerto Rico ithathe iinyanga ze-15 ukufikelela kwi-70% yokufika kwangaphambili kwe-hurricane kwaye ithathe iSt Maarten iinyanga ze-20. Kwimeko yeBahamas, ukubuyiswa kulindeleke ukuba kuthathe ixesha elincinci ngenxa yokuba i-rebound yokuqala ekufikeni kwe-hurricane yomibini iye yaqina ngakumbi: inyanga enye emva kwenkanyamba, i-Bahamas ifikelele kwi-80% yokufika kwangaphambili kwenkanyamba.

UJoy Jibrilu, umalathisi Jikelele, weSebe lezoKhenketho laseBahamas wathi: “IBahamas lichwebakazi elineziqithi neecay ezingaphezu kwama-700, ezisasazeke ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezili-100,000 XNUMX zolwandle. Ngenxa yejografi yethu ekhethekileyo, inkanyamba inokuchaphazela iindawo ezithile zelizwe, kodwa ishiye ezinye iindawo zingabanjwanga. Kunjalo kanye ngeNkanyamba uDorian. Uninzi lwelizwe lethu luhlala luhle kwaye lunesundu, lunamalwandle angabonakaliyo kwimithunzi emininzi emhlophe kunye nepinki. Singathanda ukuba wonke umntu azi ukuba eyona nto ilungileyo anokusenzela yona ngoku kukutyelela. Isizwe sethu esihle esisesiqithini sikulungele ukunamkela.”