IDubai ibenesiphithiphithi esibalulekileyo sezemali kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zidlulileyo, kodwa loo nto ayikhange ibathintele abakhenkethi abahamba ngenqanawa ukuya kwi-emirate ebambeneyo njengoko ikhawuleza ukuba lizibuko ekufuneka libonwe. Uninzi lweendlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa zibeka iinqanawa eDubai ngexesha lasebusika, kodwa akukho ndlela yokuhamba ngenqanawa enikezele ngeenqanawa ezininzi kulo mmandla kuneCosta Cruises.
UDubai uyazithanda iinqanawa
Ukuhamba ngenqanawa lelona candelo likhula ngokukhawuleza lokhenketho eDubai. Ixesha belingenakufika ngexesha elingcono kwi-emirate njengoko ukhenketho lwehle ngeepesenti ezi-6 kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ngelixa ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa likhula ngeepesenti ezingama-40.
ICosta Cruises, uphawu lweCarnival Corporation, yomeleza ngakumbi ukuzibophelela kwayo eDubai xa yathiya eyona nqanawa yayo intsha i-2,286 yabakhweli iCosta Deliziosa kwinyanga ephelileyo. Okubaluleke ngakumbi umsitho waphawula okokuqala ukuba inqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa ithiywe kuMbindi Mpuma welizwe. Nditsho nomlawuli waseDubai, uSheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum uye wamkela eyona nqanawa intsha yaseCosta.
USihlalo weCosta kunye ne-CEO uPier Luigi Foschi uthe ngokubhaptiza kunye nokubeka iinqanawa ezintsha zomgca e-Dubai kubonisa ukuzinikela okuqhubekayo komgca. Ngo-2006 inkampani yaba yindlela yokuqala yokuhamba ngenqanawa ukuseka inqanawa kulo mmandla kuba babona ngokucacileyo ixabiso leDubai njengendawo yokuhamba ngenqanawa.
Kulula ukubona ukuba kutheni iCosta yayithandeka kangaka nge-emirate. Ngobuhle bayo bedolophu, iisanti zangaphambili kunye neelwandle ezingapheliyo, iDubai yindawo emangalisayo ngandlela zonke. Esi sixeko sineendawo ezintle kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane, kubandakanya neyona paki yamanzi inkulu emhlabeni, kunye nesona sakhiwo side emhlabeni, iBurj Khalifa - eyona ndawo intle yedolophu yaseDubai. Abakhenkethi ngenqanawa bangazibandakanya kuhambo olususela “kwintlabathi yentlabathi,” ukukhwela iinkamela, ukuthenga iisouks ukuya nokutyibiliza entlabathini okanye kwikhephu lokwenyani kwindawo yangaphakathi ye-Ski Dubai Alpine ithambeka.
ICosta okwangoku ineenqanawa ezintathu eziseDubai ngexesha lasebusika. Kubandakanya ezona nqanawa zintsha zomgca - iDeliziosa ekhankanywe ngasentla, inqanawa engudade wabo iCosta Luminosa, kunye nabakhweli abayi-1,494 iCosta Europa. Ukubona ukukhula kommandla ezinye iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa ezifana ne-Aida Cruises kunye neRoyal Caribbean International nazo zikhethe ukusekela iinqanawa apho.
Ngaba abantu baseMelika bayathontelana ukuya kweli lizwe likude nelingaqhelekanga lehlabathi? UMaurice Zarmati, umongameli weCosta Cruises USA, unethemba lokuba kuya kubakho umdla kwinkampani yaseDubai ngenqanawa. Okwangoku, uninzi lweendwendwe zaseCosta ezikhwele kwezi zikhephe zisuka eYurophu, kodwa inani labakhweli baseMelika liyanda unyaka nonyaka utshilo. “Sifumanise ukuba iindlela zaseDubai zibhenela kubantu baseMelika abanolwazi lokuhamba,” utshilo uZarmati. Ukongeza, uphakamise ixabiso lenqanawa yobusuku obu-7 e-Costa Dubai, endwendwela i-Oman, i-Bahrain, i-Abu Dhabi, kwaye ibandakanya ubusuku obubini e-Dubai obunokubhenela abo bahambi baseMelika banolwazi. "Xa ujonga iindleko zehotele eDubai ngaphezulu kobusuku obubini, yifake kwixabiso lokuhamba ngenqanawa, kwaye wongeze kuzo zonke iindawo ekusingwa kuzo, ixabiso liyakholeleka."
Ukukhula ngokukhawuleza
Ngo-2009, iDubai yatsala i-100 leenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye nabakhenkethi abamalunga nama-260,000, ipesenti ezingama-37 kunyaka ophelileyo. Kulo nyaka ukukhula kulindeleke ukuba kube malunga neepesenti ze-40 kunye neenqanawa ezintathu zaseCosta kuphela ezizisa abakhweli be-140,000 abalindelekileyo. Ukukhula okukhawulezayo kuyaqhubeka njengoko i-emirate ilindele ukuba amanani aphindwe kabini kwi-2015 ukuya kwiinqanawa ze-195 kunye nabakhweli abangaphezu kwe-575,000.
Ukubhaptizwa kweDeliziosa yayingeyiyo yodwa into yokubhiyozela; IDubai ivule isikhululo esitsha sePort Rashid Dubai Cruise Terminal ngokunjalo. Itheminali, engaphezulu kwe-37,000 square feet ngobukhulu, inokuphatha iinqanawa ezine ngaxeshanye kwaye ixhotyiswe ngeenkonzo zokwenza ubomi babahambi bube lula, njengokutshintshiselana ngemali, ii-ATM, iposi, iivenkile ezingahlawulelwayo, kunye neziko loshishino. nge-Wi-Fi yasimahla.
UFoschi uncome urhulumente waseDubai ngombono wakhe wokuvula i-terminal ngo-2001 nangona kwakungekho mqondiso wokuba kunokwenzeka ukuhamba ngenqanawa apha. “Oko ukubona kwangaphambili kuvuzwe nguCosta,” utshilo uFoschi.
