The Umanyano lweSouth Pacific Cruise Kuluvuyo ukubhengeza iMicronesian US Territory yase Guam ujoyine umbutho.
"IGuam iba lilungu lethu lesithoba kunye nelungu lesibini elitsha ukujoyina kulo nyaka," utshilo uMongameli we-SPCA kunye noSihlalo, uDavid Vaeafe waseAmerican Samoa.
KwiSeatrade Cruise Global eMiami, eFlorida ngo-Epreli walo nyaka, iWallis kunye neFutuna bajoyina umbutho.
Indawo ekuyo iGuam kumantla wePasifiki kwaye ikufutshane neAsia iyenza ibe yindawo efanelekileyo yokuhamba ngenqanawa ukusuka kwiimarike zasempuma kunye nezibuko elinokuba likhaya lokujikeleza iMicronesia.
Umnumzana Vaeafe uthe i-SPCA iyalamkela ithuba lokwabelana ngolwazi, ezona ndlela zilungileyo kunye namava ukunceda indawo ekuyiwa kuyo ukuba iphuhlise icandelo lokuhamba ngenqanawa.
"IGunya loPhuhliso lwezoQoqosho laseGuam (GEDA) livuya kakhulu ngeli thuba lokusebenzisana ne-SPCA kunye namaqabane ayo ekomelezeni isikhundla sePacific kwimakethi yokuhamba ngenqanawa," utshilo uMelanie Mendiola, umphathi weGEDA.
Phantsi kobunkokheli obutsha beRhuluneli uLourdes Leon Guerrero, i-GEDA iphefumlela ubomi obutsha kumalinge okufumana iinqanawa ezininzi zokuhamba ngenqanawa eMicronesia ngethemba lokudala imisebenzi emininzi, ukukhuthaza umoya wokurhweba kunye nokonyusa ukomelela kweshishini lethu labatyeleli esele liqhuba kakuhle.
“IGuam ifumana abahambi abangaphezu kwesigidi esi-1.5 ngonyaka ubukhulu becala bevela eJapan naseKorea. Sityala izigidi ukuphucula i-Port of Entry yethu kubandakanya iGuam International Airport Authority kunye ne-Port Authority yaseGuam ngezicwangciso zokuphuhlisa iGuam njengezibuko elinokuthenjwa lokukhwela iinqwelomoya, ”utshilo.
Amalungu oManyano lweSouth Pacific Cruise Alliance yiAmerican Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Tonga kunye neWallis & Futuna.
Ngo-2020, iinqanawa ezingama-723 ziya kubiza amazibuko e-SPCA kunye neendawo eziya kuzo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- We are investing millions in upgrading our Port of Entry including Guam International Airport Authority and the Port Authority of Guam with plans to develop Guam as a viable home port for top tier cruise brands,” she said.
- “Guam's location in the northern Pacific and close to Asia makes it an ideal cruising destination from the eastern markets and a potential home port for cruising around Micronesia.
- “The Guam Economic Development Authority (GEDA) is very excited for this opportunity to work with the SPCA and its partners in strengthening the Pacific's position in the cruise market,” said Melanie Mendiola, GEDA CEO.
