I-Valletta, iMalta isandula ukubizwa ngokuba yi-#3 kwindawo eNgcono-iNqanaba kwiNdawo zokuFikela kwiiCruise zeMeditera kwiCruise Critic's 2017 Cruisers' Choice Destination Awards. Amabhaso anikezelwa ngokusekwe ngokupheleleyo kwingxelo yomthengi efakwe kwiwebhusayithi yeCruise Critic kulo nyaka uphelileyo.

Ngokutsho kwabagxeki beCruise, ukuhamba ngomkhumbi eValletta, eMalta, kufana nokunyathela kumaphepha e-JRR Tolkien fantasy; xa sele ukwizibuko elikhuselweyo, kuvakala ngathi impucuko yale mihla iphelile.

IMalta, ephethe iminyaka engama-7,000 yembali enika umdla, yenziwe yangoku ngokupheleleyo kwaye yeyangoku. Ilizwe elincinane elikwiMeditera liyinxalenye yeziqithi ezihlanu, ezithathu kuphela kuzo ezinabemi. Iinqanawa zokuhamba ngeenqanawa zityelela isiqithi saseMalta kunye nechweba laseValletta (eyilwe ngumsebenzi kaMichelangelo). IMalta yindawo ethandwayo yabakhenkethi enemozulu eshushu, iindawo ezininzi zokuzonwabisa, kunye nezikhumbuzo zezakhiwo nezembali.

UPaul Bugeja, i-CEO, iGunya loKhenketho laseMalta (MTA), uthe "Kuliwonga kwiValletta, eMalta, ukuba yamkelwe njengendawo ephezulu yokuhamba ngenqanawa eNtshona yeMeditera ngabakhenkethi ngokwabo. Ngokwenyani siye sandisa izibonelelo zethu zezibuko kwaye sibona ukwanda okukhulu kweenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa ezibandakanya iValletta kuhambo lwazo. Oku kukhokelele ekonyukeni okumangalisayo kwabakhweli abamisa eValletta kwikota yokuqala ka-2017, bebonke bangama-85,215, baphantse baphinda kabini inani lexesha elifanayo ngo-2016.

Phakathi kweenqanawa ezinkulu zaseMelika ezimisa eValletta, ziiRegent Seven Seas, iRoyal Caribbean kunye neHolland America.

"Eli wonga lifanelekile ngakumbi njengoko iValletta ityhila ikhalenda yeminyhadala yokubhiyozela ukuchongwa kwayo njengeNkunzi yeNkcubeko yaseYurophu ngo-2018," wongeze watsho uMichelle Buttigieg, uMmeli we-MTA e-US.

Indlela entle yokuhamba ngenqanawa ukuya kwiZibuko laseValletta ibonakalisa iinqaba ezikhuselayo zamatye ezinqatyisiweyo eziphawulwe yimfazwe egada indlela yamanzi enobuchule. Izakhiwo ezinemibala yeCream kunye neenqaba zecawa zakudala zikhula kwizitrato ezijijekileyo kunye neenduli. Imihlaba kunye nezakhiwo zakudala zaseMalta zibonakaliswe kwiifilimu ezifana ne "Troy", "iMfazwe Yehlabathi Z", kunye nefilimu ekhethiweyo ye-Oscar, "uCaptain Phillips".

Umgxeki weCruise uqhayisa ngelona lizwe likhulu lehlabathi lokuhamba ngenqanawa kwi-intanethi, elinophononongo olungaphezulu kwe-350,000 lokuhamba ngenqanawa, olugubungela malunga neenqanawa ezingama-500 kunye namazibuko angaphezu kwama-300 kwihlabathi liphela. Amabhaso asekelwe kuphela kuphononongo olungeniswayo kwiihambo ngenqanawa ezithathwe kulo nyaka uphelileyo.

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This has resulted in a dramatic increase in passengers stopping in Valletta in the first quarter of 2017, totaling 85,215, almost double the figure for the same time period in 2016.
"Eli wonga lifanelekile ngakumbi njengoko iValletta ityhila ikhalenda yeminyhadala yokubhiyozela ukuchongwa kwayo njengeNkunzi yeNkcubeko yaseYurophu ngo-2018," wongeze watsho uMichelle Buttigieg, uMmeli we-MTA e-US.
Cruise ships visit the island of Malta and the port of Valletta (designed by a colleague of Michelangelo).