I-Jamaica iqambe Indawo Ehamba phambili Yokuhamba Ngesikebhe Emhlabeni

Onyakeni wesine olandelanayo, i-Jamaica ibizwe njengeNdawo Yokuhamba Ngesikebhe Ehamba Phambili Emhlabeni kuma-World Travel Awards. I-Jamaica iphinde yanqoba ukunqoba kwayo kwesihlanu njengoba i-Leading Cruise Destination yase-Caribbean kwathi i-Ocho Rios yaqanjwa ngokuthi i-Leading Cruise Port yase-Caribbean. Imiklomelo, echazwe yi-Wall Street Journal 'njengama-Oscars' embonini yezokuvakasha neyokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, inqunywa ngamavoti afakwe ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha abavela ezinkampanini ezingu-183,000 nezinhlangano zezokuvakasha emazweni angaphezu kuka-160.

“Ngaphandle kokungabaza, impumelelo yethu kuma-World Travel Awards kumele idalwe ukwanda kwesipiliyoni esinaso esinikeza izivakashi zohambo. Sinakho konke kusukela ezitolo nasezinkambweni ezingokomlando, ukuya ekuvakasheni okunomthelela omkhulu futhi lokho kuvumela iJamaica ukuthi ixhumane cishe nawo wonke umgibeli ohamba ngomkhumbi ngezindlela okungekho enye indawo ongaya kuyo,” kusho uWilliam Tatham, iphini likamongameli wePort Authority of Jamaica for Cruise Shipping. kanye nokusebenza kwe-Marina. I-Port Authority inesibopho sokumaketha umkhumbi ohamba ngomkhumbi ngaphansi kohlobo lwe-"Cruise Jamaica".

Ngokusho kwabahleli, ucwaningo selukhombisile ukuthi ukuwina indondo yeWorld Travel Award kukhulisa ukuqashelwa komkhiqizo emhlabeni wonke, kwakha ukwethembeka kubathengi. UGraham Cooke, umongameli nomsunguli we-World Travel Awards waphawula: “Izinyanga eziyi-12 ezedlule zilethe izinselele ezimbalwa, okuwukuwohloka komnotho nokuqubuka komkhuhlane wezingulube, osekube nomthelela kwezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke; abawinile banamuhla abagcinanga ngokuqashelwa njengabahamba phambili esifundeni sabo, kodwa baye bazibonakalisa bengcono kakhulu emhlabeni futhi bahamba phambili ekukhethweni kochwepheshe bezokuvakasha kanye nabathengi ngokufanayo.”

I-Ocho Rios kanye ne-Montego Bay isingatha eminye yemikhumbi emikhulukazi emhlabeni, kuyilapho i-Port Antonio yakhelwe imigqa emincane ye-boutique. Ichweba lesizukulwane esilandelayo sase-Jamaica liqala nge-Historic Falmouth, ichweba ngokwalo elihehayo. Idizayinelwe ukusingatha umkhumbi owodwa wezinga le-Oasis kanye nomkhumbi we-Freedom-class. I-Falmouth yomlando izothatha izinkomba zayo kusukela ku-18th Century Jamaica lapho i-Falmouth ingenye yamachweba ahamba phambili nezikhungo zezohwebo emazweni aseMelika. “Idolobhana laziwa njengelinezithombe ezinhle kakhulu zezakhiwo zaseGeorgia ngaphandle kweBrithani, futhi sikusebenzisile lokhu ukuze sakhe ulwazi olunembile ngokomlando oluletha lukhulu kwezemfundo nokuzijabulisa,” kusho uTatham. I-Falmouth yomlando izovulwa ngo-Fall 2010.