Osebenza ngomkhumbi ubuka iGulf njengendawo enkulu yokukhula kwebhizinisi lakhe, futhi izibalo zokuhamba ngomkhumbi eDubai ziyakufakazela lokho.
Ngokusho koMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezohwebo e-Dubai, i-emirate ibone ukwanda konyaka nonyaka kwezimoto ezihamba ngo-65% ngo-2008, futhi ibikezela abagibeli abangu-316,000 kulo nyaka, ukukhula ngo-58% ngonyaka odlule.
Njengamanje imboni yezokuvakasha yase-Dubai isetshenziswa kakhulu yi-opharetha yaseYurophu i-Costa Crociere, eyaqala ukunikeza uhambo lwasebusika eGulf eminyakeni emithathu edlule.
Manje njengoba kunemikhumbi emibili esebenzela isifunda ngaphansi kohlobo lwayo lweCosta Cruises, futhi owodwa ngaphansi kohlobo lwayo lwe-AIDA Cruises, iCosta Crociere ilethe izivakashi eziyi-105,000 eDubai ngesizini yasebusika ka-2007-08, kanti inani kulindeleke ukuthi likhuphuke lifinyelele ku-178,000 phakathi no-2008-09. isizini.
Isikhathi sasebusika
I-Royal Caribbean ihlela ukuhambisa umkhumbi owodwa eGulf - The Brilliance of the Seas - othwala abagibeli abangafika ku-2,500. Umsebenzisi ubikezela ukuthi uzohlinzeka abavakashi abangu-32,000 enkathini ezayo yasebusika yezinyanga ezine ehlelelwe ukuqala ngoJanuwari 2010.
Uhambo ngalunye lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa luzoqala e-Dubai, khona-ke phakathi nohambo lwalo luzoma e-Muscat, Fujairah, Abu Dhabi nase-Bahrain, ngaphambi kokubuyela e-Dubai, kusho uHelen Beck, umqondisi wokuthengisa wesifunda eRoyal Caribbean.
Amanani azoqala cishe ku-$700-$800 ngomuntu ngamunye, okuhlanganisa ukudla, ukuzijabulisa nemisebenzi. Izivakashi kuzodingeka zikhokhe imali eyengeziwe ngeziphuzo ezidakayo, ukwelashwa kwe-spa, nokuvakasha.
Ukufaneleka kwemali ekhokhwayo
UBeck uthi intengo yohambo lomkhumbi ibiza kahle uma iqhathaniswa nokuhlala endaweni, okungenye yezinto esiza imboni ukuthi ibhekane nenkinga yezimali. 'Thina njengemboni cishe sidlula ezinye ngokudlula kulo nyaka onzima. Asithandi ukubhekisela kithina njengobufakazi bokwehla komnotho, kodwa ukuqina komnotho,' kusho yena.
Njengezinye izinkampani embonini yezokuvakasha, iRoyal Caribbean kuye kwadingeka ukuthi ilungise amanani ayo ukuze ihehe amabhizinisi. 'Sigcwalisa imikhumbi yethu, kodwa hhayi njalo kumali engenayo ebesiyifuna. Siphatha intengo ngokwesisekelo sokuphathwa kwesivuno, ngakho-ke lapho isidingo sikhona ukuze sinyuse amanani siyokwenza lokho. Kodwa ngomunye waleyo minyaka lapho yonke into ishintsha kancane. Incwadi yemithetho iphume ngefasitela,' kusho yena.
Enye yezinselelo imboni yezokuvakasha ebhekene nayo yinkolelo engelona iqiniso - esukela ezinsukwini ze-QE2 - yokuthi ukuthatha uhambo ngomkhumbi kuyabiza, kuyabhora, futhi akunikezeli okunye ongakwenza ngaphandle kokudla.
"Sisebenze kanzima ukukhombisa ukuthi akuyona into enje," kusho u-Beck. 'Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kumayelana nokuzikhethela. Kuningi okumelwe ukwenze. Uma ufuna ukusebenza, ungakhuphuka izindonga zamatshe ethu noma ugijime uzungeze ithrekhi yethu yokugijima. Abantu bayawuthola lowo mlayezo manje.'
Izinyathelo zobugebengu
Ebuzwa mayelana nokwanda kobugebengu eGulf of Aden nokuthi kungase kube nomthelela kanjani ekusebenzeni kweRoyal Caribbean eGulf, u-Beck uthe inkampani iqinise ezokuphepha futhi isiqaphe ngeso lokhozi isimo.
'Izihambeli ezimbalwa bezilokhu zibuza ukuthi sizoyiphatha kanjani. Sinomnyango onomthwalo wemfanelo wokusingatha ukuphepha kwezivakashi nabasebenzi bethu, futhi indoda ewuphethe ubengumuntu wesithathu ku-FBI,' kusho yena.
Ngokwengxenye enkulu, umzila we-Brilliance of the Seas uzogwema izindawo zezinkinga zamanje. 'Uma uthatha uhambo ngomkhumbi e-Dubai ngeke usondele kuleyo ngxenye yomhlaba [lapho ubugebengu bukhona]. Okude kakhulu ongaba khona yi-Muscat, futhi abaphangi abakaze basondele lapho.
'Ingabe sikhathazekile? Yebo, ngokufanelekile njengoba noma iyiphi inkampani ebhizinisini lethu ingaba njalo. Ingabe sikhululekile senza konke esingakwenza? Yebo. Futhi ingabe sizothatha esinye isinyathelo uma sinomuzwa wokuthi kudingeka senze kanjalo? Impela,' kusho yena.
