Isikhundla se-UAE njengesizinda - kanye nendawo ethandwa kakhulu - yemikhumbi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi eMpumalanga Ephakathi sizohlanganiswa ngenyanga ezayo ngokufika komzila omusha wezinga eliphezulu ohambweni lwayo lokuqala.
Futhi ukufika e-Dubai kwe-Costa Deliziosa, umkhumbi we-15 ukujoyina umkhumbi we-Costa Cruises, kuzoqinisa ubudlelwano obujabulisayo phakathi kwenkampani ye-cruise ehamba phambili yaseYurophu kanye nenkampani yezindiza i-Emirates, namafemu ahloselwe ukwanda okulindelekile kwezokuvakasha ngomkhumbi esifundeni.
I-Emirates kanye neCosta Cruises bazoba phambili njengoba imboni efufusa ngokushesha iqiniswa nakakhulu kule nyanga lapho i-Dubai Cruise Terminal entsha isisebenza ngokugcwele, enamandla okuphatha imikhumbi emine ngesikhathi esisodwa.
I-Costa Deliziosa, kanye nodade bemikhumbi i-Costa Luminosa kanye ne-Costa Europa, balindele ukuyoma e-Dubai izikhathi ezingu-32 phakathi nenkathi yasebusika ka-2009/2010 futhi i-Emirates izobamba iqhaza elibalulekile ekuxhumaniseni abagibeli bamaholide nama-cruise liners.
Inkampani yezindiza - ezondizela ezindaweni ezingama-25 zase-Europe ngo-2010 ngemuva kokumemezela ukwengezwa kweMadrid, iPrague ne-Amsterdam kunethiwekhi yayo - ihlanganyela ngokuzibophezela okufanayo kwesevisi esezingeni eliphezulu njenge-Costa Cruises futhi izoqinisekisa ukuthi izivakashi zayo eziningi ziqala iholide lazo ngesitayela.
I-Costa Cruises, iqembu lezokuvakasha elikhulu kunawo wonke e-Italy, ilindele ukuthi kule sizini ilethe izivakashi ezingu-140,000 e-Dubai - eziningi zazo zizofika ngendiza i-Emirates zisuka eFrance, eJalimane, e-Austria, eSwitzerland nase-UK - futhi inethemba lokuthi izoletha umnikelo obalulekile embonini yezokuvakasha.
U-Antonio de Rosa, i-Costa Cruises VP Cruise Operations, uthe: “Sasingabasebenzi bokuqala abakhulu ukukholelwa e-UAE njengendawo yokuhamba ngomkhumbi futhi siyaziqhenya ngezinzuzo zezomnotho esizilethela isifunda. Sibikezela ukuthi isibalo sezivakashi eziya e-Dubai nathi sizokhuphuka ngo-40%, kanti idolobha lizokhula ngo-Dhs 74 million ebusika buka-2009/10.”
Futhi u-Fabrizia Greppi, i-Costa Cruises VP Corporate Marketing and Communication, wamukele ukuzibophezela kwe-Emirates emcimbini we-Costa Deliziosa kanye nokuthuthukisa imboni yezokuvakasha ekhulayo yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
“Sijabule ngokuba nozakwethu wendiza osezingeni lomhlaba kulesi sehlakalo esingasoze salibaleka,” kusho uGreppi. “Sizifunela okungcono kakhulu izivakashi zethu futhi angingabazi ukuthi zizophathwa ngendlela esezingeni elifanayo nalezo ezizoyithokozela emikhunjini ye-Costa cruise.”
URichard Vaughan, i-DSVP Commercial Operations Worldwide ye-Emirates, uthe: “Siyajabula ukusebenza ngokubambisana neCosta Cruises ukuze sinikeze izivakashi zabo isiqalo esihle kakhulu kulokho okuzoba uhambo lwabaningi ukuphila konke.
“Ngohlelo olubanzi lwendiza oluya emadolobheni kulo lonke elaseYurophu, singahlanganisa imikhumbi ye-Costa cruise nabagibeli abahamba besuka emakethe yabo ebalulekile, futhi sibanikeze ithuba lokuheha izivakashi ezivela kwamanye amazwe amaningi kunethiwekhi yethu yezindawo ezingaphezu kwe-100.
“I-Cruise Tourism ikhonjwe njengengxenye ebalulekile yokukhula futhi sijabule kakhulu ngezinzuzo zesikhathi eside lobu budlelwano obungaziletha kuzo zombili i-Emirates ne-Costa Cruises, ingasaphathwa eyokuthuthuka okukhulu lokhu okukunikeza imboni yezokuvakasha esifundeni.
"I-Emirates izinikele ekuthuthukiseni i-Dubai njengendawo yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe futhi, njengoba imikhumbi iphinde ime e-Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, Oman nase-Bahrain, sijabule ngokubamba iqhaza ekukhuleni komkhakha ozovuna imivuzo yawo. amabhizinisi kulo lonke isifunda.”
I-Costa Deliziosa kanye neCosta Luminosa, ekwazi ukuhlalisa abahambi abacishe babe ngu-3000, izosebenzisa uhambo lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa, iqala futhi iqedele e-Dubai, ngezitobhi zosuku olulodwa e-Oman, Fujairah, Abu Dhabi nase-Bahrain.
