BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Naphezu kokuncipha isikhathi eside ezimakethe ezinkulu zemithombo yezokuvakasha, iBarbados kulindeleke ukuthi iqophe ukwenyuka ngamaphesenti ayi-10 kwabafika ngabagibeli ngomkhumbi ekupheleni kuka-2009.
Ngokusekelwe ezibophezelweni eziqinisekisiwe zemikhumbi zikaDisemba, kanye nebhizinisi eliqhakazile ezinyangeni zokuqala eziyi-11 zonyaka, indawo kulindeleke ukuthi yamukele abagibeli bezikebhe abangaba ngu-750,000 ekupheleni konyaka, okurekhoda ukuthuthuka ngo-2008.
Balinganiselwa ku-10,000 balaba bagibeli okulindeleke ukuba babe sesiqhingini ngosuku olulodwa, i-Boxing Day, lapho imikhumbi emihlanu izomisa isikebhe echwebeni laseBridgetown. Leyo mikhumbi elindele ukukhiqiza isiphithiphithi esizungeze iDolobha iSea Princess, Explorer, Millennium, Crystal Serenity kanye neRoyal Clipper.
Umqondisi Wezokusebenza kwa-Foster kanye ne-Ince Cruise Services, uRobert Hutson, uphinde wabika ukuthi kokubili isikhumulo sezindiza kanye nechweba kuzoba matasa ngoMgqibelo ngoDisemba 26 njengoba uhlelo lokuhamba ngezindiza / ukuhamba ngomkhumbi luzobe lusebenza, luhambisa abagibeli baseYurophu ukuya nokubuya e-Sea Princess.
Ukwengeza, abalingani bendawo bomkhakha wokuhamba ngomkhumbi bebelokhu benethemba ngesizini yokuvakasha ka-2009-10, ezoqala ngo-Okthoba 2009 kuze kube ngu-Ephreli 2010. Lokhu kuqale ngenothi eliphezulu kulandela ingqungquthela ye-16 ye-FCCA esanda kuphothulwa e-St Lucia, lapho bekunemihlangano khona. ephethwe nabaphathi bemizila yemikhumbi ehamba phambili.
Imibiko yezimboni iphinde ikhomba ushintsho okulindelekile luka-2010 ezimakethe ezinkulu ezihlaselwe ukwehla komnotho kanye nokuqhubeka nokumaketha okunonya ngamalayini ahamba ngomkhumbi, okuphusha amanani ahehayo kanye nenani lesiphakamiso semali.
UNgqongqoshe Wezamabhizinisi Amazwe Ngamazwe NezokuThutha, uGeorge Hutson, obehambele ingqungquthela ye-FCCA, uthe iBarbados inethemba lokusimamisa amabhizinisi aqinile ngo-2010 futhi imizamo isaqhubeka yokusungula amasu okukhuthaza abagibeli bemikhumbi ukuthi bachithe imali eningi esiqhingini.
UNgqongqoshe uqhube wathi iBarbados ibibheke ngabomvu ukuheha amabhizinisi amakhulu esikhathini esijwayelekile sasehlobo esihamba kancane, lapho imikhumbi eminingi isuka eCaribbean iye eYurophu naseMedithera.
“Leso ngesinye sezizathu esenza sithole imakethe yaseNingizimu Melika ikhanga kangaka. Ubusika eningizimu nenkabazwe buhambisana nehlobo enyakatho kanti uma sikwazi ukuheha izivakashi ezisuka eningizimu ngalesi sikhathi kungasho ibhizinisi unyaka wonke kithina,” kusho uHutson.
UNgqongqoshe uthe uHulumeni uzimisele emizamweni yakhe yokuthuthukisa izimakethe eNingizimu Melika, kokubili izivakashi ezihlala isikhathi eside kanye nokuhamba ngomkhumbi, futhi ukhuthaze ababambisene bemboni ezimele ukuthi bajoyine lo mzamo.
