Barbados usemgqeni wabawinile futhi, kulokhu 'njengeNdawo Eyintandokazi Yokuhamba Ngesikebhe', ngokusho kwe-British Cruise Awards ka-2019 ye-Cruise International.
Indawo okuyiwa kuyo iphumelele Jamaica, Dubrovnik, Norway kanye ne-Singapore ukuze bawine ukuhlonishwa okuhlonishwayo kwezokuvakasha e-UK; udumo olwanqunywa ngevoti lomphakathi.
Lo mcimbi obumangalisayo ubuse-House of Lords eLondon ngoMsombuluko kusihlwa kanti abaphambili bemboni bebehambele ukubona indawo okuyiwa kuyo i-Barbados igqama. UKhomishana Omkhulu wase-Barbados, u-HE Milton Inniss, kanye noMqondisi we-Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.'s (BTMI) UK, u-Cheryl Carter, kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu Sokuthuthukiswa Kwebhizinisi, uMarc McCollin, bamukele umklomelo ovelele.
Njengoba ukuthandwa kokuhamba ngomkhumbi kukhuphuka unyaka nonyaka, iBarbados isalokhu iyintandokazi eqinile kumjikelezo weCaribbean cruising, ivela ohambweni olusuka engxubevange yemizila yemikhumbi efana neNorwegian Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises, MSC, P&O, TUI, Marella, Star. UClipper, uSilversea, uSeabourn, noFred Olsen.
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, indawo okuyiwa kuyo iphinde yaqanjwa njengenye yabangu-5 Abahamba Phambili esigabeni esithi 'Indawo Engcono Kakhulu Yokuhamba Ngomkhumbi e-Southern Caribbean' kuma-Annual Cruisers' Choice Destination Awards ye-Cruise Critic.
U-Cheryl Franklin, uMqondisi we-Cruise e-BTMI, uncome ukuwina emizamweni yokubambisana yabaqhubi bendawo. “Mina ngokwami ngifuna ukubonga bonke abahlinzeki abazinikele nabaphikelelayo eBarbados. Ukwesekwa kwabo akunyakazi futhi ukubamela kuyilungelo elikhulu. Ngifuna futhi ukubonga u-Cheryl Carter, uMqondisi wase-UK, kanye nethimba lakhe elizinze e-London ngokusekela kwabo okungantengantengi emakethe, kanye nomsebenzi oncomekayo wentuthuko maqondana nokwakhiwa nokubeka uphawu lwe-Barbados kule minyaka edlule. sikhule sisuka emandleni siya emandleni,” kusho yena.
U-Franklin wengeze ngokuthi lesi “isikhathi sokuziqhenya ngempela nge-Barbados kanye nabo bonke abaqhubi abakha umkhakha ohlukahlukene,” futhi waqhubeka nokubonga i-Barbados Port Inc. ngokuseseka kwabo okuqhubekayo.
I-Barbados ibikezelwa ukuthi izokwamukela abafikayo abangu-840,000 kulo nyaka kanti i-BTMI isiqale imizamo eminingi yokuqinisekisa ukuthi lokhu kunqoba kuyaqhubeka. Olunye uhlelo olunjalo indawo yemakethe yamasonto onke kaFestive Friday e-Pelican Craft Centre, ibanga nje ukusuka esikhumulweni semikhumbi, esinikeza abagibeli bezikebhe ithuba lokuthenga ukudla kwasendaweni nemisebenzi yezandla, futhi bazihlanganise nama-Bajan kuze kube sebusuku kakhulu.
