Ithimba elivela eBritish Virgin Islands laya eSeatrade Cruise Global 2023 ngomhla ka-27 - 30 Mashi 2023 eFort Lauderdale, eFlorida, e-USA. Ithimba belihlanganisa abantu abavela ku-British Virgin Islands Ports Authority (BVIPA), uCyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park (CBRTPP), Ibhodi Lokuvakasha lase-British Virgin Islands (BVITB) kanye nozakwethu bemboni yezokuvakasha.
Kulo nyaka, inhloso yaleli thimba bekuwukuba ngcono ndawonye ngokwakha nokwandisa ubudlelwano kanye nokusebenzisana nabalingani besifunda nabamazwe ngamazwe ngenkathi kudwetshwa indlela eya phambili embonini yezokuvakasha ngomkhumbi kule Territory. Imihlangano ibibanjwe neCarnival Corporation, Club Med, MSC, Le Dumont, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Group, Mystic Cruises and Scenic Cruises. Ngokungeziwe ekuhlanganeni nelayini lokuhamba ngomkhumbi, ithimba lihlangane nozakwethu bezindawo kanye nozakwethu bechweba besifunda okuhlanganisa neFlorida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCA) kanye neCaribbean Village. I-Caribbean Village iyiqembu lezentengiso elakhiwe izindawo okuyiwa kuzo zesifunda namachweba asebenza ndawonye ukuze akhuthaze ukuhamba ngomkhumbi e-Caribbean.
Umbono wokuhamba ngomkhumbi e-British Virgin Islands uthuthuka kancane kancane ngemva kokuba imboni iqale kabusha ngoJulayi 2021. Isizini yokubhukha uhambo ngo-2023-2024 idlule amasizini akamuva kakhulu. Ngo-2021 ngemva kokuvulwa kabusha kwamachweba, i-BVIPA yaqopha abagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi abangu-72,293 ngoJulayi-Disemba 2021. Ngo-2022, unyaka ogcwele wokuhamba ngomkhumbi waqopha abagibeli abangu-265,723 futhi okwamanje inani labagibeli abafika ngo-2023 lingama-793,000
USihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi Be-BVIPA, uNkk. Roxane Ritter-Herbert uthe, “Ukuya kwethu e-Seatrade Cruise Global 2023 kusivumele ukuthi sixhumane nabantu abasha futhi sithuthukise abasesimeni esihle. Lokhu kwasiza ekugqamiseni izindawo zokukhula nokuthuthukiswa kwethu njengendawo yechweba neyokuvakasha. Ngokusekelwe ekusebenzelaneni nempendulo evela kozakwethu, i-Ports Authority izibophezele ekubekeni imigomo ezosebenzisa futhi iqinise umfutho esiwudalile ngokusebenzisana kwethu ne-FCCA kanye ne-The Caribbean Village.”
Le ngqungquthela yezinsuku ezine ibanjwe ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi Forward Momentum. Ngokwe-Seatrade Cruise Global, ingqungquthela yalo nyaka ibigxile ekusaseni lokuhamba ngomkhumbi kanye nokuthi umfutho usho ukuthini kukho kokubili izinhlelo ezintsha zesikhathi esifushane nezesikhathi eside kanye nezinhlelo zebhizinisi.
