Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi okukhanseliwe kuletha ukulahleka kwezigidi ezingu-6.5

Ngokuphazamisa imboni yemikhumbi yomkhumbi yaseDunedin, inkampani elandela imikhumbi emikhulu evakashela izwe isihoxile ezibophweni zayo zase-Australasia ngesizini ezayo, ngokulahlekelwa okulinganiselwa ku-$6.5 million emnothweni wedolobha.

I-Celebrity Cruises, inkampani engumnikazi we-2038-passenger Celebrity Millennium, isike i-Australia ne-New Zealand ohambweni lwayo lwango-2009-10, yakhetha ukugxila ezindaweni ezisenyakatho ye-hemisphere.

Izindleko eziphakeme zikaphethiloli kanye nezindleko eziphezulu zendiza kubagibeli yizona zizathu zokuhoxiswa, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu uDan Hanrahan.

"I-Australia neNew Zealand izindawo ezinhle futhi ezinhle, futhi siyaqiniseka ukuthi sizobuya futhi njengoba uhlobo lwethu nemikhumbi yethu ikhula."

Abagibeli ababambe ukubhuka bayakhuthazwa ukuthi bagibele i-Celebrity Millennium kulo nyaka baye e-Australia naseNew Zealand, noma bakhethe ukuya ezindaweni zaseNyakatho Melika ngo-2009-10.

Imenenja jikelele yezohwebo ePort Otago, uPeter Brown, uthe ukukhanselwa bekuyinkomba yezimo zomnotho zomhlaba futhi "kungenzeka ukuthi lowo mthelela usabalale kancane".

"Lokhu kusabela ezimweni zomnotho ezikhona manje."

Isivakashi esisha emachwebeni aseNew Zealand kule sizini, i-Celebrity Millennium ibihlelelwe ukuvakashela i-Port Chalmers izikhathi eziyi-11 ngo-2009-10.

Ukubhuka kokuqala kuka-2009-10 kwehlile kusuka ku-52 kuya ku-41 kulandela ukuhoxiswa, kodwa kunethemba lokuthi amanani azonyuka, esho.

Ngokombiko wemboni ohlanganiswe yi-Cruise New Zealand, isizini ka-2008-09 yokuvakasha kwemikhumbi engama-65 izobiza u-$19 million emnothweni wakuleli.

Usihlalo we-Cruise NZ, uCraig Harris, wase-Auckland, uthe lezi zindaba zifike njengegalelo embonini, ekhule ngo-7% unyaka ngamunye kwengu-15 edlule.

“Sesiyaqala ukubona umthelela wenkinga yezimali. Izinkampani zijabule ngeNew Zealand njengendawo okuyiwa kuyo, kodwa izindleko zikaphethiloli nezindleko zokundiza lapha ziyabiza.”

Isikhulu esiphezulu seTourism Dunedin, uHamish Saxton, sithe kuyadumaza ukuthi iSaziwayo Millennium iluhoxisa uhambo lwayo, njengoba iDunedin ibalwe ngamachweba angu-11 kwangu-67.

"I-Cruise [imboni] izothathwa njengokhilimu phezulu futhi noma yikuphi ukulahlekelwa kuyadumaza."

Ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho osekunomthelela kubantu baseMelika abahambela izindawo ezithatha uhambo olude, i-Australia ibikhula njengemakethe ebaluleke kakhulu embonini yezokuvakasha, esho.

“Imboni yezokuvakasha ibaluleke ngendlela eyisimanga.

Ukube bekuyizwe lodwa, belizolandela iJapane ngokwezivakashi.”