Phakathi kwakho konke okumnyama mayelana nenkathi yezokuvakasha kanye nomthelela wokuwohloka komnotho, kube nendawo eyodwa yemakethe yethu yezokuvakasha esalokhu iyindawo yokukhula.
Ukuvakasha kungase kube senkingeni, kodwa imboni yezokuvakasha lapha ijabulela omunye weminyaka yayo enamandla kakhulu, futhi iDublin isiba ichweba elithandwayo lokushaya ucingo.
Onyakeni lapho kulindeleke ukuthi amanani ezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ehle ngaphansi kwezigidi eziyisithupha kuzwelonke, iDublin Port izoba nonyaka orekhodiwe ngabagibeli abangu-75,000 abahamba ngomkhumbi abehla enhlokodolobha.
Kusukela ngo-Ephreli kuze kube sekupheleni kukaSepthemba, isizini yama-cruise liners kule ngxenye yomhlaba, ama-cruise liners azofika echwebeni laseDublin Port, edlula irekhodi langonyaka odlule lama-83 abagibeli abafika edolobheni. Ngo-79, eminyakeni engu-1994 nje edlule, isilinganiso semikhumbi eyisi-15 ngonyaka yayima echwebeni laseDublin.
Kusukela lapho, imakethe yamaholide okuvakasha isishintshile, yaba ibhizinisi elikhulu enyakatho ye-Europe ngaphandle kwe-Caribbean yendabuko, iMedithera kanye ne-transatlantic heartlands.
“Izinkampani ezihamba ngomkhumbi zazingazi ngeDublin. Yayingekho phezulu ku-radar njengoba inyakatho yeYurophu yayingekho ngokuvamile ku-ajenda yamalayini okunethezeka. IDublin manje isizobhekwa njengendawo yamasiko nomlando,” kusho umkhulumeli wesifazane waseDublin Port.
I-Cruise Ireland yasungulwa ngo-1994 ukuze ixhumanise imboni phakathi kwamachweba afana neDublin, Cork, Waterford kanye neBelfast nezinye izinhlangano ezinentshisekelo, kusukela kuma-ejenti okuphatha kuya eGuinness Storehouse kanye nezinkampani zabaqeqeshi.
Ucwaningo olwenziwa yi-Dublin Tourism ngo-2006 lulinganisela ukuthi isilinganiso esisetshenziswa umgibeli ngamunye owehlayo singama-€113, singafaki indawo yokuhlala. Sekukonke, abagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi basebenzisa phakathi kwama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-35 kanye nama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-55 ngonyaka eDublin, okuwukuthuthuka okukhulu kwezokuvakasha uma kubhekwa ukuthi ukuhweba bekungekho eminyakeni eyi-15 edlule.
Izolo, umkhumbi waseJalimane ohamba ngomkhumbi iDelphin ufike ethekwini ngezikhathi zantambama uthwele abagibeli abangu-443 nabasebenzi abangu-225. Yize iqhele ngamamitha acishe abe ngu-200 ukusuka komunye umnsalo uye emuva, iwumkhumbi ophakathi nendawo uma iqhathaniswa neminye ezovakashela itheku kulo nyaka.
Abagibeli ikakhulukazi asebekhulile bahlala isikhashana eDublin njengoba umkhumbi wawusuka futhi ebusuku. Yize ingekho kuligi efanayo nezindawo eziphambili njengeVenice neBarbados, iDublin isizuze idumela lokuba ngelinye lamachweba adlangile ohambo lohambo olusenyakatho yeYurophu.
I-Crown Princess, okuzophinde ivakashele eDublin Port, izokhipha abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-3,000 ngoMgqibelo. Umkhumbi omkhulu une-atrium eyakhiwe ngesitayela sase-Italy lapho abagibeli bengadla khona futhi "babukele abantu", inkundla yemidlalo yaseshashalazini, i-cinema eseceleni kwechibi, ikhasino nama-nightclub. Kube ukuketulwa okukhulu kwe-Dublin Port ukuyivakashela futhi izoma lapha izikhathi ezinhlanu kule sizini iyodwa.
Ukwehla emkhunjini omkhulu kangaka kuwumsebenzi omangalisayo wokwenza izinto ngokwakho, futhi ngoMgqibelo ekuseni, amabhasi amaningana azokleliswa esigcawini ukuze angenise abagibeli edolobheni nangale kwawo.
Yona kanye nomkhumbi wayo ongudadewabo, iNkosazana yaseTahiti encane, efika kusasa, izokwenza kube impelasonto ematasa yokuhweba ngomkhumbi. Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli hlobo, inkosazana yaseTahiti yehla eDublin ekupheleni kohambo olulodwa futhi yathatha abagibeli abangama-750 ababendize besuka e-US ukuzoyijoyina ekuqaleni kolunye uhambo.
Ukuguqulwa kwenza inzuzo ikakhulukazi edolobheni elisingatha futhi ukuvakasha kukaMeyi kweNkosazana yaseTahiti kukhiqize ubusuku bokulala obuyi-1,400 emnothweni waseDublin ngesikhathi lapho umthamo wehlile kwenye indawo. Bekungokokuqala ngqa ukuvakasha kwamazwe ngamazwe ukuqala uhambo lwalo eDublin.
Imvamisa, uhambo lokuhamba ngomkhumbi luhlala cishe amahora ayi-12, imikhumbi ivame ukufika ethekwini ekuseni kakhulu bese isuka kusihlwa. Indawo ethandwa kakhulu akuyona, njengoba abaningi bengalindela, isikhungo sedolobha laseDublin, kodwa i-Wicklow, ene-Powerscourt ne-Glendalough eyizintandokazi ezithile.
UDavid Hobbs, waseCafe2u, ehlinzeka ngekhofi kanye nokudla okulula kubagibeli abehlayo esikhumulweni sezindiza, uthi ukwehla komnotho kubonakala kunomthelela omncane kwezohwebo kulo nyaka.
“Lezi zivakashi zingabhukwa kusasele iminyaka emibili ngakho abagibeli abaningi bebezozibhukha ngaphambi kokwehla komnotho,” usho kanje. “Sikhuluma lapha ngemali endala. Uhlobo lwabantu abahamba ngomkhumbi lapha bayaye benziwe imali, izikweletu zabo ziyakhokhelwa, sekuyiminyaka belondoloza lokhu.”
Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi ngokuvamile bekulokhu kulondolozwa abacebile nabadala. Kungumbono wokuthi imboni, ebone ukukhula okuphawulekayo kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, izama ukuqhela. Ukwenyuka kwe-adventure cruise kuye kwaheha izethameli ezintsha futhi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi sekunentengo encintisanayo emindenini, futhi. Uhambo lwemikhumbi olunelanga, ikakhulukazi eCaribbean, lubekwe kubabukeli abasebasha, kodwa uhambo lwemikhumbi olusenyakatho yeYurophu nalo luheha isixuku esihamba ngomkhumbi. “Kufana negumbi lokulindela likaNkulunkulu,” kusho uLeo McPartland, isikhulu semikhumbi esisingatha imikhumbi emikhulukazi efika kulolu gwini.
Uthi nakuba kube nerekhodi lesibalo sama-cruise liners, isibalo sabagibeli sehle kancane. “Ibhizinisi lehlile kancane, kodwa alilutho uma liqhathaniswa neminye imikhakha yasolwandle. Ngokungangabazeki, ukuhamba kwamakhonteyna kwehle nganoma yini phakathi kwamaphesenti angama-25 namaphesenti angama-40.
“Ezikebheni zemikhumbi uba nokwehla kancane, kodwa kuvame ukufana. Kuhlale ku-radar yomkhumbi waseMelika ohamba ngomkhumbi ngoba ngokuvamile lapho befaka imikhumbi eYurophu, i-Ireland iyichweba lokuqala lokushaya ucingo ngoba izonqamula i-Atlantic. "
