Ngaphandle kwetheminali ye-multi-use liner, iKapa lilahlekelwa izigidi zamarandi emalini yezokuvakasha, kusho ochwepheshe abaqokwe iDolobha laseKapa ukuthi beluleke ngesu le-cruise liner ngaphambi kweNdebe Yomhlaba ka-2010.
Kodwa kuneziphakamiso zokunwetshwa kwe-Cape Town International Convention Centre ukuze kuphindeke kabili njengendawo yokugcina imikhumbi emikhudlwana engakwazi ukuma e-V&A Waterfront.
David Gretton, obona ngezokuthuthukiswa komnotho kuleli dolobha, kumbiko awuthulele ikhomithi yomkhandlu wezomnotho nentuthuko, uthe ukuhweba ngama-international cruise liner kubiza i-$29-billion.
I-South African Tourism ilinganisela ukuthi umgibeli we-cruise liner uchithe izikhathi eziyisithupha kunesivakashi esijwayelekile.
Imboni kakhulu “yayingakenziwa” eKapa. Yize bekunesivumelwano sokuthi kumele ithuthukiswe, akekho obethatha isinyathelo, kusho uGretton.
“Isikhathi sokuqalisa umsebenzi oqhubekayo kulolu daba sibonakala silungile, njengoba kuzoqashwa ama-cruise liners azokwamukela izivakashi ezize eNingizimu Afrika kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2010.”
Nakuba ama-cruise liner amancane ekwazi ukuhlaliswa e-V&A Waterfront, amalayini amakhulu kufanele asebenzise izindawo zokubeka impahla eDuncan Dock. NgoMashi, i-Oriana liner kwadingeka ukuthi ilale e-Eastern Mole ngenxa yokuthi izindawo zokulala ezisetshenziswa olayini abakhulu bekuhlala imikhumbi yamabhokisi ephambukiswe etheminali.
UScott Lageux, wase-US, kanye noMitchell du Plessis Projects bathole ngemuva kocwaningo olunzulu ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika inamandla okuthuthukisa imboni ye-cruise liner eminyakeni engu-15 ezayo.
IKapa, iTheku kanye ne-Richard's Bay okungenzeka kube yizindawo zokuvakasha ezivame ukubizwa ngokuthi yi-port-of-call.
Kodwa abeluleki baxwayise ngokuthi "ukwakha nje indawo yokugcina" ngeke kwanele ukuheha olayini. Abashayeli bemikhumbi bebemanqikanqika ukusungula izindawo zokuhamba ngomkhumbi kuleli ngenxa yokuthi amachweba abengangeneki.
Abaxhumanisi bacebise umkhandlu wedolobha ukuthi ukhiphe ucwaningo oluningiliziwe mayelana nezindleko ukuze uhlole ukubaluleka kwemboni futhi uxhumane nabanye ababambiqhaza. Le nqubo izoqhutshwa ithimba ledolobha elisebenzayo.
Njengoba amatheminali e-cruise liner engenzi mali eningi, akhiwe njengezindawo ezisetshenziselwa izinto eziningi, ezinamahholo emibukiso, amathiyetha namathuba okudayisa, ukuze enze inzuzo eyengeziwe.
Umbiko waphawula: “Awekho ama-cruise liner anele avakashela eKapa ukuze agunyaze ukwakhiwa kwetheminali elizinikele lokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Ngokocwaningo lweKwaZulu-Natal Tourism, ngaphandle kwezinsiza ezibhekelela (bona), ama-cruise liners ngeke afike ogwini lwethu.”
Umbiko uthe iKapa neTheku, okungenani, kufanele kube namatheminali akhethekile.
