I-Pride of Hawai'i iphetha umsebenzi wayo wamasonto onke wokuhamba ngesikebhe phakathi kweziqhingi namuhla futhi iqala uhambo lwayo lokuya esabelweni esisha eYurophu, ishiya ngemuva kwayo ilahlekelwe yithuba lezomnotho elingafinyelela ku-$542 million ngonyaka, ngokusho kocwaningo lombuso.
I-Pride of Hawai'i - enenani eliphelele labagibeli abangu-2,466 - ingabalela izivakashi ezicishe zibe ngu-140,000 ngonyaka, kusho isazi sezomnotho uPearl Imada Iboshi.
“Uma kubhekwa ubude besilinganiso sokuhlala kanye nemali esetshenziswe umuntu ngamunye ngosuku ngo-2006, uma kungekho nesisodwa salezo zivakashi esifika ngenxa yokushiya i-Pride of Hawai'i, imali echithiwe yalezi zivakashi izoba izigidi ezingu-368.8 zamaRandi. ,” kusho u-Iboshi. "Ukusebenzisa abaphindaphindayo ukubheka umthelela emnothweni, kungasho ukulahleka kwezigidi ezingama-542 zamarandi kanye nemisebenzi engu-5,000," kusho yena.
U-Hilo, e-Hawaii, osebenza ngokuvakasha u-Tony DeLellis uzozwa ukulahlekelwa. Uthe ibhizinisi lakhe elincane selikhulile kanye ne-NCL America, futhi bazowuzwa umthelela. “Umkhumbi obekuqinisekisiwe ukuthi uzofika usuku olulodwa ngesonto. Lezo yizihambeli ezingu-2,200 XNUMX esizophuthelwa kuzo isonto ngalinye,” usho kanje.
Unenkampani yezokuvakasha ebizwa ngokuthi i-KapohoKine Adventures egxile ekuvakasheni okunethezeka kwamaqembu amancane - ezimotweni zezemidlalo namaveni - ezindaweni ezingashayeki. Le nkampani iqashe abantu abangu-11 futhi iphethe inqwaba yabantu abayisishiyagalolunye; yaqala ngo-2004 ngemoto eyodwa vo.
UMPHAKATHI WASE-HILO ULAHLEKILE
Yize ibhizinisi lakhe lithinteka ngqo kunoma yikuphi ukushintsha kwezivakashi, uthe wonke umphakathi wakwaHilo uzwa umthelela ovela kubavakashi bomkhumbi. “Kunesisekelo esibanzi kunalokho abantu abaningi abakucabangayo,” kusho uDeLellis, ngoba inkampani yakhe yona ithenga ukudla negesi, ikhokhela ukukhanda izimoto nokunye. Abasebenzi bakhe bachitha imali yabo emphakathini emindenini yabo, bethenga izidingo, beya kumamuvi, enxanxatheleni yezitolo, njll.
Ngonyaka odlule isibalo sabagibeli bemikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi abavakashela e-Hawai'i sikhule ngamaphesenti angama-20.6 saya ku-501,698, ngokusho koMnyango Wezamabhizinisi, Ukuthuthukiswa Komnotho Nezokuvakasha. Leso sibalo sifaka abagibeli abandize beya kuhulumeni beyogibela imikhumbi yokuhamba noma abeze ngemikhumbi evakasha e-Hawai'i. Ngo-2007 babe ngu-77 abafika emikhunjini, uma kuqhathaniswa nabangu-64 ngo-2006.
I-NCL ICAMILE NGEZEZIMALI
I-NCL America imemezele ngonyaka owedlule ukuthi izodonsa umkhumbi usuka eHawaii ngenxa yokulahleka kwezimali okukhulayo. Ngehlobo eledlule, i-NCL Corp. ithe ukuqhubeka kobuthakathaka bentengo yamathikithi ohambo lwayo lokuhamba ngomkhumbi e-Hawai'i kube nomthelela ekoteni yesibili yenkampani ukulahleka kwezigidi ezingu-24.6 zamarandi.
I-Pride of Hawai'i izohamba namuhla futhi ithathe uhambo lwezinsuku ezinhlanu oluya e-Los Angeles, ifike ngoMgqibelo, kusho okhulumela i-NCL u-AnneMarie Mathews. Umkhumbi uzongena esikhumulweni semikhumbi esimanzi izinsuku eziyisithupha e-Los Angeles, lapho umkhumbi uzophawulwa kabusha futhi uqanjwe kabusha ngokuthi i-Norwegian Jade futhi kuzopendiwa umdwebo onemibala yaseHawaii onetimu yaseHawaii. Eminye imikhumbi emibili ye-NCL ehlatshwe umkhosi wase-US, i-Pride of Aloha kanye ne-Pride of America, izoqhubeka nokusebenza emanzini aseHawaii. Le nkampani ithe izobuyekeza kabusha ukusebenza kwayo e-Hawai'i kulo nyaka.
Umxhumanisi wezokuvakasha wombuso u-Marsha Wienert ubikezele “umthelela omkhulu emnothweni uwonke kanye nezinhlobo eziningi zemisebenzi” kusukela ekuhambeni.
Kodwa-ke, ngaphansi kwesimo esihle kakhulu "sithemba ukuthi le mikhumbi emibili ekhona ye-NCL izobathatha labo bagibeli," kusho yena.
“Abantu babona imikhumbi ingena yedlula futhi abacabangi ngempela ngomhlomulo,” kusho uDeLellis kaHilo. Ukholelwa ekutheni umbuso noHilo kumele bawukhulise kahle umkhakha wezokuvakasha.
Uthe abagibeli bemikhumbi bahambela ukuvakasha, abaziqashi izimoto kodwa basebenzisa imali, futhi bavame ukuchitha amahora ambalwa echwebeni ngalinye. “Ayinawo umthelela ophansi kakhulu,” esho.
KAUA'I LU'AU UZOLIMA
I-Kilohana Plantation yaseKaua'i ijabulele ukutheleka kwabagibeli be-NCL masonto onke, ngokusho kozakwethu uFred Atkins.
Lapho i-Pride of Hawai'i ifika njalo ngoMgqibelo ebusuku e-Garden Island, uthe abagibeli abaphakathi kuka-650 kuya ku-950 bahlala phansi ukuze bathole i-lu'au e-Kilohana, okungasho imisebenzi kubantu abangaphezu kwe-100 ukuphatha isixuku. "Isabelomali sethu sonke singaphansi ngamaphesenti angama-33 manje," kusho u-Atkins.
Ngeza kwezinye izinkampani ezithola ibhizinisi eliqondile emikhunjini evakashelwayo. "Kunomthelela omkhulu," kusho u-Atkins. “Kuyimboni ezakhe kakhulu eKaua'i kule minyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule,” esho.
FUNDA '5 YEARS LATE'
U-Atkins ukholelwa ukuthi umbuso udinga ukwenza okwengeziwe ekusizeni imboni futhi ubuza ukuthi kungani i-Hawai'i Tourism Authority ilinde ukugunyaza ucwaningo lwemboni yezokuvakasha, obekumele luqedwe kuze kube ngu-Okthoba njengoba i-NCL ihlola ukuzibophezela kwayo lapha.
“Sekuyiminyaka emihlanu sekwephuzile,” kusho u-Atkins. “Ngiyethemba ukuthi akukephuzi kakhulu.”
Uthe i-NCL ikhombise ukuba nesandla esihle, itshala imali emphakathini. E-Kilohana iyodwa, uthe inkampani “isebenzise amaRandi ayizigidi ezi-3 lapha ukwakha inkundla,” esetshenziswa izivakashi zaselu’au kodwa nawumphakathi.
Nakuba ezinye izakhamuzi zikhala ngokuthutheleka okungazelelwe kwabagibeli abavela emikhunjini emikhulu, u-Atkins uthe ukholelwa ukuthi le mboni ibonakala inomthelela omncane wesikhathi eside kunezinye izimboni noma izivakashi zasemhlabeni.
Uthe bangu-10% kuphela abaqasha izimoto.
Uthe i-NCL kumele isekwe emizameni yayo yokukhokhela imikhumbi yaseMelika ephezulu amaholo. Imikhumbi enamafu angaphandle ikhokha amaholo amancane kubasebenzi bayo futhi ingasebenza ngokushibhile.
U-Atkins ubheke ngabomvu ebhizinisini elengeziwe leminye imikhumbi ye-NCL futhi uhlala eqaphile ngekusasa. “Uma kuphela unyaka bengajiki inkampani izobe ingasekho,” usho kanje.
Okhulumela uMnyango uMathews uthe balinganiselwa ku-940 iPride of Hawai'i crew amalungu “ayingxenye yomndeni we-NCL futhi anikezwe izikhundla kweminye imikhumbi ye-NCL noma ye-NCLA okuhlanganisa iPride of America, Pride of Aloha, umkhumbi ofakwe kabusha futhi nebhalansi yemikhumbi yamazwe ngamazwe ye-NCL.” Kepha akazange anikeze isibalo sabasebenzi abadluliselwe ngaphakathi enkampanini noma abahambile.
UKULAHLEKELWA KULINGANISELWE KAKHULU?
U-Linda Zabolski ungumongameli we-Destination Kona Coast, uhlelo lwe-Big Island olukhokhelwa i-Hawai'i Tourism Authority ukwamukela izivakashi zohambo. Ubuye abe ngumnikazi wokuvakasha kukaCaptain Zodiac, ethatha izivakashi ku-snorkeling, ukubuka imikhomo nolunye uhambo.
UZabolski uthe imikhumbi yenza umehluko omkhulu kwezokuvakasha: “Ngosuku okungezona ezomkhumbi idolobha laseKailua, eKona, liyidolobha eliyizipoki.
Kepha futhi ucabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukubheka ukuthi imboni yezokuvakasha yayichuma ngaphambi kokuthi i-NCL yengeze umkhumbi wesithathu - nokuthi i-NCL isenayo eminye imikhumbi emibili.
"Kuyadabukisa ukubona i-Pride of Hawai'i ihamba kodwa sebehlale unyaka nesigamu kuphela futhi izinto bezizinhle kakhulu ngaphambi kokuba bafike lapha," kusho u-Zabolski. “Akukona ukubhubha nobumnyama okulindelekile.”
INDAWO ELIKHANYAYO EMAKETHENI
Uchwepheshe wemikhumbi yezokuvakasha u-Tim Deegan ushicilela iphephabhuku laseHawaiian Shores, ibhuku lokuqondisa lamahhala labavakashi be-Hawai'i cruise ephuma kabili ngonyaka ngokusatshalaliswa okungaba ngu-200,000.
U-Deegan ukholelwa ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi umbuso weseke imikhumbi yabavakashi ezinze eMelika kanye naleyo ephephezela amafulegi angaphandle futhi ize lapha isendleleni eya noma ibuya kwenye indawo.
Imikhumbi ye-NCL iza kaningi, uthe, kanti imikhumbi yefulegi lakwamanye amazwe "ichitha isikhathi esincane kodwa isebenzisa imali eningi."
Uthe imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi iyindawo egqamile emakethe yezokuvakasha yase-Hawai'i epholisa ngenye indlela ngoba iheha amabhizinisi amasha embonini yezwe engunombolo 1.
"Abagibeli bama-cruiser," kusho uDeegan. “Awunqumi phakathi kweholide elizinze emhlabeni e-Hawai'i noma uhambo ngomkhumbi. Unquma phakathi kweMexico, iCaribbean noma iHawaii.”
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