Ngubani ongahambi ngomkhumbi uye eMalta?

Ezokuvakasha ngomkhumbi zaseMalta zikhula ngendlela emangalisayo zisuka emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika, ngenani elephule irekhodi lama-93,482. Lokhu kumelela ukwanda ngo-2017 ngaphezu konyaka odlule ngama-24% emakethe yaseMelika (ingqikithi engu-72,612) kanye nokwenyuka kwama-30% emakethe yaseCanada (20,870). Imakethe yaseNyakatho Melika imele cishe i-1/6 yabagibeli besikebhe abaya eMalta emhlabeni wonke okwathi ngo-2017 kwaba ngu-670,000 (ukwanda kwe-7%).

Esinye sezici ezinkulu kulokhu kukhula kwabagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi abavela eNyakatho Melika ukwanda kwe-American Cruise Lines eya eMalta. Kusukela kwabambalwa ukuya kwabayi-13 okuhlanganisa: I-Azamara, Usaziwayo, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Regent Seven Seas, Seabourn, Silversea Cruises and Windstar.

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Lo nyaka uzoba unyaka ojabulisa kakhulu kubagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi ukuvakashela iMalta ngoba iValletta, ichweba lasekhaya, igubha ukuthweswa umqhele njengeNhloko-dolobha YaseYurophu Yamasiko 2018. Imigwaqo yaseValletta, inhloko-dolobha yaseMalta, iyinhlanganisela ephilayo yakudala nentsha. Inhloko-dolobha yaseMalta iyiNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO eyakhiwe njengenqaba yedolobha yi-Knights of St John kulandela Ukuvinjezelwa Okukhulu kuka-1565. I-Valletta iyidolobha elihle lokuhlala, nokho futhi iyisikhungo sokuphatha nezohwebo eziqhingini zaseMalta futhi. njengento ekhangayo ephezulu yokuvakashela abagibeli be-cruise kanye nezivakashi.

Ngaphandle kwezinzuzo zezomnotho ezikhiqizwa ukuvakasha komkhumbi ngamunye, kukhona negalelo elihle lokubonisa ezinye zezinto ezivelele zeqoqo leziqhingi zaseMalta kubahambi bansuku zonke abasebenzisa amanethiwekhi abo ezokuxhumana ukuze bakhuthaze ulwazi lwabo lwe-Maltese kubangani nomndeni. Ucwaningo lwabagibeli be-Cruise luphinde lwabonisa ukuthi abagibeli abaningi abahamba ngomkhumbi bayakujabulela lokhu "kunambitha" kweMalta ukuze bafune ukubuyela eMalta naseGozo ukuze baphumule isikhathi eside.

UStephen Xuereb, oyi-CEO ye-Valletta Cruise Port kanye ne-COO ye-Global Ports Holding, uphawule wathi: “I-Valletta Cruise Port kanye nababambe iqhaza bendawo badonsa zonke izintambo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iMalta iyaqhubeka nokwenza kahle njengendawo yokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Izilinganiso ezinhle kakhulu zokwaneliseka kwabagibeli bezinsizakalo zamachweba e-Valletta kanye ne-Destination Malta, nazo ezifanekiselwa imibono etholwe kubaphathi be-cruise line, zisinika amandla avuselelwe okuqhubeka nokusebenza ngokungakhathali ukuze sidlule obekulindelekile.”

Eqinisweni, ukuvakasha kwe-Malta ngokuvamile kuye kwanda kakhulu kuzo zonke izimakethe. Imiphumela erekhodiwe yokuvakasha kwangaphakathi kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuZibandlela wezi-2017 ifinyelele cishe ezigidini ezi-2.3, okuphawula ukuthi inyuke ngo-15.7% kunonyaka odlule. Ingqikithi yobusuku obuchithwa eMalta inyuke ngo-10.3%. Ngo-2017 imboni yezokuvakasha yafaka i-euro eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.9 emnothweni waseMalta.

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UCarlo Micallef, Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sokumaketha seMalta Tourism Authority (MTA) wengeza ngokuthi, “u-2017 bekungewona nje unyaka omuhle kakhulu wokukhula kwezokuvakasha eMalta njengendawo yokuzimela yodwa kodwa umele isiphetho seminyaka elandelanayo yokukhula kwerekhodi kwezokuvakasha eMalta, eGozo. kanye ne-Comino. Lolu hlobo lokusebenza alukaze lubonwe ngezindlela eziningi. Ezokuvakasha, esezike zadlala ngendlela emile esikhathini esedlule, manje sezibona izinombolo zikhuphukela phezulu. Kuphinde kwabona iMalta idlula amazinga okukhula e-Global, aseYurophu naseMedithera unyaka nonyaka. ”

UMicallef wanezela, “Okwakuqala indawo okuyiwa kuyo, okwakungcono kakhulu, inethemba lokulingisa impumelelo yabaqhudelana nayo, iMalta manje isishintshile yaba enye edlula imiphumela emaphakathi futhi ikhula ngamanani aphezulu kuneningi labaqhudelana nabo ngemuva kokuthuthukisa imboni yezokuvakasha esebenzayo futhi udlame unyaka wonke.”

NgokukaMichelle Buttigieg, omele iMalta Tourism Authority eNyakatho Melika: “Ukukhula okumangalisayo kwabagibeli bemikhumbi abavela e-US naseCanada kuphinde kubonakale ekwenyukeni okukhulu kwezokuvakasha zizonke ezivela kulezi zimakethe. Abafika ezokuVakasha ngo-2017 bevela e-US, bafinyelele ku-33,758, okumele bakhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-35.2 ngonyaka wezi-2016 kanye naseCanada, ingqikithi yabafika abayizi-14,083 ngo-2017, okuwukunyuka ngo-1.5% ngo-2016.”