I-ROSARITO BEACH – Kubadlali bama-surfing abangu-32 abasuka kude njengaseVenezuela nasePuerto Rico, iPro-Am Surfing Contest yangempelasonto edlule ibe yithuba lokulwela u-$10,000 emalini yomklomelo. Kodwa embonini yezokuvakasha yaseRosarito Beach, umcimbi ubuhloselwe ukuhambisa umyalezo wokuthi idolobha liphephile ezivakashini.
Kusukela ekuntwezeni e-Rosarito Beach kuye ekunambitheni iwayini e-Guadalupe Valley kuya e-Rosarito-Ensenada 50-Mile Bicycle Fun Ride yenyanga ezayo, abagqugquzeli base-Baja California bathi imigubho ehleliwe ibalulekile ekubuyiseleni izivakashi zase-US esifundazweni sabo.
"Amanxusa angcono kakhulu ezokuvakasha i-Baja ngabantu abehlayo babambe iqhaza kule micimbi," kusho uGary Foster, umgqugquzeli walolu hambo oluqhutshwa kabili ngonyaka, olindele okungenani ababambiqhaza abangu-5,000 ngoSepthemba 26.
Imboni yezokuvakasha yalesi sifundazwe ilahlekelwe yirekhodi ngonyaka odlule njengoba ihlaselwe yinhlanganisela yezinto, okuhlanganisa ukuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni, udlame oluhlobene nezidakamizwa kanye nokuwela imingcele evalekile. Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, izinyathelo zikahulumeni wobumbano waseMexico zokuvimbela ukusabalala komkhuhlane wezingulube ziphinde zaba nomthelela omubi kwezokuvakasha eBaja California, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi lesi sifo sasigxile maphakathi neMexico.
Emcimbini waseSan Diego kuleli sonto wokugqugquzela ukugibela iRosarito-Ensenada, izikhulu zezokuvakasha zithe imibuthano ehleliwe efana nomncintiswano wokuntweza ngempelasonto edlule kanye nomcimbi waminyaka yonke we-Ensenada i-Vendimia, noma uMkhosi Wokuvuna Iwayini, inikeza ithemba lokuthi lesi simo singashintshwa.
"Abantu banethemba elikhulu manje," kusho u-Oscar Kawanishi, umqondisi weProturismo Ensenada, ihhovisi lezokuvakasha ledolobha. Uthe isilinganiso sokuhlala kwamahhotela edolobheni sifinyelele kumaphesenti angama-91 ngoMgqibelo, usuku olwandulela ukuvalwa kweVendimia, edonsele abantu abangu-20,000 e-Ensenada emicimbini eyishumi nambili phakathi kuka-Agasti 6 neSonto.
ULaura Wong, umongameli weRosarito Convention & Visitors Bureau, uthe ukuhlala kwamahhotela edolobheni lakhe kungamaphesenti angama-52 kuphela ngoMgqibelo. Nakuba umncintiswano wokuntweza emanzini ubungewona ukuheha izivakashi, idolobhakazi lithumele ukusakazwa bukhoma kwewebhu kwabatshuzi okudonse ababukeli abangaba ngu-2,000. "Kithina bekuvezwa kakhulu kunenani labantu," kusho uWong. "Bekuwumcimbi omuhle ukufakazela ukuthi iRosarito iyidolobha eliphephile."
Lo mqhudelwano ekuqaleni wawuhlelelwe u-Ephreli odlule njengomcimbi ogunyazwe yi-Association of Surfing Professionals, inhlangano ephethe ezemidlalo. Kodwa usoseshini wakuhoxisa ukwesekwa kwawo, ngoba imibiko yobugebengu endaweni iphakamisa "ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha emanzini," kusho uBobby Shadley, oyisikhulu sezindaba kule nhlangano.
I-Rosarito Beach yathuthela esiteji somcimbi iyodwa, yenza inkontileka ne-San Diego-based FDt Marketing, imema abatshuzi abachwepheshile nabayizimfundamakhwela ukuba babambe iqhaza emqhudelwaneni wangempelasonto edlule.
U-Zach Plopper, umtshuzi ochwepheshile wase-San Diego ophume endaweni yesihlanu, umangele ngokujabula. "Izimo zazimangaza, umoya wawulula, amanzi ecwebile."
Noma kunjalo, uPlopper uthe, kusenenhlamba ehambisana nokuvakashela e-Baja California, “ikakhulukazi phakathi kwabatshuzi abancane, abazali babo abangafuni ukuthi bahambe.”
Ngonyaka odlule, abagqugquzeli be-Rosarito Ensenada 50-Mile Fun Bicycle Ride banqume ukuphuma e-Baja California ngenxa yokuncipha kwabahlanganyeli baseMelika kanye nokuntula ukwesekwa yiziphathimandla zendawo. Kuleli sonto, uFoster uthe kumthokozisile ukwesekwa yiziphathimandla zezokuvakasha.
U-Ives Lelevier, ongunobhala wezokuvakasha e-Baja California, izolo uthe umbuso ungena ngo-$150,000 ukuze umemezele lolu hambo. "Lona ngomunye wemisebenzi ebaluleke kakhulu esinayo e-Baja California," kusho uLelevier.
