Ezokuvakasha eGulf zizoqhubeka nokukhula kodwa ngeke zikhiqize abagibeli abaningi, kusho uchwepheshe wemboni ngoMsombuluko.
“Kuyimakethe ethuthukayo ebalulekile ngoba siyibona ikhula kakhulu njengendawo okuyiwa kuyo futhi njengemakethe yemithombo [kodwa] angicabangi ukuthi siyoke sibone ivolumu enkulu iphuma ku-GCC ngoba abekho abantu abaningi. lapha," kusho uMichael Bayley, iphini likamongameli omkhulu, wamazwe ngamazwe, eRoyal Caribbean International.
Izibalo zezokuvakasha ngomkhumbi ziqhubekile nokukhula yize isimo somnotho sintengantenga. Babalelwa ezigidini ezingu-13 abagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi ngonyaka odlule, ngamaphesenti ama-4 ngaphezu konyaka odlule, ngokusho kwe-Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).
IRoyal Caribbean International, esebenzisa imikhumbi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi engu-21, yethule uhambo lwayo lokuqala lwaseGulf oluya eDubai ngoMsombuluko.
I-Brilliance of the Seas yale nkampani, ethwala abagibeli abangafika ku-2,500, izohlinzeka ngohambo lokuhamba ngesikebhe ebusuku oluyisikhombisa eMuscat, Fujairah, Abu Dhabi naseBahrain, ngaphambi kokubuyela eDubai.
“Sinethemba elikhulu lokuthi sizothola inqwaba yabantu abavela eGulf,” kusho uBayley. "Imvamisa [abahlali baseGulf] babhukha amagumbi aphezulu ... futhi ngamaqembu amakhulu, cishe ama-suites ayi-15-16 futhi kuzofika iqembu elikhulu."
IRoyal Caribbean International ibone ukunyuka kwabagibeli ngamaphesenti angu-6-7 kodwa yehle amanani ayo cishe ngamaphesenti angu-12, kusho uBayley.
Njengoba kuzovulwa indawo entsha yokuvakasha ngoFebhuwari, iDubai inethemba lokuthi izonyusa ezokuvakasha zayo zibe ngu-575,000 ngo-2015, ngokusho koMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezohwebo (DTCM) we-emirate.
