Umcimbi ohamba phambili embonini yezokuvakasha uhehe abantu abangaphezu kuka-11,000 ababewuhambele, wawuhlanganisa abakhangisi abangama-600, abameleli abavela emazweni angaphezu kuka-120, imizila yokuvakasha engaphezu kuka-70, futhi ubuyisiteji esihle kakhulu sokukhombisa intuthuko yakamuva kulo mkhakha.
Owayehola ithimba le-Bahamas kwakunguMhlonishwa I. Chester Cooper, iPhini likaNdunankulu kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, Ukutshalwa Kwezimali Nezindiza kanye nethimba elizinikele lababambe iqhaza ababalulekile kwezokuvakasha kanye nabaholi embonini yezokuvakasha yale ndawo.
I-Bahamas yayala ukuthi kugqanyiswe isithangami sabezindaba esikhethekile esasibanjelwe e-The Loews Hotel, edweba uhwebo oluphezulu lwezokuvakasha, ezokuvakasha kanye nabezindaba zokuhamba ngomkhumbi. U-DPM Cooper ujoyinwe uMhlonishwa uGinger Moxey, uNgqongqoshe weGrand Bahama, uLatia Duncombe, uMqondisi Jikelele, i-MOTIA kanye noMike Maura, oyi-CEO ye-Nassau Cruise Port, ukwabelana ngezibuyekezo ezibalulekile ezakha ikusasa lezokuvakasha ngomkhumbi ezweni lesiqhingi.
Yakha phezu kwegagasi lomfutho oqinile—ukwamukela izivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-517,000 kulo Januwari odlule kuphela—I-Bahamas izibophezele ekusimamiseni ukukhula kohambo lwesikebhe kanye nokuthuthukisa ulwazi lwabagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi. U-DPM Cooper umemezele umzamo wokusebenzisana phakathi kukaHulumeni wase-Bahamas Nassau Cruise Port kanye nemigqa emikhulu yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ukuze kwenziwe ingqalasizinda yamachweba ibe yesimanje kulo lonke leli qoqo leziqhingi. Izinhlelo zihlanganisa ukunwetshwa kwezindawo zokulala, ukwakhiwa kwezizinda ezintsha kanye nokuthuthukiswa kokugeleza kwabagibeli kanye nokufinyelela kwezokuthutha ngombono oqhubekayo wokusimama kwezokuvakasha.
Phakathi kwentuthuko ebalulekile i-Norwegian Cruise Line's pier ye-Norwegian Cruise Line's $150 million pier at Great Stirrup Cay, The Berry Islands ihlelelwe ukuqedwa ngo-2025. Indawo entsha izohlalisa imikhumbi emikhulu emibili ngesikhathi esisodwa futhi ithuthukise ukufinyelela kwemikhumbi enqamula iphothifoliyo yeNorwegian Cruise Line Holdings', okuhlanganisa ne-Oceania Cruises Seruises. Futhi, Ukhiye Wokugubha Izigidi ezingama-$700, indawo yokuqala ekhethekile yeCarnival izovulwa ngoJulayi 2025 futhi izotholakala ohlangothini oluseNingizimu yeGrand Bahama.
Uma sibheka phambili ehlobo lika-2026, uhlangothi olusenyakatho ye-Half Moon Cay—maduze oluzokwaziwa ngokuthi i-RelaxAway, i-Half Moon Cay—luzokhipha indawo entsha evumela imikhumbi ukuthi ime ngqo esiqhingini okokuqala ngqa. Lokhu kufaka phakathi imikhumbi ye-Carnival yezinga eliphezulu le-Excel, manje ezokwazi ukuyivakashela. Le phrojekthi, ubambiswano phakathi kweCarnival Cruise Line ne-Holland America Line, izophinde yethule indawo engasebhishi enwetshiwe, izindawo zokudlela ezithuthukisiwe kanye neqoqo lamabha amasha.
E-Grand Bahama, i-DPM Cooper yagqamisa ichweba elizayo lokuhamba ngomkhumbi kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwepaki lamanzi eFreeport Harbour—ibhizinisi elikhulu elihlanganyelwe phakathi kweRoyal Caribbean ne-MSC Cruises—elihlelelwe ukuphakamisa isikhalo salesi siqhingi njengendawo ehamba phambili yohambo ngomkhumbi.
Ndawonye, lezi zenzakalo zibonisa umbono wesibindi we-Bahamas wekusasa lezokuvakasha ngesikebhe: yesimanjemanje, egxilile futhi ehambisana nokulindelwe okuguquguqukayo komhambi wanamuhla womhlaba.
U-DPM Cooper uthe, "Ukuvela kwabezindaba esithangamini sethu sabezindaba kanye nenhlokomo eqhubekayo ezungeze i-Bahamas Pavilion ibonisa imizamo ehlangene yethimba lethu kanye nozakwethu. I-Bahamas idala umkhiqizo wezokuvakasha ogqama emhlabeni wonke, futhi isithakazelo esikhulu nokusebenzisana okuboniswa emihlanganweni yethu kuqinisa inkolelo yethu emandleni amakhulu omkhakha wethu wezokuvakasha."
Kuyo yonke ingqungquthela, u-DPM Cooper kanye no-DG Duncombe bahlanganyele ngokugcwele nababambiqhaza ababalulekile bemboni yezokuvakasha, beqinisa ubudlelwano obunamasu kanye nokwenza imifelandawonye emisha ukuze kuthuthukiswe isikhundla se-Bahamas njengendawo ephambili yokuhamba ngesikebhe. Imihlangano esezingeni eliphezulu yabanjwa nabadlali abakhulu okuhlanganisa iRoyal Caribbean Group, Disney Cruise Line, Carnival Corporation, Norwegian Cruise Line, RW Bimini Cruise Port, Margaritaville at Sea kanye neBalearia Caribbean. Le mihlangano ibigxile ekubambisaneni, ekusungulweni nasekuthuthukisweni kwamasu okuqhubekela phambili okuthuthukisa ulwazi lwezivakashi nokugqugquzela ukukhula okuqhubekayo kulo lonke leli qoqo leziqhingi.
“Sakhela phezu komfutho oqinile e-Seatrade sigxile ekusunguleni izinto ezintsha, esimeme, nasekuletheni uhambo olusezingeni lomhlaba,” kusho u-DG Duncombe. "Ngentuthuko enkulu eqhubekayo eziqhingini eziningi, i-Bahamas iyaqhubeka nokuhola isifunda futhi ilolonge ikusasa lezokuvakasha."
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mayelana The Bahamas, vakashela I-Bahamas.com.
Abamele abezindaba bahlangane ukuze bahlanganyele nezethulo ezinokuqonda ngesikhathi senkomfa yabezindaba ye-Seatrade Cruise Global 2025.
KUBONWE EMTHENI OMKHULU: IPhini likaNdunankulu kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, Ukutshalwa Kwezimali Nezokundiza, uMhlonishwa I. Chester Cooper babelana ngemininingwane ebalulekile mayelana nombono wesizwe wokukhula okuqhubekayo embonini yezokuvakasha engqungqutheleni yabezindaba yase-Seatrade Cruise Global 2025.
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