I-Swine flu iwumoya kwezinye izindawo eziphezulu zezokuvakasha

Uhambo lwesikebhe u-Zenaiva Cervantes alubekile bekumele ame emadolobheni asogwini ashiswe yilanga e-Mexican Riviera. Uhambo lomkhumbi aluthatha? Lokho kwambeka e-Seattle, lapho adonsela khona izingalo zakhe waziqinisa esifubeni sakhe njengoba ephuma ekuseni ngomswakama, 50-degree.

"Besifuna ukuphumula emfudumalo," kusho isakhamuzi saseTijuana, eMexico, 61, ngeSpanishi ngoLwesine. “Ukube othile ubengitshele ukuthi ngizoba seSeattle ezinsukwini eziyisishiyagalombili ezedlule, bengingeke ngibakholelwe.”

Esiqongweni sokuqubuka komkhuhlane wezingulube, abaqhubi bemikhumbi abakhulu i-Carnival Corp. kanye neRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. - befisa ukugwema ukugula kwabagibeli kanye nokulahlekelwa imali - banquma ukubuyisela kabusha uhambo lwaseMexico kuze kube maphakathi noJuni.

Ngakho nakuba ukwesaba sekunciphile, abagibeli abake bafuna ilanga njengoCervantes bazithola beseSan Francisco, Seattle naseVictoria, eBritish Columbia, eCanada. Izinkampani ze-Cruise zinxephezela abagibeli ngokushintsha ngamavawusha e-inboard credit plus ohambo lolwandle oluzayo. Abagibeli baphinde babe nokukhetha ukuhlala ekhaya bathole imbuyiselo ephelele, kodwa iningi labagibeli likhetha ukuhamba ngesikhathi lihlelile, kusho imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi.

Abalahlekelwayo ngenxa yokukhanya kwelanga nemigqa ebomvu, izindawo zabo ezintsha zithola izigidi zamadola ebhizinisi. E-San Francisco, ezinye izindawo eziyi-16 ezihlobene nomkhuhlane wezingulube zizothuthukisa ukuhamba kwechweba lonyaka ngamaphesenti angu-31 futhi kulethe izivakashi ezintsha ezingu-49,000, kusho uMichael Nerney, umphathi wezokukhangisa wase-San Francisco. Ucingo ngalunye lungasho u-$1 wesigidi ekuthengisweni kwamabhizinisi asemadolobheni futhi bendawonye bazokhiqiza u-$500,000 emalini engenayo yechweba.

"Lokhu akujwayelekile kakhulu - kuyashaqisa, impela - njengoba imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ibeka izinhlelo zabo zokuhamba ngomkhumbi kusasele izinyanga eziyi-12 kuye kweziyi-18, futhi nezinguquko ezincane azivamile," kusho uNerney.

Inani elikhulu lamachweba ahlukile e-Caribbean likwenza kube lula kakhulu ukushintshanisa izitobhi lapho. Esikhundleni se-Cozumel e-Mexico, izinkampani zikhetha i-Ocho Rios noma i-Montego Bay e-Jamaica, i-Nassau noma i-Freeport e-Bahamas, i-Virgin Islands' St. Thomas, i-St. Maarten noma i-Key West, i-Fla., noma ikhomba ngaphesheya kwe-Caymans ne-Turks kanye neCaicos.

I-Bahamas ilindele ngenjabulo imikhumbi ephambukisiwe. Abathengi bathola u-$15 kumgibeli ngamunye, kanti izitolo zezimpahla zokugqoka nobucwebe zasesiqhingini, izindawo zokucima ukoma nezindawo zokudlela zincike kumadola ezivakashi, kusho ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha uVincent Vanderpool-Wallace.

Abahlaziyi bacabanga ukuthi izinzuzo kungenzeka zidlula ngokushesha kulawa machweba ngoba ukuqubuka akubanga kubi kakhulu.

"Ngicabanga ukuthi iqhubu lesikhathi esifushane okungenzeka ukuthi selivele liyashabalala," kusho uMichael McCall, ocwaninga ngezokuvakasha nomfundisi eNyuvesi yaseCornell.

U-Jan Freitag, iphini likamongameli wezokuthuthukiswa komhlaba wonke kwaSmith Travel Research, waphawula ukuthi, ngaphezu komkhuhlane wezingulube, ukuhamba eMexico kuthinteke ngenxa yokwesaba ukwanda kodlame lwezidakamizwa emazweni asemngceleni. Ubona uhambo lwamabhizinisi oluya eMexico luhlala luqinile futhi umkhuhlane wezingulube unomthelela omncane kumgwaqo wokungcebeleka ngaphandle kokuthi leli gciwane libhebhetheka.

Abasebenzi bamahhotela babona abahambi behlehlisa izinhlelo. I-Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company kanye neFour Seasons Hotel and Resorts ithe cishe zonke izihambeli ezibhukhe ezindaweni zazo zokungcebeleka ezimbili zaseMexico ngasekupheleni kuka-April nasekuqaleni kukaMeyi zizofika ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva. I-Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc. bekulindeleke ukuthi umkhuhlane ubize imali eyizigidi ezingu-4 kuya kwezingu-5 zamaRandi emalini engenayo kodwa yathi ingabuyisa ingxenye enkulu yayo ezivakashini ezibhukhwe kabusha ezindaweni zayo zokungcebeleka zase-US noma zase-Caribbean.

ICenters for Disease Control and Prevention ehlangene manje ithi amaphesenti ayishumi kuphela abantu baseMelika abanaleli gciwane abathola leli gciwane eMexico, hhayi ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu njengoba bekucatshangwa ngaphambilini. Kepha iyasigcina isexwayiso sayo ngohambo olungabalulekile lokuya eMexico.

UMichael Crye, iphini likamongameli wezobuchwepheshe kanye nezindaba zokulawula we-Cruise Lines International Association, ukubize lokho kuvinjelwa ukuthi kuyalimaza futhi akudingekile, ngoba izindawo ezihlaselwe kakhulu ukusabalala komkhuhlane zimaphakathi nezwe futhi inkathi yomkhuhlane isizophela.

U-Crye ukhombe izifundo ezitholwe emizuliswaneni embalwa yokusakazwa okubi ngemuva kokuqubuka kwezifo zesisu njengegciwane elithi “Norwalk” futhi wathi ukuhlolwa kwabagibeli okusha kuqinisekisa ukuthi imikhumbi ayisizi ukusabalalisa igciwane le-H1N1, elibangela umkhuhlane wezingulube.

“Sikholelwa ukuthi … sinendaba enhle okumele siyixoxe, nokuthi cishe usengozini encane yokuqhubeka ngendawo oya kuyo kunanoma iyiphi enye indawo yomphakathi,” kusho u-Crye.

U-Eric Brey, inhloko yeCenter for Resort and Hospitality Business eNyuvesi yaseMemphis, ubikezele ukuthi izivakashi ngeke zibe nenkinga yokubuyela ngokushesha eMexico.

“Ngaphandle kwaleli hlobo, angiboni kuyindaba enkulu kangako,” kusho uBrey.

E-Charlotte Amalie e-St. Thomas, indawo eshayeke kakhulu njengoba ezokuvakasha ziye zawa phakathi nokuwohloka komnotho, imvamisa kuthule kulesi sikhathi sonyaka. Kodwa amatekisi avale uziphu kakhulu ngasezikhumulweni zemikhumbi ngesonto eledlule.

"(Umkhuhlane wezingulube) uyinkinga enhle kithina," kusho u-Edward Thomas, oyi-CEO ye-West Indian Company Dock.

Naphezu kokuntuleka kwelanga, uCervantes, umyeni wakhe kanye nezinkulungwane zabanye abagibeli abagcine befikile ePacific Northwest kanye nabo bajabulela izindawo zokudlela zaseSeattle kanye nePike Place Market, lapho abathengisi ababedume ngokujikijela izinhlanzi.

"Besicabanga ukuthi sizobe sigqoke ama-bikini namasudi okugeza," kusho u-Philipe Tabet, isitolo sokudla esineminyaka engu-53 ubudala sase-Albuquerque, NM, ehamba nonkosikazi wakhe. “Bekufanele sipakishe okuthe ukuhluka kancane, yilokho kuphela. Khumula, bese upakisha futhi.”