I-Dubai ivela ngokushesha njengendawo ekhethwa yilabo abahamba ngomkhumbi emhlabeni jikelele kanye nabagibeli ngokufanayo, izibalo ezibonisa ukuthi isibalo sabavakashi abavakashela i-Dubai kulindeleke ukuthi sikhuphuke cishe ngama-80% kusukela ngo-2008 kuya ku-2010.
Futhi ukuvulwa kwesikhumulo esisha seDubai Cruise Terminal ekupheleni kukaJanuwari 2010 kuzovumela abagibeli abaningi nemikhumbi kunangaphambili. Itholakala ezimpambanweni zemigwaqo phakathi kwempumalanga nentshonalanga, iDubai inendawo nezinsiza zokuncintisana nomncintiswano; enikeza ingqikithi yamaholide anethezekile nathengekayo anikela ngokuthile kwawo wonke umuntu ngokuhlala ngaphambi nangemuva kokuhamba ngomkhumbi.
Imboni yezokuvakasha e-Dubai ikhula ngokushesha njengoba izivakashi ezingu-250,000 zivakashela i-emirate ngo-2009; inyuke ngo-37% uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Futhi ngo-2010, iDubai kulindeleke ukuthi isingathe izingcingo zemikhumbi eziyi-120 nabagibeli abangaphezu kuka-325,000 lapho iDubai Cruise Terminal isiqala ukusebenza ngokugcwele ekupheleni kwale nyanga.
Njengoba ithatha indawo engamamitha-skwele angu-3,450, lesi sikhumulo esisha sizoqhubekisela phambili imboni yezokuvakasha ekhulayo yase-Dubai. Idizayinelwe ukuphatha imikhumbi emithathu kuye kwemine ngesikhathi esisodwa, i-Dubai Cruise Terminal yakhelwe ukubhekelela inani elandayo le-emirate labavakashi abahamba ngomkhumbi. Iwukuphela kwetheminali yabagibeli emhlabeni wonke esetshenziswa umnyango kahulumeni wezokuvakasha, okusho ukuthi inganikeza ukunaka okwengeziwe kuso sonke isivakashi futhi ithuthukise ulwazi ngokufaka izici ezifana nabaqondisi bezivakashi abaqinisekisiwe kanye nesistimu yokungena esheshayo engenazo izinkinga zama-visa ezivakashi.
I-Dubai isaqhubeka nokuba yindawo ekhethwayo yemizila eminingi ye-cruise global. I-Costa Cruises inikeze imboni yezokuvakasha ezayo ngokuthuthuka okukhulu ngo-2007 ngenkathi yenza iDubai isizinda sayo sesifunda sokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Futhi ngomhla ka-23 February 2010 igugu lakamuva lemikhumbi ye-Costa Cruises, i-Costa Deliziosa, izovulwa e-Dubai, phakathi ne-Grand Maiden Cruise yayo, esuka e-Savona ngo-5 February. Kuzoba ngokokuqala ngqa ukuthi idolobha lase-Arabia libambe umcimbi wobhapathizo ngomkhumbi futhi lithembisa ukuthi kuzoba umcimbi ongenakulibaleka.
Kusukela ngoJanuwari 2010 iRoyal Caribbean International (RCI) izoba umzila wesibili omkhulu wokuhamba ngomkhumbi ukumisa umkhumbi eDubai. Ulayini wase-US uzobe uthumela i-Brilliance of the Seas e-Dubai ohambweni lwasebusuku oluyisikhombisa phakathi kukaJanuwari no-Ephreli 2010. Uhlelo lohambo luzothembisa amaholide ikhefu elijabulisayo neliphumuzayo kulo mkhumbi ohamba phambili odumile nomusha onamadekhi angu-13 omsebenzi, ukuzijabulisa kanye nendawo yokuhlala. Abagibeli bazoba nesikhathi esanele sokuhlola i-Dubai ngokuhlala ubusuku bonke ekuqaleni nasekupheleni kohambo.
U-Ian Scott, umqondisi wase-UK kanye ne-Ireland kuHulumeni wase-Dubai, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezokumaketha Kwezohwebo (DTCM), uthe, “Njengoba i-UK ne-Ireland zihlinzeka ngezivakashi ezicishe zibe yisigidi ngonyaka, i-Dubai isungulwe njengentandokazi eqinile yabavakashi bamaholide. Futhi ngokuningi ongakubona nokwenza, i-Dubai iyindawo yokugcina yokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Izivakashi zingama ngaphambi noma ngemva kohambo lwazo futhi zijabulele amabhishi ahlanzekile anesihlabathi, ukukhanya kwelanga unyaka wonke, ukudla okuhle kanye nohlu olumangalisayo lwemisebenzi ehambisana nakho konke okuthandayo noma ngabe ukuyothenga noma ukutshuza emoyeni! Izivakashi ze-Cruise ziya ngokuya ziba yingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu embonini yezokuvakasha yase-Dubai futhi njengoba i-Dubai Cruise Terminal ivulekele ibhizinisi kule nyanga ibukeka iqhubeka nokukhula.”
