I-Dubai ibe nesiphithiphithi esibalulekile sezimali ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, kodwa lokho akuzange kubavimbe abagibeli bemikhumbi abaya e-emirate exabene njengoba isiba ichweba okufanele libonwe. Imigqa eminingi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ibeka imikhumbi e-Dubai ngesikhathi sasebusika, kodwa awukho umzila wokuhamba ngomkhumbi onikezele ngemikhumbi eminingi esifundeni kune-Costa Cruises.
IDubai ithanda imikhumbi
I-Cruise Travel iyingxenye ekhula ngokushesha yezokuvakasha e-Dubai. Isikhathi besingeke sifike ngesikhathi esingcono se-emirate njengoba ezokuvakasha zehle ngamaphesenti ayisi-6 ngonyaka odlule, kanti imboni yezokuvakasha ekhula ngamandla ikhule ngamaphesenti angama-40.
ICosta Cruises, uhlobo lweCarnival Corporation, iphinde yaqinisa ukuzibophezela kwayo eDubai lapho iqamba umkhumbi wayo omusha ngokuthi iCosta Deliziosa enabantu abangu-2,286 ngenyanga edlule. Okubaluleke nakakhulu ukuthi umcimbi umaka okokuqala ukuthi umkhumbi wokuhamba uqanjwe ezweni elithile laseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Ngisho nombusi waseDubai, uSheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum uvele wamukela umkhumbi omusha waseCosta.
USihlalo weCosta kanye ne-CEO uPier Luigi Foschi uthe ngokubhapathiza nokubeka imikhumbi emisha yolayini e-Dubai kukhombisa ukuzibophezela okuqhubekayo kwalayini. Ngo-2006 le nkampani yaba yi-cruise line yokuqala ukumisa umkhumbi esifundeni ngoba babona kahle ukubaluleka kwe-Dubai njengendawo yokuhamba ngomkhumbi.
Kulula ukubona ukuthi kungani u-Costa akhangwe kangaka nge-emirate. Ngezindawo zayo ezinhle zamadolobha, izihlabathi zangaphambi komlando namabhishi angapheli, iDubai iyindawo emangalisayo ngayo yonke indlela. Idolobha linezindawo ezikhangayo nezihehayo, okuhlanganisa ipaki lamanzi elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, kanye nebhilidi elide kunawo wonke emhlabeni, iBurj Khalifa - isizinda esihle kakhulu sedolobha laseDubai. Abahambi ngomkhumbi bangazitika ohambweni olusukela “kokugijinyiswa kwendunduma,” ukugibela amakamela, ukuthenga amasokisi ukuya ngisho nokushushuluza esihlabathini noma eqhweni langempela emithambekeni yangaphakathi ye-Ski Dubai Alpine.
ICosta njengamanje inemikhumbi emithathu ezinze eDubai ngesikhathi sasebusika. Kubandakanya imikhumbi emisha kakhulu yolayini - i-Deliziosa eshiwo ngenhla, umkhumbi wayo ongudadewabo i-Costa Luminosa, kanye ne-Costa Europa enabantu abangu-1,494. Ukubona ukukhula esifundeni eminye imizila yokuhamba ngomkhumbi efana ne-Aida Cruises neRoyal Caribbean International nayo ikhethe ukumisa imikhumbi lapho.
Ngabe abantu baseMelika bazothutheleka kuleli zwe elikude nelingavamile? UMaurice Zarmati, umongameli weCosta Cruises USA, unethemba lokuthi kuzoba nentshisekelo ekuhambeni kwenkampani yaseDubai. Njengamanje, iningi lezivakashi zase-Costa zalokhu kuhamba ngomkhumbi zivela e-Europe, kodwa isibalo sabagibeli baseMelika siyanda unyaka ngamunye esho. “Sithola ukuthi uhambo lwaseDubai lukhanga abantu baseMelika abanolwazi olunzulu ngohambo,” kusho uZarmati. Ukwengeza, uveze inani lohambo lwesikebhe lwase-Costa Dubai lobusuku obuyisi-7, oluvakashela e-Oman, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, futhi luhlanganisa nokulala okubili e-Dubai okungaheha labo bahambi baseMelika abanolwazi. “Uma ubheka izindleko zehhotela eliseDubai ngobusuku obubili, faka lokho enanini lokuhamba ngomkhumbi, bese wengeza kuzo zonke izindawo oya kuzo, inani liyamangalisa.”
Ukukhula okusheshayo
Ngo-2009, iDubai yadonsa ukuvakashelwa kwemikhumbi eyi-100 kanye nezivakashi ezingaba ngu-260,000, okukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-37 ngonyaka odlule. Kulo nyaka ukukhula kulindeleke ukuthi kube ngamaphesenti angama-40 njengoba imikhumbi emithathu yaseCosta iyodwa iletha abagibeli abayi-140,000 abalindelwe. Ukukhula okusheshayo kuyaqhubeka njengoba i-emirate ilindele ukuthi izinombolo zizophindeka kabili ngonyaka wezi-2015 kuye kwengama-195 kanye nabagibeli abangaphezu kuka-575,000.
Ukubhapathizwa kwe-Deliziosa kwakungeyona yodwa into yokugubha; IDubai ivule nePort Rashid Dubai Cruise Terminal entsha. Itheminali, engaphezu kwamamitha-skwele angu-37,000 ngosayizi, ingakwazi ukuphatha imikhumbi emine ngesikhathi esisodwa futhi inezinsiza zokwenza izimpilo zabahambi zibe lula, njengokushintshiselana ngemali, ama-ATM, iposi, izitolo zamahhala kanye nesikhungo samabhizinisi. nge-Wi-Fi yamahhala.
UFoschi uncome uhulumeni waseDubai ngombono wakhe wokuvula indawo yokugcina ngo-2001 ngisho nalapho lwalungekho uphawu lokuthi kwakungenzeka ukuhamba ngomkhumbi lapha. "Lokho ukubona kusengaphambili kuvuzwe uCosta," kusho uFoschi.
