Imboni yezokuvakasha yaseNyakatho Melika ibhebhethekisa umnotho futhi ihlinzeka ngokuthuthuka okukhulu komnotho ezinkampanini zezindiza ezithwala abagibeli ngomkhumbi ziye ezindaweni zokuqala.
Ngo-2008, umthelela omubi kwezomnotho e-US embonini yezokuvakasha wawungu-$40.2 billion, okuwukunyuka ngo-6% kusukela ngo-2007, ngokusho kweCruise Lines International Association (CLIA) embikweni wayo wakamuva: The Contribution of the North American Cruise Industry to the I-US Economy ngo-2008.
Cishe abagibeli abayizigidi eziyi-13 bathathe iholide lohambo ngonyaka odlule emhlabeni jikelele, obekukhuphuke ngo-4% kusukela ngonyaka owedlule, kanti imikhumbi enamalungu e-CLIA ithwele abagibeli abayizigidi eziyi-9 besuka emachwebeni aseMelika kuphela.
IFlorida isalokhu iyisikhungo sokuhamba ngomkhumbi e-US, futhi ibalwa ngama-57% akho konke ukuhamba e-US. IMiami iyichweba eliphezulu kakhulu ezweni, ilandelwa yiPort Canaveral nePort Everglades eFlorida, kanye neLos Angeles, New York kanye neGalveston, eTexas.
Umbiko we-CLIA uthi u-60% wesamba esiphuma ku-$40 billion sithinta izimboni ezinkulu eziyisikhombisa, ezimbili zazo okuyizinkampani zezindiza nezokuhamba. Iveze ukuthi imali eyizigidigidi ezi-2.1 yezokuthutha ngendiza yango-2008, kanye nemisebenzi eyizi-6,942 embonini yezokundiza. Izinsizakalo zokuvakasha, ezihlanganisa ama-travel agents, ezokuthutha ezihamba phansi kanye nohambo lwase-US oluzinze ogwini, zihlomule ngemali efinyelela ku-$4.2 billion kanye nemisebenzi engu-54,442, ngokusho kombiko.
Kodwa-ke, ukukhula komthamo kwehle iminyaka emithathu ilandelana.
Ngonyaka odlule, imikhumbi emisha eyisishiyagalombili yengezwa emkhunjini ukuze kwengezwe emibili kuphela njengoba eyisithupha yathengiswa noma yasakazwa kabusha isuka emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika. Isibonelo, kusukela ngo-2005 kuya ku-2006, inani lemikhumbi lenyuke ngesithupha, futhi kusukela ngo-2006 kuya ku-2007, lenyuka ngesishiyagalombili. Futhi, imboni yezokuvakasha iyaqhubeka nokwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwayo kwamachweba aseCaribbean ezindaweni zokuqalisa, okunciphisa abagibeli abasuka emachwebeni ase-US. "Ngenxa yalokhu, i-United States ayigcinanga ngokuqhubeka nokwehla kwenani layo lemisebenzi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi emhlabeni wonke kodwa yehle ngempela isibalo sabagibeli abasuka emachwebeni aseMelika," kusho umbiko. "Ngo-2008, ukugibela abagibeli emachwebeni ase-US kufinyelele cishe ezigidini ezingu-8.96, ukwehla ngo-2.4% kusukela ngo-2007 kanye nesabelo esingama-69% sokuhamba komhlaba." Lokho kuqhathaniswa nama-77% okuqaliswa komhlaba ngo-2004.
Izindiza ezazindizela eMiami ngo-2008 zahlomula ekukhuphukeni ngo-11.4% ekuqaliseni (abagibeli bezikebhe abayizigidi ezingu-2.1), kuyilapho ukugibela eFlorida sekukonke kukhuphuke ngo-133,000 ngonyaka odlule besuka eMiami, ePort Everglades naseTampa, edatshulwe ngokwengxenye ukulahlekelwa okuvela ePort Canaveral kanye Jacksonville. Amachweba okukhula ngo-2008 mayelana nokuqalwa, ngaphezu kwe-Miami, kwakuyi-Port Liberty e-Bayonne, NJ, ekhuphuke ngama-142.4%; I-San Diego, ikhuphuke ngo-16.4%; Seattle, up 12.7%; kanye ne-Mobile, Ala., ikhuphuke ngo-12.3%.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “As a result, the United States not only continued to experience a decline in its share of global cruise activity but experienced an actual decline in the number of passengers embarking from U.
- The growth ports in 2008 in terms of embarkations, in addition to Miami, were Port Liberty in Bayonne, N.
- Miami is by far the top port in the nation, followed by Port Canaveral and Port Everglades in Florida, and Los Angeles, New York and Galveston, Texas.
