ATLANTA — Ngethemba lokuthi amathemba okuthengisa azoheha abahambi abangenamali, izindawo zezivakashi zezwe lonke zithatha ikhasi encwadini yokudlala yokudayisa, zinikeza izivakashi izaphulelo ezijulile nezintengo zamasango eziqandisiwe.
Ukulala kwamahhala e-Walt Disney World eFlorida. Amakhuphoni abiza isaphulelo sika-$15 e-Hersheypark yasePennsylvania. Ukungena e-Georgia Aquarium, ithangi lezinhlanzi elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, ngamanani angonyaka odlule.
Amamaki anele ukwenza ngisho nesihambi esongayo sicabange kabili ngokuhlala ekhaya.
“Ngenxa yokuthi abantu abaningi balahlekelwe yimisebenzi futhi abakhushulelwa imali futhi abawatholi amabhonasi, akuzange kubonakale kufanele ukuthi kunyuswe amanani kulo nyaka,” kusho uDave Santucci, okhulumela i-aquarium edolobheni lase-Atlanta.
Ithikithi ku-aquarium lizobiza okufanayo nakulo nyaka njengoba ligcine njalo—$27 kubantu abadala. Vakashela kanye, bese uthola “i-bounce pass” ozoyibuyisela noma kunini ngalowo nyaka ngo-$15. Futhi i-aquarium ithengisa ngamadili nezinto ezikhangayo ezizungezile njenge-World of Coca-Cola ukuze inikeze amathikithi ayinhlanganisela ngamanani esaphulelo.
Futhi akukwazanga ukufika ngesikhathi esingcono.
Imboni yezokuvakasha yesizwe ayikawuboni unyaka omubi ngale ndlela kusukela ngemva nje kokuhlasela kwamaphekula ngoSepthemba 11, 2001, lapho inani labantu abahlala emahhotela lehla ngamaphesenti angu-16 ngonyaka owandulele, kusho uJan Freitag, iphini likamongameli weSmith Travel Research, elilandela i imboni yamahhotela. Ukuhlala kwamahhotela kwehle ngo-10% kusukela ngoNovemba 2007 kwaze kwaba ngenyanga efanayo ngo-2008, esho.
“Akukuhle njengamanje, ngokombono wehhotela,” kusho yena. "Abanye abahlaziyi laphaya bacabanga ukuthi kuzoba kubi kakhulu."
E-Walt Disney World eduze kwase-Orlando, Fla., izivakashi zingonga u-$400 enanini lokuhlala ubusuku obuyisikhombisa phakathi kukaFebruwari nokuphela kukaJuni. Isivumelwano - esibizwa ngokuthi "thenga ubusuku obune, uthole obuthathu mahhala" - singabhukwa ekupheleni kukaMashi, kusho uRick Sylvain, okhulumela le ndawo.
Wenqabile ukunikeza izinombolo zokuthi bangaki abavakashi ababhalisele lesi sivumelwano. I-Walt Disney World ikhangise isaphulelo kakhulu kunokwejwayelekile ngethemba lokudweba imindeni ngezikhathi ezihamba kancane endaweni ekhangayo, kusho uSylvain.
I-Hersheypark, enepaki ye-zoo kanye nepaki yokuzijabulisa eduze kwekomkhulu lenkampani kashokoledi edumile, inikeza amakhuphoni aphakeme kunawo wonke emlandweni wayo weminyaka engu-102—u-$15 entengo yokuthenga engu-$51.95, kusho umkhulumeli uKathy Burrows.
Ezinye izinto ezikhangayo, njengeMonterey Bay Aquarium eCalifornia, zinikeza izinsuku zamahhala kanye ngenyanga kubahlali bendawo. Abanye, njengeSilver Dollar City e-Branson, Mo., bahlangana namahhotela nezinye izindawo ezihehayo ukuze banikeze izaphulelo kumaphakeji amadili kubavakashi abavakashela eMecca ethathe umhlalaphansi izinsuku ezimbalwa.
Futhi izinto eziningi ezikhangayo—njenge-Sea World eFlorida kanye ne-San Diego Zoo—zibandisa amanani amaphasi azo onyaka, isipho esincane ezivakashini ezithembekile ngokwanele ukuba zibuye ngaphezu kokukodwa ngonyaka.
"Lawa ngamakhasimende ethu athembeke kakhulu," kusho uJoe Couceiro, okhulumela iBusch Entertainment Corp., ephethe amapaki angu-10 ukusuka eFlorida kuya ePennsylvania, okuhlanganisa i-Sea World neBush Gardens.
Kubazali abafana no-Amber Barrow, amathikithi anesaphulelo ayizindaba ezamukelekayo lapho ezama ukujabulisa izingane ezintathu ezincane ohambweni. Umndeni wakwaBarrow wama eGeorgia Aquarium ntambama yakamuva-noJoseph, 3, David, 1, noHannah, izinyanga ezi-4-njengoba babehamba besuka ekhaya labo e-Savannah baya eNashville, eTenn., Kumdlalo webhola le-Titans.
Naphezu kokuwohloka komnotho, "kusafanele senze izinto nezingane zethu," kusho u-Barrow ngenkathi ebuka imikhomo ye-beluga iphenduka futhi iphenduka. “Ngicabanga ukuthi ngokomnotho, izindawo ezikhangayo kuzomele zinikeze izaphulelo ngaphandle uma zingalifuni ibhizinisi. Abantu ngeke bahambe uma amanani enyuka.”
