Isikhulu esiphezulu se-South-pacific.travel u-Tony Everitt ukholelwa ukuthi isikhathi manje sesilungile sokuthi i-Pacific isebenzise leli bhizinisi elichumayo lokuhamba ngesikebhe emhlabeni wonke.
Yena nethimba lakhe abavela e-south-pacific.travel bahlanganise isu elaziwa ngokuthi yi-South Pacific Cruise Ship Strategy athemba ukuthi i-Pacific izothola isabelo esithe xaxa somkhakha wezigidigidi.
Njengamanje, lesi sifunda sithola ingxenye engaphansi kwamaphesenti amabili omkhakha wezokuvakasha womhlaba wonke.
Ngokwazi ukuthi kuzoba nzima ukusebenzisa lelisu, u-Everitt unethemba lokuthi kuyindlela eya phambili embonini yezokuvakasha yesifunda.
Naphezu kokukhuphuka kwentengo kaphethiloli okulimaza imboni yezokuvakasha kanye nezinkinga zezindlu e-USA, United Kingdom naseNew Zealand—lapho iningi labavakashi bethu liphuma khona—ibhizinisi lokuhamba ngomkhumbi lisadlondlobala, usho kanje.
“Sekuyiminyaka engaphezudlwana kwengama-60 kwaphela impi esibe yingxenye edumile yomlando wasePacific. Izingane zalabo basebenzi baseJapan, eMelika, e-Australasia naseYurophu manje sebethatha umhlalaphansi.
“Yizingane ezikhule enkathini yegolide—1950 no-60s e-USA nase-Australasia, 70s kanye 80s eJapane.
“Bangabaphathi bezindlu futhi izingane zabo ziphothule ekolishi. Bathatha umhlalaphansi, banesikhathi nemali futhi bafuna ukubona umhlaba ngokunethezeka komkhumbi,” kusho u-Everitt.
Ngokusho kwakhe, abagibeli bezikebhe emhlabeni jikelele banyukile besuka ngaphansi kwezigidi ezine ngo-4 baya ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1990 ngo-11, kanti kuzonyuka ngamaphesenti angama-2005 umthamo ngonyaka ozayo njengoba imikhumbi esakhiwayo njengamanje.
“Ama-mega-liner amasha athwele abagibeli abangu-4000 abehliselwa eCaribbean asho ukuthi imikhumbi eminingi emincane izodinga ukuthunyelwa kabusha. Futhi iyiphi indawo engcono engasatshalaliswa kabusha kuneSouth Pacific, ”kusho yena.
Kunezibani ezine zohlelo lwamasu kodwa awukho umugqa wesikhathi obekiwe wokuqaliswa kwazo.
"Sisebenza ngakho manje futhi asikazibeki isikhathi, kodwa kuzothatha iminyaka embalwa," kusho u-Everitt.
I-Beacon I ihlose ukuthuthukisa uhambo lolwandle lwezivakashi ezivela emikhunjini yohambo.
“Lokhu kubalulekile njengoba sidinga ukwakha izinhlobonhlobo zohambo lolwandle olunomshuwalense ogcwele. Kudingeka sithuthuke ezindabeni zokungenisa izihambi, ezokuphepha kanye nezokuphepha ngoba abagibeli abaningi ngabantu abadala asebethathe umhlalaphansi. Abafuni nje ukungena bagibele ibhasi. Bangathanda ukuxhumana nabantu, ”kusho u-Everitt.
I-Beacon I iphinde igcizelele ukuthenga kwekhwalithi, ukuqondisa kwezinga eliphezulu kanye nokuthuthukisa imikhiqizo esezingeni lomphakathi.
I-Beacon II igxile ekuthuthukiseni amashadi okuzulazula, ukuba namashadi e-hydrographic anembile kanye nokutshala imali engqalasizinda yokufika.
Nakuba i-Beacon III igcizelela ukuphatha-ukuthuthukisa nokukhuthaza ukubambisana kwangasese nokubambisana kwesifunda.
“Emabhanoyini, abantu bavele bandize baye endaweni eyodwa eseNingizimu Pacific bandize babuye, ohambeni lomkhumbi abantu bangavakashela izindawo eziningi.
“Abagibeli abafuni ukuba selwandle izinsuku nezinsuku, ngakho kunengqondo ukuthi iziqhingi zisebenzisane,” kusho u-Everitt.
I-Beacon IV iyamaketha—inezindawo zokuhamba ngomkhumbi ngokuhlanganisa iziqhingi, inolwazi olubanzi futhi ithuthukisa isifunda saseNingizimu Pacific.
“Kungaba nezifunda ezincane eziyisithupha futhi kungaba okunengqondo ukuthi iFiji, iTonga neSamoa ibe yindawo eyodwa.
“Kumele siqinise isandla, siphumele obala siye kubo.
'Wonke umuntu udinga ukuzibandakanya, izwe ngalinye kufanele futhi i-south-pacific.travel izinikele ekuholeni isu.
Ngokuvakashela ngomkhumbi okungu-557 eSouth Pacific esikhathini sika-2007-2008 (umthombo: South-Pacific.Travel) sisebenzisa imali elinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-US$30, u-Everitt ukholelwa ukuthi kuyisisekelo esihle kodwa akhona amathuba okuthola okwengeziwe.
Amazwe amathathu agqamile ekuheheni imikhumbi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi yiFrench Polynesia, iVanuatu neKiribati. Iziqhingi zaseCook neFiji zisemuva kakhulu.
IFrench Polynesia ibale ukuvakasha okungu-257 kokuhamba ngomkhumbi, kanti iVanuatu ibe nokuvakasha okungu-96 kanye neKiribati okungu-49. Imali esetshenziswa abagibeli ilinganiselwa ku-US$33million.
Ngokwe-South Pacific Cruise Shipping Development Strategy, izingqinamba ezinkulu zokuheha imikhumbi eminingi yokuhamba ngesikebhe esifundeni kuzoba ukuncintisana okuvela kwezinye izindawo zase-Asia, ukutholakala kukaphethiloli we-bunker, kanye namanani aphezulu echwebeni.
Nokho, lesi sifunda ngeke sibe nezinkinga ngobungane babasebenzi, njengoba kwatholakala ucwaningo olwenziwa phakathi kwabahamba ngomkhumbi.
Kube nezilinganiso eziphansi zezinsiza zokuphepha/zezokwelapha kanye nokuhlanzeka kwechweba, ikhwalithi yokuphatha phansi kanye nokufinyelela ezinhlinzekweni nengqalasizinda ehlobene nohambo lomkhumbi.
“I-Cook Islands, iSamoa, iTonga neSolomons basesigabeni sabo. Lezi iziqhingi ezijwayelekile zaseSouth Sea ezinezindawo ezimbalwa zokubuka futhi ukuthenga kuwukuthenga kwasendaweni hhayi okomhambi wamazwe ngamazwe.
“IFiji, iNew Caledonia, iVanuatu neFrench Polynesia inengqalasizinda nezinto ongazibona. Izinkonzo zokubamba phansi nazo zilungile futhi kunendathane yezindawo zokudlela nezitolo.
“IFiji inezinkinga zezepolitiki eziphakamisa umbuzo ngokuphepha kwabagibeli.
“IPapua New Guinea inezindawo ezithokozisayo kodwa izinsiza zibalulekile futhi kunenkinga ngezokuphepha.
“IKiribati, iNauru, iNiue neTuvalu azithintwa ezokuvakasha futhi kunesidingo sokuba zonke izinkonzo zithuthukiswe,” kusho omunye walabo ababuzwa kulolu cwaningo.
Okunye ukuphawula kwakumayelana nomkhiqizo kuyilapho omunye wathi kuwo wonke amazwe angu-13 angamalungu e-south-pacific-travel, i-French Polynesia ukuphela kwendawo evuthiwe enikeza ukuqwashisa ngomkhiqizo okuhle kakhulu nakuba i-Fiji ithakazelisa kakhulu, inesikhalo esihle kakhulu sokumaketha futhi inezinto ezinhle. izinsiza.
Omunye uphawule ukuthi imikhiqizo yaseNingizimu Pacific “ngokuvamile iletha kahle kakhulu ngenxa yemfudumalo nobungane babantu bendawo”.
Kepha omunye uxwayise ngokuthi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kwaseNingizimu Pacific kwakunzima kakhulu ukuzithengisa ukuze kuphindeke abagibeli. Omunye umhleli wohambo waseMelika wathi indawo ngayinye eya kuyo iyafana kubantu baseMelika—amabhishi, izihlahla zesundu, uphahla olufulelwe ngotshani, i-hula—kuphela ifulege elihlukile elindizayo futhi abaseMelika abawazi umehluko phakathi kwakho.
Imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi engakaze ivakashele iPacific ithi ibanga lendawo kanye nokuntuleka kwezinto ezihehayo kwakuyizizathu zabo zokungafiki.
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