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Uma noma iyiphi imboni bekufanele ngabe iyinsalela ye-boom, imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi, "nezitolo ezinkulu ezintantayo" ezikhohlisayo ezibhekelela ukuthanda nokunethezeka kwabathengi, bekungaba yimbangi.
Kepha ngemuva kwezinyanga eziyi-18 ezinzima, imboni ibona ukuphindaphindeka okumangazayo kwesidingo, okuwuphawu olubonisa isimo sengqondo sabathengi baseMelika. Lokho kuqinisa umugqa ophezulu wabaqhubi abafana neCarnival Corp., abahlaziyi abalindele ngoLwesibili ukuthi imali engenayo yezinyanga ezintathu ephela ngoFebhuwari ikhuphuke yafinyelela ku-$3.1 billion, ikhuphuke ngo-8% kusukela ngonyaka odlule, ngokusho kukaThomson Reuters.
Manje kufika ingxenye enzima, ukuthola amandla athile entengo. Isikhulu esiphezulu seCarnival uGerry Cahill ngenyanga edlule umemezele ukuthi intengo “yonke” ikhuphuke cishe ngo-5% okuqale ukusebenza ngoMsombuluko. ICompetitor Norwegian Cruise Line ithe izonyusa imali yokugibela ifike ku-7% kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2.
Ukuthi lokhu kunyuswa kuzokhuluma okuningi mayelana nendlela abathengi abazimisele ngayo ukusebenzisa ngaphandle kwezaphulelo ezijulile. Izophinde ikhombise ukuthi ngabe imboni yezokuvakasha isikutholile yini ukuhamba kahle, ngemuva kokubhekana nenkinga yokuwohloka komnotho.
I-Carnival, inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni enemikhumbi engu-82 nezinhlobo ezingu-10 ezihlukene, ingomunye wemigqa eminingana ebike ukubhukha amarekhodi phakathi “nenkathi yamagagasi” yasebusika, ngokomlando isikhathi esimatasa kakhulu sonyaka embonini.
I-Trade Group Cruise Lines International Association ithe u-2010 kulindeleke ukuthi unyuke kakhulu kubagibeli, kanti abahambi abayizigidi ezingu-14.3 kulo nyaka, bakhuphuke ngo-6.4% kusukela ngo-2009. Ukwehla ngo-10.7 kwaba ukwehla kokuqala okunjalo eminyakeni eyi-2008.
Nakuba olayini bokuvakasha behliselwe isaphulelo ukuze bahehe abagibeli, izindleko eziphansi zikaphethiloli nezabasebenzi ziye zadambisa ezinye zezinhlungu. Njengoba lezo zindleko ziqala ukukhuphuka, futhi idola laseMelika eliqinayo lilimaza ukuncintisana, opharetha abafana neCarnival bazoncika kakhulu emananini aphezulu ukuxhasa amamajini.
Futhi ngisho noma abathengi bebukeka beqinile, abaningi basaqhutshwa yinani ngakho-ke bangase bacishwe amanani okugibela aphezulu.
Uma kwenzeka lokho, isitokwe seCarnival, esiphindeke kabili ezinyangeni eziyi-16 ezedlule, singase sibhekane nokuhamba ngomkhumbi okunzima.
