IHonolulu ineWaikiki Beach, i-Omaha inomlando wamaphayona (kanye nomuzi kaWarren Buffett), kanti iCharleston inemigwaqo eyakhiwe ngamatshe enezinqola ezidonswa ngamahhashi. Ngakho-ke zifana ngani lezi zindawo ezi-3 ezahlukahlukene?

Onke lawa madolobha ase-US anezinga elingaphansi kwesigidi se-1 kubantu futhi athathwa njengalahamba phambili kunabo bonke, enza uhlu oluphezulu lwe-Top 10 lwamadolobha amancane amahle eMelika yiResonance Consultancy, umeluleki kwezokuvakasha, izindlu ezithengiswayo kanye nentuthuko yezomnotho.

Kungakhathalekile ukuthi kuthathwa njengokuvakasha noma cha, lawa madolobha amancane aqala ngandlela thile. Ngaphambi kokuthi i-Orlando, eFlorida, ibe yikhaya leWalt Disney World, lalaziwa nje ngamawolintshi alo, kanti iLas Vegas yayingeyona nje into yokumisa umzila weposi ovela ogwini olusentshonalanga ye-US.

Ngakho-ke iqale kanjani idolobha elingunombolo 1 lase-Honolulu - ikakhulukazi iWaikiki?

Maphakathi no-1800s ngasekupheleni kweminyaka, i-Waikiki yasebenza njengendawo yokuphumula eholidini lobukhosi obabugcina izindawo zokuhlala, bejabulela ukugibela amahhashi okukhanya kwenyanga, imijaho ejabulisayo yezikebhe, kanye nemigwaqo enganaki olwandle.

Izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe zaqala ukuvakashela iWaikiki ngawo-1830, futhi kwakhiwa umgwaqo ngawo-1860, kanye nojantshi wesitimela nethilamu (tramcars) ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1880. Ngokulindela ukwanda kwezivakashi ngemuva kokuncishwa, ihhotela laseMoana lavulwa ngo-1901 lapho kwakuhlala izivakashi zaseYurophu ezicebile. Osaziwayo abavakashile abanjengoBing Crosby, Shirley Temple, Groucho Marx, Clark Gable, noCarol Lombard bavotele uWaikiki futhi abaningi abanjengoFrank Sinatra, uJoe DiMaggio, no-Amelia Earhart bahlala eMoana edumile, bebeka uphawu lwayo njengendawo yokuqala.

Ngo-1907, ngaphansi kwalokho okwakubizwa ngokuthi “i-Waikiki Reclamation Commission,” ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kwakushubile lapho kunwetshwa imigwaqo, kwakhiwa amabhuloho, futhi kudonswa namachibi amadada, amadlelo elayisi, nezimagqabhagqabha ze-taro ezakha indawo yasemanzini yaseWaikiki. Ngo-1927, kwaqala ukuvela amathuba amasha okuzilibazisa: i-Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial ne-Honolulu Zoo, ngenkathi ngasikhathi sinye i-Hawaiian Olympian Duke Kahanamoku yethula umhlaba kulo mdlalo wanamuhla wokuntweza olwandle.

Namuhla, i-Waikiki igcwele ngokugcwele namahhotela asezingeni lomhlaba afana neHilton, iSheraton, neHyatt, bonke bemukela izivakashi olwandle lwayo oludumile nasemithambekeni enesithunzi yeDiamond Head Crater. Namuhla, kunamahektare angama-500 iKapiolani Park, i-Waikiki Aquarium, kanye ne-International Marketplace kanye nezinye zezindawo zokudlela ezinhle kakhulu zaseHawaii nezindawo zobusuku ezishisa kakhulu.

Kepha mhlawumbe into enhle kakhulu ngeWaikiki ukuthi konke lokhu kungaphakathi kokuhamba ibanga. Ukunwebeka ku-Kalakaua Avenue eyaziwayo esekhaya lolwandle oludumile, amahhotela, izindawo zokudlela kanye nezitolo kungamakhilomitha angaba ngu-2 ubude ngamabhentshi, amadokodo, utshani, izihlahla, futhi iPacific Ocean isebenza njengezindawo ezinhle kakhulu phuka endleleni.

Amadolobha aphezulu angama-50 anqunywa ngokuya ngemigomo ebandakanya: ikhwalithi yezobuciko, amasiko, izindawo zokudlela kanye nempilo yasebusuku; izikhungo ezibalulekile, okuhehayo nengqalasizinda; ukuchuma kwezomnotho; nokuphromotha ngezindaba, izinkomba, nezincomo ezabiwe ku-inthanethi.

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