Imboni yezokuvakasha esezingeni eliphezulu yase-UK ibikezela ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwesikhathi eside ngokwezibalo zakamuva ezikhishwe emhlanganweni wokuhamba we-Association of British Travel Agents eGran Canaria kuleli sonto.
UWilliam Gibbons we-Passenger Shipping Association ukuqinisekisile ukuthi abavakashi bamaholidi baseBrithani abayizigidi ezingu-1.5 kulindeleke ukuthi bathathe uhambo ngomkhumbi kulo nyaka futhi wabikezela ukukhula okwengeziwe ngamaphesenti amabili kuya kwamathathu ngo-2009.
Wathi: “Siseyimboni encane futhi eyandayo, sinamathuba amaningi okukhula njengoba imikhumbi emisha iqala ukusebenza. Ngesimo somnotho esinzima samanje, ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kusengcono kuneminye imikhakha eminingi njengoba ukubandakanya kweholide lokuhamba ngomkhumbi kwenza kube lula ukubhajethela, kuyilapho kuqhubeka ukunikeza inani eliyingqayizivele lemali.
"Kuhlelelwe ukwethulwa kwemikhumbi eyishumi nane ngo-2009 futhi silindele ukuthi isibalo sabagibeli baseBrithani bazodlula izigidi eziyi-1.6 ngo-2010."
Imikhumbi ehlelelwe u-2009 iyahluka ukusuka kokunethezeka kakhulu ukuya kwemikhumbi egxile emndenini.
Umkhuba oqinile wango-2009 ukwethulwa kwemikhumbi emisha ye-ultra-luxury cruise yama-Yachts of Seabourn kanye ne-Silversea Cruises. Ihlelelwe ukuthi yethulwe ehlobo nasebusika ngo-2009 ngokulandelanayo, le mikhumbi ibonisa impumelelo yomkhakha wezinga eliphezulu ekuheheni abahambi abawubukhazikhazi ukuthi bahambe ngomkhumbi. Ukwengeza, ngo-2010 no-2011 baphinde babone eminye imikhumbi emisha evela kuma-Yachts ase-Seabourn nase-Oceania Cruises.
Ngemuva kokwethulwa komkhumbi wokuqala wohambo lwe-Silversea Cruises, i-Prince Albert II ngasekuqaleni kuka-2008, izinkampani ezikhethekile ze-niche cruise nazo zengeza imikhumbi emisha. Umkhumbi we-Spirit of Adventure uzophindeka kabili ngosayizi njengoba i-Quest For Adventure ithatha uhambo lwayo lokuqala ngoJulayi 2009. Unabagibeli abangu-450, lo mkhumbi mkhulu kancane kune-Spirit of Adventure kodwa usazokwazi ukuvakashela amachweba amaningi amancane emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uchwepheshe wezokuvakasha emfuleni i-Viking River Cruises wethula i-Viking Legend enabagibeli abangu-189, okuzoba umkhumbi omude kunayo yonke emifuleni yaseYurophu ku-443ft.
I-Royal Caribbean International's Oasis of the Seas, ezokwethulwa ngoNovemba 2009, izoba umkhumbi omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni. Njengoba ithatha abagibeli abangu-16, nesisindo samathani angu-220,000, izothwala izivakashi ezingu-5,400 futhi ibe nama-stateroom angu-2,700. I-Oasis of the Seas izoba nezindawo eziyisikhombisa ezinetimu 'zomakhelwane', okuhlanganisa iCentral Park, Boardwalk, kanye neRoyal Promenade.
Imikhumbi yomndeni eyethulwa ngo-2009 ihlanganisa i-Carnival Cruise Lines 'Carnival Dream, ehlanganisa izindawo zokudlala ezinwetshiwe kanye nepaki enkulu ye-Carnival WaterWorks aqua. Ezinye izici zihlanganisa 'ama-whirlpools abukekayo' adlulela phezu komugqa womkhumbi kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezigaba ezintsha ze-stateroom.
Izinhlobo zase-Italy i-Costa Cruises ne-MSC Cruises zizokwethula imikhumbi emine phakathi kwazo ngo-2009, i-Costa Pacifica, i-Costa Luminosa, i-MSC Splendida ne-MSC Magnifica. Umkhumbi ongusisi oya e-Costa Serena, i-Costa Pacifica izokwethulwa ngoJuni 2009 futhi ibe nenqwaba yezici ezintsha ezifaka uphahla lwengilazi eshelelayo phezu kwamachibi angaphandle, i-Samsara Spa, isikrini esikhulu se-movie nesifanisi semoto yomjaho i-Grand Prix. I-Costa Luminosa izokwethulwa kanyekanye, okuhlanganisa isifanisi segalofu, ithiyetha ye-4D, kanye nephesenti eliphezulu kakhulu lama-balcony staterooms anoma yimuphi umkhumbi wase-Costa. Ikwethulwa e-Barcelona enyangeni elandela leyo, i-MSC Splendida izoba ne-MSC Yacht Club ekhethekile kuphela, i-butler-served yacht, kanti i-MSC Magnifica izoba sekilasini 'loMusica' futhi yethulwe ekupheleni kuka-2009.
Okokugcina, i-Holland America Line isimemezele u-$200m ekuthuthukisweni kwemikhumbi emihlanu njengengxenye yohlelo lwayo oluqhubekayo lweSiginesha Yokuphuma phambili. Eminyakeni emibili ezayo, uNksz Statendam, Nksz Ryndam, Nksz Maasdam, Nksz Veendam, kanye noNkz Rotterdam bonke bazolungiswa ukuze banikeze izivakashi indawo yokuhlala esezingeni eliphezulu, kanye namazinga aphezulu esevisi.
