UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett uye wamkela icebiso elivela kuKapteni uJohnny Faevelen, uMphathi wenqanawa enkulu yokuhamba ngenqanawa emhlabeni, iHarmony of the Seas, ukuba abandakanyeke ngobuchule amalungu enqanawa kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa ukunceda ukukhuthaza indawo ekuyiwa kuyo ukutsala abakhweli abaninzi kwesi siqithi.
Inqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa enomthamo omkhulu kwiindwendwe ze-6,780 kunye namalungu abasebenzi be-2300, yasungulwa kwiinyanga nje ezintlanu ezidlulileyo yiRoyal Caribbean kwaye yenza utyelelo lwayo lokuqala eFalmouth ngoLwesibini ngoNovemba 22, 2016. Kulwamkelo olwamkelekileyo kwibhodi, uCaptain Faevelen ucebise kakhulu ukuba ngelixa ugxininiso kufuneka lubekwe kubakhweli abasebenzi "ngabantu ekufuneka ubakhathalele kakhulu."
Uveze ukuba ngabasebenzi abancedisayo ukukhuthaza iindawo ezahlukeneyo zokuya kubakhweli, nto leyo ethe yazisa isigqibo sabo sokuhla ezinqanaweni ukuze bazibonele. Uthe bangabantu abaxelela iindwendwe ngeendawo ezahlukeneyo kwaye baphathwe kakuhle ngabantu abasemhlabeni kumazibuko ohlukeneyo abongisiweyo ngendlela abasikhuthaze ngayo esi siqithi.
“Abasebenzi basenqanaweni ngabona bathengi bathembekileyo unabo,” watsho, eqinisekisa ukuba “abona bantu banyanisekileyo ngabo ababuyayo hayi zonke iiveki ngenqanawa, hayi iinyanga ezimbini, hayi iinyanga ezine kodwa iinyanga ezisibhozo unyaka kwaye siyayithanda iJamaica. Siyabuthanda ubuhlobo, ulonwabo, isimo sengqondo ‘somntu ongenangxaki’; siyayithanda iJamaica,” utshilo uKapteni Faevelen.
Ebethelela le ngongoma, uMphathiswa uBartlett uthe “uKapteni usinike ukongeza okunomdla kakhulu kundoqo wonxibelelwano lokuqala ebesazi ukuba ubekhona ngaphambili kodwa eneneni akukhange kuziswe ezingqondweni zethu ngendlela uKapteni enze ngayo namhlanje. abasebenzi ngenene yindawo yakho yokuqala yokunxibelelana nondwendwe olufika kwindawo oya kuyo. "
Wayivuma inyani yokuba “uninzi lwaba batyeleli, ngelixa bekhwele inqanawe, bafumana iimvakalelo zabo ngendawo ekusingwa kuyo, bafumana umnqweno wabo wendawo ekuyiwa kuyo, bafumane umtsalane wabo wokuya kwindawo ekuyiwa kuyo ukusuka kwiinkcazo kunye neengxelo zabasebenzi kunye nabasebenzi. indlela eziboniswa ngayo indawo ekuyiwa kuyo.”
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho wongeze wathi “sithatha isikhokelo asinike sona kwaye siza kufuna ukubandakanya amalungu eqela labasebenzi ngendlela enobuchule ngakumbi. Ndifuna ukubongoza abantu baseJamaica ukuba naphi na apho ubona khona ilungu leqela labasebenzi, baphathe ngeyona ndlela ilungileyo kuba le yeyona ndawo yakho yokuqala yokunxibelelana kwindawo oya kuyo.
UMphathiswa uBartlett wagxininisa ukuba ukuhamba ngenqanawa kwakubaluleke kakhulu kunikezelo lokhenketho olubonelelwa yi-Destination Jamaica kwaye intsebenziswano neRoyal Caribbean yayibaluleke kakhulu, isiphumo sokusekwa kweFalmouth njengelona zibuko likhulu kwiCaribbean. Olu phuhliso uthe lwenze ukhenketho lokuhamba ngenqanawa "lunyukele kwiindawo eziphakamileyo" kunye ne-1.2 yezigidi ezifikayo kunyaka ophelileyo e-Falmouth kuphela ngelixa i-Montego Bay kunye ne-Ocho Rios yabelana nge-500,000.
“Kulo nyaka, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, sikujongile kanye; ngokwenyani si-9 ekhulwini ngaphezu konyaka ophelileyo kwaye imivuzo ikhulile. Ithuba likaJanuwari ukuya kweyoMsintsi ngowama-2016 libone ukunyuka kwe-9.6% yabakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa, nabakhweli abarekhodiweyo abayi-1,223,608, xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo,” ucacise watsho.
“Sirekhode ingeniso yabahambi ngenqanawa malunga ne-US$111 yezigidi, isuka kwi-US$98.3 yezigidi zelixesha elifanayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo,” ucacise watsho uMnu. Bartlett.
Ezinye iinqanawa ezimbini ze-Royal Caribbean cruise, ezizezi, i-Oasis yoLwandle kunye ne-Allure of the Seas sele zihamba e-Falmouth kwaye uKapteni Faevelen uthe inqanawa yesine, engekabizwe ngegama, yayiphantsi kokwakhiwa kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ize apha emva kokuba igunyaziswe.
Ekwamkeleni iHarmony of the Seas, waphawula ukuba yayijoyina iinqanawa zoodade kwaye iJamaica yayivuyiswa kukuba yindawo yokuya kwiCaribbean ukuze ibe nolonwabo lokwamkela iinqanawa ezintathu ezinkulu zokuhamba ngenqanawa emhlabeni. “Ke ngoko sichulumancile ngentsebenziswano eqhubekayo kunye nobudlelwane neRoyal Caribbean kunye nokubona ukukhula okuqhubekayo. Ukuba nazo zontathu iinqanawa ezinkulu eziza apha kubaluleke kakhulu kwaye kuya kuphucula ukukhula kweshishini eJamaica kunye nokwandiswa kweCaribbean, ”utshilo.
UMnu. Bartlett wanika isiqinisekiso sokuba “sizimisele ekwandiseni amava afunwa ngabakhenkethi ngenqanawa,” wongeza ngelithi, “sizinikele ekuqinisekiseni indawo ekhuselekileyo, engenamthungo nekhuselekileyo.”
Ngenxa yoko, “besityala imali ngaloo ndlela; amaqabane ethu uGunyaziwe weZibuko laseJamaica kunye ne-UDC (i-Urban Development Corporation) baye basebenzisane ukwakha amava okudala aya kwenza ukuba kungabi ngaphezu kwe-8000 kuphela, kuquka nabasebenzi, abeza kwi-Harmony yoLwandle ukuba babe nolonwabo ecaleni kwezibuko. kodwa ukwazi ukusasaza kuyo yonke idolophu yaseFalmouth nokuxhamla kwinkcubeko yabantu.”
