MIAMI - Kadan Amurkawa sun yi balaguro a cikin 2008 fiye da 2007, bisa ga sabbin bayanan masana'antu, wanda ke nuna cewa babban yanki na balaguron balaguro na iya yin rauni duk da ci gaba da girma a cikin lokacin wucewa a duk duniya.

A karon farko tun 1998, lokacin da Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Cruise Lines ta fara buga rahotannin tasirin tattalin arziki, ƙananan jiragen ruwa sun tashi daga tashar jiragen ruwa na Amurka a cikin 2008 fiye da shekarar da ta gabata.

Kwanan nan kamar 2004, jiragen ruwa na Amurka sun kai kashi 77 cikin 69 na duk jiragen ruwa. A shekarar da ta gabata hannun jarinsu ya ragu zuwa kashi XNUMX bisa dari yayin da harkokin kasuwanci ke karuwa a Turai.

Layin Jirgin Ruwa na Norwegian, alal misali, ya sake yin baftisma da girman kai na Hawaii a matsayin Jade na Norwegian kuma yanzu yana tafiya a duk shekara a Turai. Tafiyar Pride da na wata 'yar'uwar jirgin ruwa da ya tashi daga Hawaii zuwa Miami ana zargin Honolulu na raguwar kashi 59 cikin 11 na tashin jiragen ruwa, yayin da zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa daga Miami ya karu da kashi XNUMX cikin dari.

Amma raguwar zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa na Amurka bai hana zirga-zirgar ababen hawa ko kudaden shiga ba tsakanin shekarun 2007 da 2008. A shekarar da ta gabata mutane miliyan 13.05 a duk duniya sun yi hutu a daya daga cikin manyan jiragen ruwa na teku - karuwar kashi 4 cikin dari. Jimlar kuɗaɗen shiga ya karu da kashi 9 cikin ɗari zuwa dala biliyan 24.88 kuma jimillar kashe kuɗin da aka kashe a Amurka ya karu da kashi 2 cikin ɗari zuwa dala biliyan 19, duk da cewa wannan shi ne karo mafi ƙanƙanta a tarihin rahoton.

“A shekarar 2008, idan aka yi la’akari da duk abin da ke faruwa, muna bayar da rahoton karin kashi 2 cikin dari. Akwai kamfanoni da yawa a can da za su so a ba da rahoton duk wani karuwar," in ji Bob Sharak, babban darektan kungiyar Cruise Lines International Association. "Babban abin da za a cire shi ne lokacin da wasu mutane ke shan wahala sosai, za mu iya nuna karuwa."

Yawan fasinja na Amurka ya karu a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, kodayake ta raguwar kashi, kuma a ƙarshe ya zama mara kyau a cikin 2008. Kimanin fasinjoji miliyan 9.3 sun yi balaguro da suka samo asali daga Amurka a 2008, raguwar kashi 1.7 cikin ɗari.

Baya ga asarar ababen hawa na Honolulu, zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa na Amurka sun yi kaca-kaca daga guguwar Ike da ke Galveston, Texas, inda jirgin ya fadi da kashi 28 cikin dari. Kuma New Orleans ta yi asarar kashi 30.6 na jigilar kaya. Florida, wacce ke da kashi 57 cikin 2.7 na duk tashin jiragen ruwa, ta ga karuwar kashi 5.1 zuwa miliyan XNUMX.

Sharak ba ya tunanin kasuwar Amurka ta yi girma. Ya ce masana’antar ta yi kyau sosai a shekarar 2008 har zuwa lokacin da matsalar tattalin arziki ta yi kamari a watan Satumba.

Layin Carnival Cruise Lines, alal misali, yana sanya sabon jirginsa na Mafarki na Carnival a duk shekara a Amurka. Mai magana da yawun kamfanin Jennifer de la Cruz ta ce kamfanin zai dauki fasinjojin Arewacin Amurka a shekarar 2009 fiye da kowace shekara a tarihin kamfanin.

Amma masu aiki na iya zama ba shiri don murmurewa da sauri daga faɗuwar rana. Royal Caribbean a watan Janairu ya ba da rahoton raguwar kashi 98 cikin ɗari a cikin rubu'i na ribar da aka samu. Kuma ya ga asarar dala miliyan 36 a cikin kwata na farko na 2009. Ana sa ran kamfanin zai fitar da sakamakon kashi na biyu a ranar Laraba amma ya yi gargadin a watan da ya gabata cewa hauhawar farashin man fetur da barkewar cutar murar alade za su yi illa ga sakamakonsa na cikakken shekara.

Dukansu Royal Caribbean da mafi girman fafatawa a gasar Carnival sun rage farashin cika jiragen ruwa a cikin 'yan watannin nan - tare da gaurayawan sakamako. A cikin kwata da ya ƙare ranar 31 ga Mayu, ribar Carnival ta ragu da kashi 32 cikin ɗari daga shekarar da ta gabata, amma har yanzu kamfanin ya samu dala miliyan 264. Koyaya, ya kuma rage jagorar cikakken shekara saboda hauhawar farashin mai.