Ƙarin wuraren zuwa da nishaɗin kan jirgin

Shekarar da ta gabata ta kasance mai kyau sosai ga masana'antar zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa, tare da haɓakar lambobin fasinja da ɗimbin aikin ginin jirgi. Amma yanzu lokaci ya yi da za mu duba gaba ga manyan abubuwan da ke tafiya a cikin jirgin ruwa na 2008. Oh, Caribbean, za mu yi kewar ku, amma za mu yi tunanin ku yayin da kuke cikin rana a cikin Bahar Rum.

Duniyar balaguro ta fara '08 tare da turawa mai ƙarfi. A cewar Ma'aikatar Sufuri ta Amurka, fasinjoji miliyan 2.5 ne suka yi balaguro kan jiragen ruwa na Arewacin Amurka 1,063 a cikin kwata na biyu na shekarar 2007, matakin da ya kai mafi girma a cikin shekaru hudu da suka gabata. Wannan adadin shine kawai kashi biyar na dukkan jiragen ruwa na 2007 - miliyan 12.6, bisa ga ƙididdigewa ta Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Layi ta Duniya (CLIA), wanda ke wakiltar manyan layin jiragen ruwa. Don saukar da waɗannan masu hutu, aƙalla sabbin jiragen ruwa dozin guda sun buge bakin teku masu kyau.

Don wannan shekara, masana'antar ta fi dacewa ta kiyaye hammata. CLIA ta yi hasashen alkaluman fasinja za su yi girma da kashi 1.6, zuwa miliyan 12.8. "Gaba ɗaya, masana'antar jiragen ruwa har yanzu suna isa ga mutanen da ba su yi balaguro ba a da," in ji Carolyn Spencer Brown, editan shugaban Cruise Critic, wanda ke buga mujallar safarar ruwa ta kan layi (www.cruisecritic.com). "Tabbas cruising zai yi girma."

Don haka menene Class Cruising na 2008 zai iya tsammanin? Ga wasu abubuwa masu zuwa.

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Matafiya na jirgin sama daga Amurka na iya yin ta'adi a Turai, amma wadanda ke zuwa ta teku suna shirin zuwa Nahiyar. "Turai na da zafi sosai a wannan shekara," in ji Paul Motter, editan CruiseMates, jagorar tafiye-tafiye ta kan layi (www.cruisemates.com). "Yayin da dala ta ragu, mafi shahara (ganin Turai ta hanyar ruwa) ya zama." Musamman, mafi yawan tafiye-tafiyen tafiya suna cikin Bahar Rum da Baltic.

Daya daga cikin manyan dalilan da ya sa ake yin balaguro a Turai shi ne tsarin ajiyar masana'antu, wanda ke bai wa Amurkawa damar biyan dala, don haka gujewa raunin canjin kudin. Ba kamar matafiya na ƙasa waɗanda ke jin radadin duk lokacin da suka biya abinci, otal ko sufuri ba, jiragen ruwa suna biyan dunƙule dunƙule guda ɗaya wanda ya cika dukkan manyan kuɗaɗen su.

"Wannan wani bambanci ne na zamani kan 'Idan Talata ce, dole ne mu kasance a Belgium," in ji Spencer Brown. "Yana da babbar hanya don samfurin Turai. Kun tattara kaya sau ɗaya ku kwana a gado ɗaya.”

Tabbas, yayin da shaharar Turai ke karuwa, haka farashin jiragen ruwa ke karuwa. Farashin kuɗi na iya zama babba, kuma ɗakunan gidaje suna siyarwa da sauri. Masana sun ba da shawarar yin ajiyar watanni shida zuwa tara. Don ajiye kuɗi, Motter ya ba da shawarar yin tafiya a cikin watan Mayu ko Satumba. "Yayin da jirgin ya cika, yana kara tsada," in ji shi. “Duba jirgin da bai cika ba kuma ku kasance masu sassauƙa da dabino. A cikin Baltic da Rum, hanya iri ɗaya na iya zama kashi 30 ko 40 ƙasa da wuri ko kuma a ƙarshen kakar.

Abin farin ciki, layukan da yawa suna magance buƙatun ta hanyar haɓaka wadata. Wasu layukan suna jigilar jiragen ruwa daga Caribbean zuwa Turai (Carnival za su sami jirgin ruwa guda ɗaya kowace a cikin Bahar Rum da Baltic, a karon farko har abada) ko kuma suna docking su a Turai duk shekara, kamar yadda Royal Caribbean da Costa ke yi.

A wannan gefen Tekun Atlantika, Caribbean ba lallai ba ne, amma matafiya suna neman tsibiran da ke da ƙananan runduna da iri-iri.

Spencer Brown ya bayar a matsayin misali St. Maarten, wanda zai iya maraba da jiragen ruwa masu fasinja 3,000 da suka kai shida a rana ta musamman.

"Yammacin Caribbean yana cike da cunkoso, kuma masu safarar ruwa sun gaji da zuwa tsoffin wuraren," in ji ta. “Gabarun sun cika makil. Mutane suna son canji.”

Don wani abu na daban, masana sun yi nuni da irin wuraren da Amurka ta tsakiya ke zuwa kamar Belize da Panama. Motter kuma yana ganin Kudancin Amurka a sararin sama: "Amurka ta Kudu ta kasance jirgin ruwa mai tsayi kuma dole ne ku tashi a can, amma jiragen ruwa iri ɗaya ne ko kuma suna da arha fiye da Turai - kuma dalar ku tana da nisa sosai."

Sabbin jiragen ruwa

A cikin wannan shekara, masana'antar za ta buɗe sabbin jiragen ruwa, irin su 3,006-fasinja Carnival Splendor (Yuli), da kuma sabbin layin jirgin ruwa. Jewel River Cruise Line zai gabatar da jirgin ruwan alfarma na farko, Jewel Imperial Blue, zuwa hanyoyin ruwa na Turai a watan Mayu, misali; kuma a cikin watan Agusta, Pearl Seas Cruises za ta fara jigilar kayataccen jirgin ruwa a cikin Caribbean da Kanada.

Layukan jiragen ruwa kuma suna gina sabbin nau'ikan jiragen ruwa, babban ci gaban da ba a gani ba cikin sama da shekaru goma. Motter ya ce: "Akwai sabbin fasahohin jiragen ruwa da suka fara daga 2008." Celebrity yana kan gaba tare da rukunin jiragen ruwa na Solstice-class, yana fitowa a cikin Disamba. Wasu kamfanoni kuma suna yin la'akari da inda za a zayyana, kamar Costa da wuraren tafkunan gilashin (don haka masu ruwa da tsaki a Turai na iya yin iyo "waje" a cikin watanni masu sanyi).

A ƙaramin ma'auni, a ƙoƙarin jawo hankalin ƙananan fasinjoji, manyan layukan suna allurar ƙwanƙwasa cikin jiragen ruwa. Suna fatan kaiwa ga iyalai da ƴan ƙasa da shekaru 50 ta hanyar ƙara ko haɓaka irin waɗannan abubuwan jin daɗi na matasa kamar wuraren shakatawa na dare (Crystal Symphony), wuraren shakatawa na ruwa ('Yancin Royal Caribbean na Tekuna, 'Yanci na Tekuna da, yin muhawara a watan Mayu, Independence). na Tekuna), wasan kwando (Layin Jirgin Ruwa na Norwegian na Norwegian Pearl), bungee trampolines (P&O Cruises'Ventura) da wasan zorro (Cunard's Queen Victoria). "Sabon makamashi ne," in ji Spencer Brown. "Matashi kuma mai aiki shine inda masana'antar ke tafiya."

Wani rahoto na CLIA da aka fitar kwanan nan ya ƙara yin bayanin matakin: “Iyalai da tafiye-tafiye na tsararraki da yawa sune yanki mafi girma ga masana'antar jirgin ruwa, sannan Baby Boomers (shekaru 43-62) ke biye da shi - wanda tabbas ya kawar da ra'ayin cewa balaguron balaguron balaguro ya tsaya ga tsofaffi. ko ma'aurata. Masu maimaitawa da masu aikin jirgin ruwa na farko sun kasance wuya da wuya a cikin ƙimar girma. "

Layukan jirgin ruwa kuma suna canza zaɓin cin abincin su don kula da haɓakar ƙungiyar masu cin abinci na hutu. Kodayake dakunan cin abinci da wuraren zama da aka ba su har yanzu suna da yawa, jiragen ruwa suna ƙirƙirar wasu hanyoyin kamar mashahuran gidajen cin abinci (misali, Wolfgang Puck's Jade Garden akan Crystal Symphony, Charlie Palmer's Tastings@2 akan Seabourn) da menus na keɓaɓɓu.

Ƙarƙashin waɗannan abubuwan haɓaka shine lissafin mafi girma; Bukin Abincin Carnival, na ɗaya, yana biyan $30 ga kowane mutum. "Yayin da jiragen ruwa ke girma, akwai abubuwa da yawa da za ku iya kashe kuɗi," in ji Spencer Brown. "Damar sauƙaƙa walat ɗin ku tabbas tana nan." Daga cikin splurges: barasa (jiragen ruwa sun fi tsauri game da hadaddiyar giyar giyar), hanyoyin tsabtace hakora, acupuncture da azuzuwan dambe. Kuma babu wanda aka keɓe daga cajin mai da ake zarginsa da shi, wanda zai iya ɗaukar kusan dala 10 a rana.

Al'adar ruwa

Saboda karfin kudin Euro da sauran kudaden kasashen waje, Amurkawa na samun tabarbarewa daga karagar mulki. Jamusawa, Faransanci, Ingilishi, Australiya, Jafananci da sauran matafiya na duniya suna zuwa, ba kawai a cikin ruwan bayan gida ba.

Jiragen ruwa na kasashen waje suna yawo a cikin tekuna don tafiya a cikin Alaska ko Caribbean, kasuwannin da Amurkawa suka mamaye. Lalle ne, Rashawa suna hawa zuwa saman bene.

Har ila yau, masana'antar tana magance ƙarin motsi na duniya a cikin abubuwan tafiye-tafiye: hutu mai aiki (jiki da / ko hankali). Ɗaya daga cikin sababbin sababbin abubuwa shine yin aure ayyukan jirgin ruwa tare da balaguron teku.

Misali, Regent Seven Seas yana ba da “tsarin haɓakawa” wanda fasinjoji za su iya ɗaukar azuzuwan kan jirgin a cikin hoto, salon, tarihi, da sauransu, sannan amfani da darussa ko ƙwarewar su zuwa balaguron ƙasa.

Jiragen ruwa masu saukar ungulu suna ci gaba da biyan buƙatu na musamman, tare da ƙara ƙarin jigo a cikin jadawalin su.

"Tsarin jiragen ruwa na jigo suna da girma sosai," in ji Spencer Brown. "Mutane suna son samun ƙarin tafiya a cikin jirgin ruwa fiye da hutawa da shakatawa. Suna so su je lecture ko koyon sha'awa." A tafiyar Crystal Serenity na kwanaki 12 na Mayu daga London zuwa Roma, alal misali, mai dafa abinci da sommelier za su gudanar da azuzuwan kan jirgin, kuma kashi ɗaya bisa uku na balaguron teku 57 na da alaƙa da abinci. Wadanda ke da sha'awar musamman ba za a bar su a cikin busasshiyar tashar jiragen ruwa ba: Yaya game da safarar saƙa ko tsirara, ko tafiya tare da ma'aikatan Motley Crue?

Tabbas, buƙatar ganin penguins da shuɗi-ƙafa boobies yana da wuya yana raguwa. Jirgin ruwa na Eco-cruises yana ci gaba da ƙarfi, tare da Antarctica har yanzu fushi.

Kawai tuna dein 2008: Littafi da wuri!

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