Tashar jiragen ruwa ta Baltimore za ta sami dan haya na jirgin ruwa na farko na tsawon shekara guda lokacin da layin Carnival Cruise Lines ya sauka a can a watan Satumbar 2009, jami'ai sun fada a ranar Alhamis, wanda ke kawo habakar tattalin arziki ga jihar.
The "Carnival Pride" zai fara tafiya a cikin kwanaki bakwai daga Baltimore kowane mako zuwa Agusta 2011, yana ƙaruwa da yawan tafiye-tafiye daga tashar jiragen ruwa. Royal Caribbean International da Norwegian Cruise Line suna aiki daga tashar jiragen ruwa daga Afrilu zuwa Oktoba.
Jim White, babban darektan hukumar kula da tashar jiragen ruwa ta Maryland, ya ce akwai jiragen ruwa 27 da aka shirya barin Baltimore a wannan shekara. A cikin 2009, White ya ce adadin zai ninka tare da ƙari na Carnival da wasu ƙarin tafiye-tafiye da Royal Caribbean da Norwegian suka tsara.
Masana'antar safarar jiragen ruwa ta sami tasirin tattalin arzikin dala miliyan 56 a cikin 2006, in ji shi.
"Muna magana ne game da ninka girma, don haka zan iya cewa cikin sauki za mu rubanya fa'idar tattalin arziki ga jihar," in ji White. "Za mu fara ganin hakan a shekara ta 2009. A 2010 muna fatan zai fi karfi."
Gwamna Martin O'Malley ya kira shawarar Carnival na ƙaddamarwa daga Baltimore, "gaskiya mai girma ga jihar Maryland."
Carnival na fatan yaudari mutane miliyan 40 a cikin tuƙi na sa'o'i shida don tsallake tafiye-tafiye na ƙetare ko jirgin zuwa wurare masu zafi da balaguro daga Baltimore maimakon.
"Mutane da yawa suna kokawa da matsalolin tashi da kuma tsadar tashi," in ji kakakin Carnival Jennifer de la Cruz.
Ko da yake Baltimore ana iya la'akari da wani sabon zaɓi don tafiya ta jirgin ruwa na shekara-shekara saboda yanayin sanyi mai sanyi, de la Cruz ya ce kamfanin yana tsammanin yin kyau.
“Za mu yi aiki daga tashoshin gida 17 daban-daban; wannan ya yi mana nasara sosai wajen fadada tashar jiragen ruwa na gargajiya,” inji ta.
Kamfanin zai ba da hanyoyin tafiya guda biyu daga Baltimore, duka biyun ba su da nisa cikin Caribbean. Tafiya ɗaya za ta tsaya a Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos da Freeport a cikin Bahamas. Sauran tafiya zai tsaya a Port Canaveral, Fla., da Nassau da Freeport a cikin Bahamas.
Ana kiran Carnival sau da yawa zaɓin balaguron balaguron balaguro na iyali, don haka de la Cruz ya ce kamfanin bai kamata ya sami matsala ta fafatawa da Norwegian da Royal Caribbean, waɗanda ke ba da nau'ikan matafiya daban-daban.
"Kowane layin jirgin ruwa ya bambanta," in ji ta. "Lokacin da kuke aiki a duk shekara daga tashar jiragen ruwa kuna da fa'ida ta musamman… lokacin da mutane suke tunanin Baltimore, za su kasance suna tunanin Carnival saboda mu ne 'yan wasan duk shekara a can."
Ko da yake Carnival ba ya tsammanin yin aiki da yawa a yankin, ƙari na jiragen ruwa zai karfafa kasuwanci ga stevedores, direbobin taksi da otal.
"Duk lokacin da muka dawo da jirgi a wani wuri akwai tabbataccen tasirin tattalin arziki," in ji de la Cruz. “Tashar ruwa ta gida ita ce wurin da ma’aikatan ke yin yawancin siyayyarsu, kuma suna son siyayya. Suna saukowa daga jirgin lokacin da muke tashar jiragen ruwa kuma suka bugi duk shagunan gida."
Sara Perkins, mai kamfanin CruiseOne, wata hukumar balaguro a Abingdon, ta ce idan aka yi la’akari da abubuwan da ta samu, tana sa ran Carnival zai yi nasara sosai a Baltimore.
"Carnival ya zo nan a 'yan shekarun da suka gabata kuma an ambaliya su saboda sabon jirgi ne, wani abu daban, farashin ba shi da tsada," in ji Perkins.
Ƙara wani jirgin ruwa daban a cikin ninka tabbas zai haɓaka kasuwanci ga Perkins, wanda ya ce ko da a cikin jinkirin tattalin arziƙin, mutane har yanzu suna balaguro.
"Cruising yana da daraja mai kyau ga dalar ku saboda komai yana wurin ku," in ji ta. "Na san mutanen da ke fitowa daga Baltimore suna mutuwa don wani jirgin ruwa."
Ko da yake Perkins ta ce tana jin daɗin labarin wani jirgin ruwa da zai zo garin, tana da wasu sharuɗɗa.
"Na dan damu game da shirin na shekara," in ji ta. "Lokacin da za ku tafi nan a cikin Janairu, Fabrairu da Maris, ba a dumi a waje."
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