ROSARITO BEACH - Ga masu hawan igiyar ruwa 32 daga nisa zuwa Venezuela da Puerto Rico, Gasar Surfing Pro-Am a karshen makon da ya gabata wata dama ce ta yin takara don $10,000 a cikin kuɗin kyaututtuka. Amma ga masana'antar yawon buɗe ido ta Rosarito Beach, taron kuma an yi niyya ne don isar da saƙon cewa birnin ba shi da lafiya ga baƙi.
Daga hawan igiyar ruwa a bakin tekun Rosarito zuwa shan giya a kwarin Guadalupe zuwa Rosarito-Ensenada 50-Mile Bicycle Fun Ride na wata mai zuwa, masu tallata Baja California sun ce bukukuwan da aka shirya sune mabuɗin dawo da masu yawon buɗe ido na Amurka zuwa jiharsu.
"Mafi kyawun jakadun da yawon shakatawa na Baja ke da su shine mutanen da suka sauko kuma suna shiga cikin waɗannan abubuwan," in ji Gary Foster, mai ba da gudummawar tafiya sau biyu a kowace shekara, wanda ke tsammanin mahalarta akalla 5,000 Satumba 26.
Masana’antar yawon bude ido ta jihar ta fuskanci asara mai dimbin yawa a shekarar da ta gabata, sakamakon wasu abubuwa da suka hada da koma bayan tattalin arzikin duniya, tashe-tashen hankula masu nasaba da muggan kwayoyi da kuma toshe kan iyakokin kasar. A farkon wannan shekara, matakan da gwamnatin tarayya ta Mexico ta dauka na hana yaduwar cutar murar aladu sun sake haifar da wani mummunan rauni ga yawon shakatawa na Baja California, duk da cewa cutar ta fi dacewa a tsakiyar Mexico.
A wani taron San Diego a wannan makon don inganta hawan Rosarito-Ensenada, jami'an yawon shakatawa sun ce tarurrukan da aka shirya kamar gasar hawan igiyar ruwa na karshen makon da ya gabata da Vendimia na shekara-shekara na Ensenada, ko Bikin Girbin Girbi, suna ba da bege cewa za a iya juya lamarin.
"Mutane suna da kyakkyawan fata a yanzu," in ji Oscar Kawanishi, darektan Proturismo Ensenada, ofishin yawon shakatawa na birnin. Ya ce matsakaicin otal a birnin ya kai kashi 91 a ranar Asabar, jajibirin rufe Vendimia, wanda ya jawo mutane 20,000 zuwa Ensenada don abubuwan dozin biyu tsakanin 6 ga Agusta zuwa Lahadi.
Laura Wong, shugabar taron Rosarito & Visitors Bureau, ta ce yawan zama otal a garinta kashi 52 ne kawai a ranar Asabar. Duk da yake gasar hawan igiyar ruwa ba babban zanen yawon bude ido ba ne, birnin ya buga faifan gidan yanar gizo kai tsaye na masu hawan igiyar ruwa wanda ya jawo masu kallo kusan 2,000. Wong ya ce "A gare mu ya fi bayyanar da yawan mutane," in ji Wong. "Wannan lamari ne mai kyau don tabbatar da cewa Rosarito birni ne mai aminci."
Tun da farko an shirya fafatawar ne a watan Afrilun da ya gabata a matsayin wani taron da kungiyar kwararrun masu hawan igiyar ruwa, hukumar da ke kula da harkokin wasanni ta amince. Amma kungiyar ta janye goyon bayan ta, saboda rahotannin aikata laifuka a yankin ya haifar da "damuwa ga tsaron hawan igiyar ruwa," in ji Bobby Shadley, jami'in yada labarai na kungiyar.
Tekun Rosarito ya matsa don shirya taron da kansa, yana yin kwangila tare da FDt Marketing na San Diego, yana gayyatar ƙwararru da masu hawan igiyar ruwa don shiga gasar ta karshen mako.
Zach Plopper, ƙwararren mai hawan igiyar ruwa daga San Diego wanda ya zo na biyar, ya yi mamaki sosai. "Halayen sun kasance masu ban mamaki, iska tana da haske, ruwan ya kasance a sarari."
Har yanzu, Plopper ya ce, akwai sauran abin kunya da ke da alaƙa da tafiya zuwa Baja California, "musamman tsakanin matasa masu hawan igiyar ruwa, waɗanda iyayensu ba sa son su tafi."
Shekara guda da ta wuce, masu shirya Rosarito Ensenada 50-Mile Fun Bicycle Ride sun yanke shawarar ficewa daga Baja California saboda raguwar mahalarta Amurka da kuma rashin tallafi daga hukumomin yankin. A wannan makon, Foster ya ce ya gamsu da goyon bayan hukumomin yawon bude ido na jihohi.
Ives Lelevier, babban sakatare mai kula da harkokin yawon bude ido na Baja California, ya fada jiya cewa, jihar na shiga da dala 150,000 domin tallata tafiyar. "Wannan shine ɗayan mahimman ayyukan da muke da su a Baja California," in ji Lelevier.
