Palm Springs yana ba da abubuwan fashewar bazara, thongs da duka

Palm marẽmari, Calif. — Ba da dadewa ba wannan birni na tsufa dusar ƙanƙara ya yi yaƙi da ɗumbin ɗumbin ɗumbin ɗumbin ɗaliban koleji tare da kashe kashe-kashen lokacin bazara: babu tsangwama, babu ƙarar kiɗa da rawa.

Yadda tattalin arziki mai wahala zai iya canza abubuwa.

Dangane da koma bayan tattalin arziki, ofishin yawon bude ido na birnin a wannan bazarar ya aika da sakon rubutu ga yaran koleji 55,000 - "Tsalle Cabo, ku zo Palm Springs" - kuma ɗalibai sun sake yin tururuwa zuwa gaɓar hamada da aka fi sani da wasannin golf da gated ritaya. al'ummai.

Ko da yake bakin teku mafi kusa ya wuce sa'o'i biyu, filin wasan ya ja hankalin daliban da suka ce rahotannin ta'addancin muggan kwayoyi a Mexico sun koka da su.

"Na fi son in zauna lafiya," in ji Marissa Klei, wacce kamfanin yawon shakatawa na bazara ya koma Palm Springs daga San Felipe, a Baja California, a minti na karshe.

"Ba mu kasance a bakin teku ba kuma ba mu da yawa, amma har yanzu sanyi," in ji Klei, wani dalibi na biyu a Jami'ar Jihar California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo. "Mun rataye a tafkin, akwai mutane masu kyau da yawa kuma yanayin yana da kyau sosai."

Irin wannan buri na Palm Springs begen zai yadu a tsakanin daliban koleji yayin da ta ke komawa cikin wuraren yawon shakatawa na bazara a karon farko cikin kusan shekaru 20.

"Palm Springs a zahiri ya kirkiro hutun bazara… kuma ya dawo!" yana buɗe gidan yanar gizon da ke haɓaka ciniki ga ɗaliban koleji.

Fiye da masu yin raye-raye 2,000 a cikin balaguron hutu na bazara za su juya ta hanyar Holiday Inn da ke bayan gari kafin lokacin hutun makonni shida ya ƙare a tsakiyar Afrilu, kuma da yawa daga kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu sun ba da dakuna a otal-otal 25 da ke ba wa ɗalibai rage farashin tsakiyar mako, a cewar don samar da kamfanoni masu ba da tallafi da jami'an yawon shakatawa na birni.

A wani safiyar kwanan nan a Holiday Inn, ɗalibai 250 suna murmurewa daga ranar lalata da ta gabata, waɗanda suka haɗa da tseren tequila, pong giya, raye-rayen maraice da “sarki da sarauniyar gasar bakin teku” wanda ya ƙare tare da wata mace mai takara ta tube a ciki. gaban daruruwan wuraren revelers.

"Abin farin ciki ne, daga abin da na tuna," in ji John Gebhardt, mai shekaru 19, yayin da abokinsa ya loda bong giyar da aka zayyana a cikin akwati motarsa. “Dukkan gungun mutane sun zo daga makarantu daban-daban (kuma) sun zauna tare suna yin liyafa. Ba lafiya.”

Makon daji na Gebhardt wani hangen nesa ne na Palm Springs na baya, lokacin da ya ja hankalin ɗimbin ɗalibai bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II waɗanda ke ƙaruwa kowace shekara har sai da garin ya fara rushewa a ƙarshen 1980s.

A shekara ta 1986, a lokacin da ake ci gaba da shagulgulan biki, gidan yarin na Palm Springs ya cika makil da dalibai masu cike da rudani, kuma ‘yan sanda sun yi tattaki da hannu don share gungun masu tarzoma, masu jefa kwalba a kan titin cikin gari.

A cikin 1991, magajin gari na lokacin Sonny Bono ya taimaka wajen zartar da dokar hana ƙetare da ta shahara a birnin don kawo ƙarshen al'adar hutun bazara na shekara-shekara na mata sanye da bikini na kunci yayin da suke kewaya cikin gari da babur.

A yau, Palm Springs na fatan sabon yunƙurin sa na yawan alƙaluma mai shekaru 18 zuwa 25 zai iya daidaita abin da ya wuce shekarun da suka gabata tare da matsananciyar buƙatar dalar yawon buɗe ido. Garin yana tunanin zai iya maraba da ɗaliban yayin amfani da tsoffin farillai da kuma kyakkyawan shiri don shawo kan munanan ɗabi'a.

A halin yanzu, yawancin ɗaliban suna kan layi a Holiday Inn, inda kamfanin haɓaka hutun bazara ya yi ajiyar yawancin ɗakunan na tsawon makonni da yawa kuma yana ba da nishaɗin cikin gida. Daliban da ke zama a manyan wuraren shakatawa na cikin gari sun zo cikin ƙananan ƙungiyoyi kuma sun fi ƙarancin mahimmanci - yanayin da birni ya fi so.

"Ba za ta sake samun (kamar 1986) ba, kuma babu wani a nan da yake son hakan," in ji Mary Jo Ginther, darektan ofishin yawon shakatawa na Palm Springs.

Palm Springs, wanda tsaunukan da dusar ƙanƙara ke yi, ya ga farashin mazauna otal ya ragu da kusan kashi 10 cikin ɗari a cikin 'yan watannin nan, kuma kuɗin da aka samu daga harajin ɗakin otal ya ragu da kashi 14 cikin ɗari a daidai wannan lokacin a bara.

Birnin ya dogara da harajin daki na kashi ɗaya bisa biyar na kasafin kuɗin shekara, in ji magajin garin Pro Tem Chris Mills.

Mills, wanda ya rayu cikin lokacin hutun bazara, ya ce ya yi taka-tsan-tsan da karbar dalibai a baya, amma kuma yana ganin taron mutane a matsayin mafita ga matsalar tattalin arzikin birnin da kuma saka hannun jari.

"Za su iya kasancewa a nan lokacin da suke da shekaru 18, suna da lokaci mai kyau, ba sa kashe kuɗi kuma su zauna a ɗakin otel tare da wasu mutane shida. Amma a lokaci guda, za su kasance 35, 40, 45 shekaru kuma za su tuna da kwarewa kuma za su dawo," in ji shi.

"Ina tsammanin shekarun da ba mu samu hakan ba, hakan ya kasance wani rami a tallanmu."

Wasu mazauna yankin, duk da haka, ba su da tabbacin sun shirya don komawa ga kyakkyawan zamanin, koda kuwa birnin ya sha alwashin ci gaba da sarrafa shi.

"Za su kasance masu ban tsoro a cikin gari kuma suna yin fakin a kan tituna suna nuna rashin kunya kuma suna tunanin su ne wurin. Yana haifar da matsala mai yawa, "in ji Fran Rheaume, 65, wanda ke hunturu a Palm Springs kuma kwanan nan ya koma Desert Hot Springs.

“Ina ganin yana da kyau yara su yi nishaɗi, amma ya kamata a sami iyaka. Al’umma ce mai ritaya.”