Shin za a kori jiragen ruwa masu saukar ungulu daga gasar cin kofin duniya?

An samu rudani da yawa a kafafen yada labarai a wannan makon game da ko za a bar Sarauniya Elizabeth 2 da jiragen ruwa na Holland America Line guda biyu su yi aiki a matsayin otal masu iyo a Cape Town, Afirka ta Kudu, a lokacin 2010 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ) Gasar cin kofin duniya da za a yi a watan Yuni da Yuli na shekara mai zuwa.

A cewar wata sanarwa da yawon bude ido na Afirka ta Kudu ya fitar, an riga an sayar da wasu tikiti 630,000 - wanda aka yi la'akari da bukatu mai yawa - zuwa yau. Ana sa ran wasu baƙi 450,000 daga ketare za su je Afirka ta Kudu yayin gasar. Kusan 100,000 daga cikinsu za su zama Birtaniyya.

Amma ga tambaya: Shin yankin Cape Town yana da isassun dakunan otal da za su iya ɗaukar kwararar magoya bayan ƙwallon ƙafa? Duk da cewa ministan yawon bude ido na Afirka ta Kudu, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, yana kan gaba yana cewa Afirka ta Kudu tana da isassun masauki na shekara ta 2010, shi ma shugaban FIFA Sepp Blatter, yana kan gaba yana mai cewa za a yi karancin dakuna 15,000 a gasar. .

Yin amfani da jiragen ruwa na balaguro don samar da ƙarin gadaje a manyan abubuwan wasanni ba sabon ra'ayi ba ne. A gasar Olympics ta Athens a 2004, jiragen ruwa 11 sun ba da masauki ga mutane 10,000. An riga an yi hayar NCL ta Norwegian Star don wasannin Olympics na lokacin sanyi na 2010 a Vancouver a matsayin otal mai iyo ga magoya baya 8,960 a tsawon lokacin wasannin.

Don haka, don QE2, wanda Cunard ya sayar a bara zuwa Nakheel na Dubai, motsa jirgin zuwa Cape Town don wasannin gasar cin kofin duniya na 2010 ya zama kamar babbar dama.

Asali, shirin shine QE2 don zama otal da jan hankali a Dubai. Tare da koma bayan tattalin arziki a Masarautar, Nakheel mai kudi ya sanar da shirin a lokacin rani na jigilar jirgin zuwa Cape Town har zuwa bayan gasar kwallon kafa don tara kudaden shiga da ake bukata. Alamar haɗin gwiwa a nan ita ce, kamfanin na Nakheel, Dubai World, ya mallaki shahararren Victoria da Alfred Waterfront na birnin.

Sai dai 'yan siyasa a Afirka ta Kudu na da yakinin yiwuwar satar kudaden shiga na QE2 daga masu otal a cikin gida. Eliza van Lingen, mamba a jam'iyyar adawa ta Democratic Alliance ta Afirka ta Kudu, ta ce a wannan makon, a cewar rahotanni a cikin jaridun Afirka ta Kudu: "Maimakon kawo QE2, ya kamata mu yi la'akari da samun karin masu ba da sabis na gida da na gari a cikin jirgin. . Wannan jirgin ruwan zai yi jigilar kudi da yawa daga kasar nan."

A mayar da martani, sanarwar Nakheel na hukuma da aka baiwa Cruise Critic ta bayar da hujjar cewa "A matsayinta na otal mai tsayayye, QE2 zai kawo gagarumin fa'idar yawon shakatawa, aiki da kasuwanci ga Afirka ta Kudu kuma, kamar yadda wani ma'aikacin gida zai gudanar da ita a matsayin kamfani na cikin gida, za ta ci gaba da tafiyar da ita. ya kuma kawo karin kudaden haraji a kasar. Ribar da aka samu daga jirgin zai ci gaba da kasancewa a Afirka ta Kudu kuma zai amfanar da tattalin arzikin Afirka ta Kudu."

Tabbas shirin yana da goyon baya. Wani mai magana da yawun ma’aikatar yawon bude ido ta Afirka ta Kudu ya ce ma’aikatar ta yanke shawarar “kada ta yi adawa da bukatar shigar da jirgin na QE2 a Cape Town,” ko da yake yanke shawara ta karshe ya rataya ne ga Hukumar Transnet, wacce ke kula da Hukumar Tashoshin Ruwa ta Kasa.

A nan ne Nakheel ya taho da shamaki na gaba. A cewar jaridar Cape Argus ta Afirka ta Kudu, manajan tashar jiragen ruwa, Sanjay Govan, ya shaida wa Nakheel cewa babu sarari don QE2 na dogon lokaci.

Tattaunawa tsakanin Transnet da Nakheel na ci gaba. A halin yanzu, aikin yana ci gaba da sauri akan QE2; A halin yanzu tana cikin busasshen tashar jirgin ruwa a Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa, inda ake gudanar da aikin jirgin a shirye-shiryen balaguron zuwa Afirka ta Kudu.

An kara samun cece-kuce game da halartar gasar ta Holland America Line ta Westerdam da Noordam, wanda wani kamfanin kasar Jamus ya ba da hayar magoya bayansa a lokacin gasar. Sai dai jami'an Afirka ta Kudu ba sa jin kyama a cikin wannan lamarin.

Ma'aikatar yawon bude ido ta fitar da wata sanarwa ga Cruise Critic wadda ta ce "An bambanta tsakanin jiragen ruwa da aka yi amfani da su kamar yadda aka kwatanta a sama da kuma jiragen ruwa da ke shiga ruwan Afirka ta Kudu a lokacin gasar cin kofin duniya tare da fasinjoji a cikin jirgin da kuma auna anga a nan yayin bikin. Jiragen ruwa guda biyu, Westerdam da Noordam, da ke shigo da masu yawon bude ido cikin kasar, tuni hukumomin tashoshin ruwa suka amince da su shiga cikin ruwan Afirka ta Kudu a kan haka a lokacin gasar cin kofin duniya. Muna ɗaukar wannan a matsayin wani ɓangare na ayyukan yau da kullun na masana'antar jigilar ruwa."