Yukon ya nuna damuwar Alaska game da shawarar jirgin ruwa na Amurka

Shugabannin gwamnati a Yukon sun bi sahun masu fafutuka don ganin an cire jihar Alaska daga wani canji da ake shirin yi na fassarar dokar hidimar fasinja da suka ce zai cutar da masana'antunsu na yawon bude ido na jiragen ruwa.

Jami'an Yukon da Alaskan sun damu da wata shawara ta tarayya ta Amurka don canza yadda ake fassara aikin teku, wanda aka ƙirƙira a 1886 a matsayin hanyar tabbatar da ikon mallakar Amurka kan sabis na fasinja tsakanin tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Amurka.

Dokar ta hana jiragen ruwa mallakar kasashen waje jigilar fasinjoji daga tashar jiragen ruwa na Amurka zuwa wancan ba tare da tsayawa a tashar jiragen ruwa na kasashen waje tsakanin ba. Har zuwa yanzu, yawancin layukan jirgin ruwa sun cika abin da ake buƙata na ƙarni ta hanyar yin taƙaitaccen tasha na sa'o'i kaɗan kawai - a tashar jiragen ruwa a Mexico ko Kanada, alal misali.

Sabuwar fassarar, wacce aka gabatar a watan Nuwamba, zata bukaci dukkan jiragen ruwa dake tafiya a karkashin tutar kasashen waje su shafe akalla kwanaki biyu suna tsayawa a tashar jiragen ruwa na kasashen waje.

Ministan yawon shakatawa na Yukon Elaine Taylor ya shaida wa CBC News a ranar Talata cewa "Mun yi rajistar damuwarmu a hukumance tare da gwamnatin Kanada, muna neman su tattauna batun tare da takwarorinsu na Amurka [a Amurka]."

Hawaii ta nemi gwamnatin Amurka da ta aiwatar da dokar hana zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa, saboda masana'antar jigilar ruwa ta jihar ke kokawa da gasa daga layin jiragen ruwa na kasashen waje.

Tsibirin Hawai na ɗaya daga cikin ƴan yankunan da ke gabar tekun yamma inda jiragen ruwa masu ɗauke da tutocin Amurka ke aiki. Yawancin manyan layukan tafiye-tafiye a tekun yammacin tekun suna ɗauke da tutocin ƙasashen waje.

Jami'an kamfanonin jiragen ruwa sun ce idan aka amince da sabon fassarar, jiragen ruwa na Alaskan da ke tafiya daga Seattle dole ne su yi tasha na sa'o'i 48 a tashar jiragen ruwa na British Columbia, wanda zai bar su da ɗan gajeren lokaci don tsayawa a Skagway, Juneau da sauran wurare a kudu maso gabashin Alaska kan hanyar zuwa. makomarsu ta ƙarshe.

Jami'an gari a Skagway sun ce hakan na iya fassarawa zuwa 100 ƙarancin zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa da kuma 'yan yawon bude ido 230,000 zuwa garin a wannan bazarar.

Skagway yana da alaƙa da Yukon makwabciyarta ta wata babbar hanya, don haka Taylor ya ce za a ji tasirin samun ƙarancin masu yawon buɗe ido a yankin. Masana'antar tafiye-tafiye ta ɗauki nauyin baƙi 125,000 zuwa Yukon a bara, tare da yawancinsu suna zuwa ta Skagway.

"Shekaru biyar da suka gabata, yawan maziyartan da ke zuwa Yukon daga balaguron balaguro ya karu da kashi 121 cikin ɗari," in ji ta.

Taylor ya ce Yukon yana goyan bayan bukatar Alaska na cewa fassarar da aka gabatar ta shafi masana'antar ruwa ta Hawaii amma ba ta Alaska ba. Ma'aikatar tsaron cikin gida ta Amurka, wacce ke gabatar da shawarar, har yanzu ba ta mayar da martani ga zanga-zangar ta Alaska ba.

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