SAN JUAN - Pambuyo pokwapulidwa chaka chatha, makampani okopa alendo ku Caribbean akuyang'ana kusintha kwa 2010 ngakhale akuda nkhawa ndi msonkho wa chilengedwe wokhazikitsidwa ndi Britain komanso umbanda wotsutsana ndi alendo pazilumba zina.

Haiti yomwe idakhudzidwa ndi chivomerezi sichinakhale malo oyendera alendo, kupatula malo ochezera achinsinsi a Royal Caribbean a Labadee pagombe lakumpoto, omwe sanawonongeke.

Koma zilumba zina zambiri za ku Caribbean zimadalira kwambiri zokopa alendo kuti zipeze ndalama ndi ntchito, ndipo akuti zatsika chaka chatha pomwe mavuto azachuma padziko lonse lapansi komanso kuchepa kwa ngongole kumapangitsa anthu aku Europe ndi North America kukhala kwawo.

Mtumiki wa zokopa alendo pachilumba chakum'mawa kwa Caribbean ku St. Lucia, Allan Chastanet, adanena kuti wakhala akukumana ndi akuluakulu a ndege ndikukonzekera maulendo owonjezera.

"Mwina tidzatha chaka cha 5.6 peresenti pansi koma tikuyang'ana kuyambiranso kwamphamvu mu 2010," Chastanet adatero pa Msika wa Caribbean, chochitika chapachaka chochitidwa ndi Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association chomwe chimasonkhanitsa ogulitsa mahotela ndi ogulitsa.

St. Lucia adalandira alendo okwana 360,000 - omwe amawononga ndalama pazipinda za hotelo ndi malo odyera - ndipo adawona kuwonjezeka kwa 15 peresenti ya ofika panyanja.

Tobago, chilumba chaching'ono cha Trinidad, chidatsika kwambiri pakufika kwa alendo ochokera kumsika wawo waukulu waku UK komanso ochokera ku Germany.

"Mkhalidwe wachuma padziko lonse lapansi udasokoneza Tobago. Mahotela adanenanso kuti atsika ndi 40 peresenti, makamaka kuchokera kumisika yaku Britain ndi Germany, "atero woyang'anira hotelo Rene Seepersadsingh.

Ngakhale kuti zilumba zambiri zikuwonetsa kusauka kwa 2009 chifukwa cha zokopa alendo, Jamaica idakwera ndi 4 peresenti ya ofika.

"Inali chaka chabwino kwa ife ngakhale zili zonse padziko lonse lapansi," adatero Nduna ya Tourism Ed Bartlett.

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Jamaica yakhala ikutsatsa malonda pawailesi yakanema ku North America m'nyengo yozizira modabwitsa kuti ikope owonera kunyengo yake yofunda, ndipo ikuyembekeza chaka chimodzi chabwino kwambiri.

"M'nyengo yozizira ino ikuyamba, tili ndi mipando yokwana 1 miliyoni (ndege) yomwe ndi nambala yayikulu kwambiri yomwe tidakhalapo nayo," Bartlett adauza Reuters.

Ngakhale oyang'anira zokopa alendo ali ndi chiyembekezo chakuyenda bwino kwamakampani chaka chino, ali ndi nkhawa chifukwa cha msonkho wa chilengedwe womwe boma la UK limapereka kwa oyenda pandege.

Kukwera kwa mitengo kukayamba mu Novembala, tikiti yazachuma kuchokera ku eyapoti yaku UK kupita ku Caribbean idzanyamula msonkho wa mapaundi 75 ($122) pomwe msonkho wa tikiti yakalasi yoyamba ndi mapaundi 150 ($244).

"Ndi msonkho wopanda chilungamo, wosafunikira komanso wopanda chilungamo," atero a John Taker, woyang'anira zogula ku Virgin Holidays.

Zambiri mwa zisumbuzi zikukumana ndi vuto linanso lotsimikizira omwe akuyenda kuti ali otetezeka kutsatira milandu ingapo yolimbana ndi alendo.

Achifwamba okhala ndi zida ku Bahamas ayang'ana alendo oyenda panyanja, pomwe upangiri wapaulendo waperekedwa ku Trinidad ndi Tobago chifukwa cha nkhanza zakugonana komanso kupha alendo komanso okhala kunja.

Ngakhale kuti anthu am'deralo ndi omwe amawakonda kwambiri kuposa alendo, derali likulimbana ndi ziwopsezo zambiri zakupha.

Bermuda anali ndi zigawenga zisanu ndi chimodzi mu 2009 ndipo m'modzi kale chaka chino. Pafupifupi atatu mwa anthu amene anaphedwawo anali achifwamba.

Hotelier Michael Winfield, wapampando wa Bermuda Alliance for Tourism, adati kupha komanso kulengeza kwapadziko lonse lapansi kuwopseza chilumbachi.

"Imodzi mwamalo ogulitsa kwambiri ku Bermuda, mwamwambo, yakhala yotetezeka komanso yaubwenzi ndipo kuti thabwa lalikulu la mbiri yathu likuwopsezedwa tsopano ndilowopsa; Izi panthawi yomwe zoyerekeza zili kale zosauka kwambiri, "atero Winfield ku Bermuda.

Seeparsadsingh adati Tobago adalimbikitsa kupezeka kwa apolisi, pomwe kuchuluka kwa milandu kukukulirakulira.

Dziko la Jamaica, lomwe limadziwika kuti ndi limodzi mwa mayiko achiwawa kwambiri ku Western Hemisphere, likupitirizabe kukopa alendo odzaona malo ngakhale kuti likupha anthu ambiri. Chilumbachi chinapha anthu 1,680 chaka chatha, mbiri ya anthu 2.7 miliyoni.

“Ndi zotsutsana. Chokopa kwambiri ku Jamaica ndi anthu. Zikutsutsa ziwerengero zaupandu, "adatero Bartlett.

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Kukwera kwa mitengo kukayamba mu Novembala, tikiti yazachuma kuchokera ku eyapoti yaku UK kupita ku Caribbean idzanyamula msonkho wa mapaundi 75 ($122) pomwe msonkho wa tikiti yakalasi yoyamba ndi mapaundi 150 ($244).
After taking a flogging last year, the Caribbean tourism industry is looking toward an improvement in 2010 despite concerns about a British-imposed environmental tax and crime against tourists on some islands.
Koma zilumba zina zambiri za ku Caribbean zimadalira kwambiri zokopa alendo kuti zipeze ndalama ndi ntchito, ndipo akuti zatsika chaka chatha pomwe mavuto azachuma padziko lonse lapansi komanso kuchepa kwa ngongole kumapangitsa anthu aku Europe ndi North America kukhala kwawo.