Malo enanso komanso zosangalatsa zapabwalo

Chaka chatha chinali chabwino kwambiri pamsika wamaulendo oyenda panyanja, chokhala ndi ziwerengero zambiri zonyamula anthu komanso zomanga sitima zambiri. Koma tsopano ndi nthawi yoti tiyembekezere kutsogola kwakukulu kwa chaka cha 2008. O, Caribbean, tikusowa, koma tidzangoganiza za iwe uku tikungozungulira dzuwa la Mediterranean.

Dziko loyenda maulendo linayamba '08 ndi kukakamiza kwamphamvu. Malingana ndi Dipatimenti Yoyendetsa Anthu ku United States, anthu 2.5 miliyoni adakwera zombo zokwana 1,063 kumpoto kwa America m'gawo lachiwiri la 2007, omwe ndiokwera kwambiri pazaka zinayi zapitazi. Chiwerengerochi ndi chachisanu chabe mwa onse oyenda mu 2007 - 12.6 miliyoni, malinga ndi ziwonetsero za Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), yomwe ikuyimira mizere yayikulu. Kuti akwaniritse tchuthi, zombo zatsopano khumi ndi ziwiri zinafika kunyanja zabwino.

Kwa chaka chino, makampaniwa amayenera kusunga nyundo zake. CIA ikuneneratu kuti ziwerengero za okwera zidzakula ndi 1.6 peresenti, mpaka 12.8 miliyoni. "Ponseponse, makampani oyenda panyanja akufikira anthu omwe sanayendepo kale," atero a Carolyn Spencer Brown, mkonzi wamkulu wa Cruise Critic, yemwe amasindikiza magazini oyenda pa intaneti (www.cruisecritic.com). "Kuyenda panyanja kukukulirakulira."

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Destinations

Oyenda pandege ochokera ku United States atha kukhala akuvutika kwambiri ku Europe, koma omwe amafika panyanja akungokonzekera kupita ku Continent. "Europe ikutentha kwambiri chaka chino," atero a Paul Motter, mkonzi wa CruiseMates, wowongolera pa intaneti (www.cruisemates.com). "Dola ikatsika kwambiri, m'pamenenso anthu amatchuka kwambiri (kuona Europe paulendo wapamadzi)." Makamaka, maulendo owopsa kwambiri ali ku Mediterranean ndi Baltic.

Chimodzi mwazifukwa zazikulu zopitira ku Europe ndi njira yosungira makampani, yomwe imalola anthu aku America kulipira madola motero amapewa ndalama zosinthira ndalama. Mosiyana ndi apaulendo apansi omwe amamva kuwawa nthawi iliyonse yomwe amalipira chakudya, hotelo kapena zoyendera, oyenda apaulendo amalipira ndalama imodzi yokwanira kugula zonse zofunika.

"Uku ndikusintha kwamasiku ano" Ngati ndi Lachiwiri, tiyenera kukhala ku Belgium," adatero Spencer Brown. "Ndi njira yabwino yowonera Europe. Umanyamula katundu kamodzi n’kugona pabedi limodzi.”

Zachidziwikire, kutchuka kwa Europe kukukula, momwemonso mitengo yamaulendo. Mitengo imatha kukhala yayikulu, ndipo nyumba zapanyumba zogulitsa zimangogulitsa mwachangu. Akatswiri amati kusungitsa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kapena isanu ndi inayi. Pofuna kusunga ndalama, Motter amalimbikitsa kuyenda panyanja mu Meyi kapena Seputembala. "Boti likadzaza, limakwera mtengo," adatero. “Fufuzani sitimayo yomwe siili yodzaza ndi kusintha masiku. Ku Baltic ndi Mediterranean, ulendo womwewo ungachepetse 30 kapena 40 peresenti kumayambiriro kapena kumapeto kwa nyengo. ”

Mwamwayi, mizere yambiri ikuthana ndi kufunikaku powonjezera kupezeka. Mizere ina ikutumiza zombo zochokera ku Caribbean kupita ku Europe (Carnival idzakhala ndi chotengera chimodzi ku Mediterranean ndi ku Baltic, nthawi yoyamba) kapena ikuimitsa doko ku Europe chaka chonse, monga Royal Caribbean ndi Costa zikuchitira.

Kumbali iyi ya Atlantic, Caribbean sizituluka kwenikweni, koma apaulendo akufunafuna zilumba zokhala ndi magulu ochepa komanso kusiyanasiyana.

Spencer Brown amapereka chitsanzo cha St. Maarten, yomwe imatha kulandira zombo zokwana anthu 3,000 patsiku lanyengo yayikulu.

Iye anati: "Kumadzulo kwa Caribbean kuli anthu ambiri, ndipo anthu oyenda panyanja atopa kupita kumalo akale omwewo." “Magombe adadzaza. Anthu akufuna kusintha. ”

Kanthu kena kosiyana pang'ono, akatswiri amatchula malo aku Central America monga Belize ndi Panama. Motter akuwonanso South America pafupi: "South America ndiulendo wautali ndipo uyenera kupita kumeneko, koma maulendo ake ndiwofanana kapena otsika mtengo kuposa Europe - ndipo dollar yako imapita patsogolo kwambiri."

Zombo zatsopano

Chaka chonse, makampaniwa adzaulula zombo zatsopano, monga 3,006 zonyamula Carnival Splendor (Julayi), komanso mizere yatsopano yamaulendo. Mtsinje wa Jewel River Cruise Line udzakhazikitsa chombo chake choyamba chapamwamba, Jewel Imperial Blue, kumayendedwe aku Europe mu Meyi, mwachitsanzo; ndipo mu Ogasiti, Pearl Seas Cruises iyamba ulendo wawo wamayendedwe ang'onoang'ono ku Caribbean ndi Canada.

Misewu yapamadzi ikumanganso magulu atsopano a zombo, chitukuko chachikulu chomwe sichinawoneke mzaka zopitilira khumi. "Pali mafunde atsopano a zombo zoyambira mu 2008," adatero Motter. Wotchuka ali patsogolo ndi gulu lake la Solstice, akutuluka mu Disembala. Makampani ena akuganiziranso komwe akupita kukapangidwe kameneka, monga Costa ndi maiwe omwe amakhala ndi magalasi (kotero oyenda ku Europe amatha kusambira "panja" m'miyezi yozizira).

Pamlingo wocheperako, poyesa kukopa okwera achichepere, mizere ikuluikulu ikulowetsa chiuno m'zombo zawo. Akuyembekeza kufikira mabanja ndi azaka zapakati pa 50 ndikuwonjezera kapena kulimbikitsa zinthu zomwe zimakonda achinyamata monga makalabu ausiku (Crystal Symphony), malo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi (Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas ndi, kuyambira mu Meyi, Independence. of the Seas), ma bowling (Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Pearl), bungee trampolines (P&O Cruises 'Ventura) ndi mipanda (Cunard's Queen Victoria). "Ndi mphamvu zatsopano," adatero Spencer Brown. "Achinyamata komanso achangu ndi komwe makampani akupita."

Lipoti la CIA lomwe latulutsidwa posachedwapa likufotokozanso za kusunthaku: "Mabanja ndi maulendo amitundu yambiri ndi malo omwe akukulirakulira kwambiri pamakampani oyenda panyanja, akutsatiridwa ndi Baby Boomers (zaka 43-62) - zomwe zimachotsa malingaliro akuti maulendo apanyanja ndi achikulire okha. kapena maanja. Obwerezabwereza komanso oyenda ulendo woyamba anali khosi ndi khosi pakukula. ”

Mizere yapaulendo ikusinthanso zosankha zawo zodyera kuti zigwirizane ndi gulu lomwe likukula lazakudya zakutchuthi. Ngakhale zipinda zodyeramo ndi malo okhala zidakalipo, zombo zikupanga njira zina monga malo odyera ophika odziwika (mwachitsanzo, Wolfgang Puck's Jade Garden pa Crystal Symphony, Charlie Palmer's Tastings@2 on Seabourn) ndi mindandanda yazakudya payekhapayekha.

Zoyipa zazowonjezera izi ndi ndalama zazikulu; Mgonero wa Carnival, umodzi, umawononga $ 30 pa munthu aliyense. "Pamene zombo zikukula, pali zambiri zomwe mungagwiritse ntchito ndalama," adatero Spencer Brown. "Mwayi woti muchepetse chikwama chanu chilipo." Zina mwazinyalala: mowa (zombo zimakhwimitsa kwambiri za ma cocktails), njira zotsukitsira mano, kutema mphini ndi makalasi a nkhonya. Ndipo palibe amene samasulidwa pamalipiro a mafuta ambiri, omwe amatha pafupifupi $ 10 patsiku.

Chikhalidwe

Chifukwa cha mphamvu ya yuro ndi ndalama zina zakunja, anthu aku America akukumana ndi mipando yawo yachifumu. Anthu aku Germany, French, English, Australia, Japan ndi ena apaulendo akubwera m'ngalawa, osati m'madzi akuseri kwawo.

Oyenda akunja akuuluka panyanja kuti apite ku Alaska kapena ku Caribbean, misika yomwe kale inali yolamulidwa ndi anthu aku America. Zowonadi, anthu aku Russia akukwera pamwamba.

Makampaniwa akulimbananso ndi kusintha kwapadziko lonse kwa zokonda zapaulendo: tchuthi chokhazikika (thupi ndi/kapena malingaliro). Chimodzi mwazatsopano zaposachedwa ndikukwatirana ndi zochitika zamasitima ndi maulendo apanyanja.

Mwachitsanzo, Regent Seven Seas imapereka "pulogalamu yolemeretsa" momwe okwera ndege amatha kutenga makalasi ojambulira zithunzi, mafashoni, mbiri yakale, ndi zina zambiri, kenako ndikugwiritsa ntchito maphunziro awo kapena luso lawo pamaulendo apamtunda.

Sitima zapamadzi zikupitilizabe kuchita zofuna zapadera, ndikuwonjezera maulendo ochulukirapo pamadongosolo awo.

"Maulendo apaulendo ndi akulu kwambiri," adatero Spencer Brown. “Anthu amafuna kupeza zambiri paulendo wapanyanja kusiyana ndi kupumula ndi kupumula. Amafuna kupita kukakamba nkhani kapena kuphunzira zinthu zina zimene amakonda.” Paulendo wa Crystal Serenity wa 12 wa May kuchokera ku London kupita ku Rome, mwachitsanzo, wophika ndi sommelier adzakhala ndi makalasi okwera, ndipo gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a maulendo a m'mphepete mwa nyanja 57 ndi okhudzana ndi zophikira. Omwe ali ndi zilakolako zapadera kwambiri sadzasiyidwa padoko lowuma mwina: Nanga bwanji kuyenda pamadzi oluka kapena maliseche, kapena kuyenda panyanja ndi gulu la Motley Crue?

Kunena zowona, kufunikira kowona ma penguin ndi ma boobi amiyendo yabuluu sikuchepa. Maulendo a Eco-cruise akadali amphamvu, ndipo Antarctica idakali ukali.

Ingokumbukirani kukana kwa 2008: Buku koyambirira!

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