Dubai yakave nekunetsa kwemari mumwedzi mishoma yadarika, asi izvo hazvina kutadzisa vafambi vechikepe kuenda kuemirate yakamisikidzwa sezvo iri kukurumidza kuita chiteshi chekufona. Mamwe mitsara yekufamba nechikepe ari kuisa ngarava muDubai mwaka wechando, asi hapana rwendo rwechikepe rwakatsaurira ngarava dzakawanda mudunhu kupfuura Costa Cruises.

Dubai inoda ngarava

Cruise kufamba ndicho chikamu chiri kukurumidza kukura chekushanya muDubai. Nguva yaisagona kuuya panguva iri nani yeemirate sezvo kushanya kwakadzikira 6 muzana gore rapfuura, nepo, indasitiri yekufamba nechikepe ichikura ne40 muzana.

Costa Cruises, rudzi rweCarnival Corporation, yakawedzera kusimbisa kuzvipira kwayo kuDubai payakatumidza ngarava yayo nyowani kuti Costa Deliziosa ine vanhu 2,286 ikoko mwedzi wapera. Zvakatonyanya kukosha chiitiko chakaratidza kekutanga kuti ngarava yekufamba yakatumidzwa zita munyika yeMiddle East. Kunyangwe mutongi weDubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum akazotambira chikepe chitsva cheCosta.

Sachigaro weCosta uye CEO Pier Luigi Foschi akataura kuti nekubhabhatidza uye nekuisa ngarava nyowani muDubai zvakaratidza kuzvipira kuri kuenderera mberi kwemutsara. Muna 2006 kambani iyi yaive yekutanga rwendo rwekumbomisa ngarava mudunhu nekuti vainyatsoona kukosha kweDubai senzvimbo yekufamba.

Zviri nyore kuona kuti sei Costa aifarira kwazvo emirate. Nemadhorobha ayo anoyevedza, prehistoric sandscapes uye mahombekombe asingaperi, Dubai inzvimbo inoshamisa munzira dzese. Guta rine zvinoyevedza uye zvinokwezva, zvinosanganisira paki yakakura kwazvo yemvura pasi rose, uye chivakwa chakareba kwazvo pasi rose, Burj Khalifa - nzvimbo yakanakisa yedhorobha reDubai. Vafambi vengarava vanogona kupinda munzendo dzinobva ku "dune bashing," kutasva ngamera, kutenga souks kusvika kuskiing pajecha kana pachando chaidzo pamawere eSki Dubai Alpine.

Costa parizvino ine midziyo mitatu yakavakirwa muDubai yemwaka wechando. Kusanganisira ngarava nyowani dzemutsetse - yambotaurwa Deliziosa, chikepe chehanzvadzi yayo Costa Luminosa, uye 1,494-vapfuuri Costa Europa. Kuona kukura munharaunda mamwe mitsara yekufamba seAida Cruises neRoyal Caribbean International vakasarudzawo kumisa ngarava ipapo.

Vanhu vekuAmerica vachadirana kunzvimbo ino iri kure uye inoshamisa yepasi? Maurice Zarmati, mutungamiri weCosta Cruises USA, ane tarisiro yekuti kuchave nekufarira mukufamba kwekambani kuDubai. Parizvino, vazhinji vevaenzi veCosta vari muchikepe kune izvi zvikepe zvinobva kuEurope, asi huwandu hwevafambi vekuAmerica huri kuwedzera gore rega rega akadaro. "Tinoona kuti mafambiro eDubai anofadza vanhu vekuAmerica vane ruzivo rwekufamba," akadaro Zarmati. Pamusoro pezvo, akataura kukosha kwehusiku hunomwe hweCosta Dubai cruise, iyo inoshanyira Oman, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, uye inosanganisirawo husiku huviri muDubai iyo inogona kufadza kune avo vanonzwisisa vekuAmerica vafambi. "Paunotarisa mutengo wehotera muDubai kwehusiku huviri, wedzera mumutengo wekufamba, uye wedzera pane zvese kwaunoenda, kukosha kwacho kunoshamisa."

Kukurumidza kukura

Muna 2009, Dubai yakadhirowa zviuru zana zvekushanya kwengarava uye vashanyi vanosvika zviuru mazana maviri nemakumi matanhatu, zvichikwira makumi matatu nenomwe muzana pagore rapfuura. Gore rino kukura kunotarisirwa kuve kwakatenderedza 100 muzana nezvikepe zvitatu zveCosta chete zvichiunza vatakuri vanosvika zviuru zana nemakumi mana. Kukura kwekukurumidza kunoenderera mberi sezvo emirate inotarisira kuti huwandu huchapeta muna 260,000 kusvika 37 ngarava uye vanopfuura 40 vafambi.

Kubhabhatidzwa kwaDeliziosa kwakanga kusiri chinhu choga chokupemberera; Dubai yakavhura iyo itsva Port Rashid Dubai Cruise Terminal zvakare. The terminal, iyo inodarika 37,000 square feet muhukuru, inokwanisa kubata ngarava ina panguva imwe chete uye yakashongedzerwa masevhisi ekuita kuti hupenyu hwevafambi huve nyore, sekuchinjana mari, maATM, posvo, zvitoro zvemahara, uye nzvimbo yebhizinesi. neWi-Fi yemahara.

Foschi akarumbidza hurumende yeDubai nechiono chayo chekuvhura terminal kumashure muna 2001 kunyangwe pakanga pasina chiratidzo chekuti kufamba nechikepe kunogoneka. "Kufanoona uku kwakapihwa mubairo naCosta," akadaro Foschi.

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In 2006 the company was first cruise line to ever base a ship in the region because they clearly saw the value of Dubai as a cruise destination.
“When you look at the cost for a hotel in Dubai over two nights, factor that into the cruise price, and add on all of the destinations, the value is incredible.
The terminal, which is more than 37,000 square feet in size, can handle four ships simultaneously and is outfitted with services to make the lives of travelers easier, such as money exchange, ATMs, a post office, duty free shops, and a business center with free Wi-Fi.