MIAMI — He liʻiliʻi ka poʻe ʻAmelika i holo i ka holo moku ma 2008 ma mua o 2007, e like me ka ʻikepili hou o ka ʻoihana, e hōʻike ana e nāwaliwali paha ka ʻāpana koho nui o ka holo ʻana me ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka ulu ʻana i ka wā passtime ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
No ka manawa mua mai ka makahiki 1998, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka Cruise Lines International Association e paʻi i nā hōʻike pili waiwai, ua liʻiliʻi nā moku holo moku i holo mai nā awa US ma 2008 ma mua o ka makahiki i hala.
E like me ka makahiki 2004, ua helu ʻia nā huakaʻi ʻAmelika no 77 pakeneka o nā moku holo moku āpau. I ka makahiki i hala ua hāʻule kā lākou mau ʻāpana i 69 pakeneka i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana ma ʻEulopa.
No ka laʻana, ua hoʻomana hou ʻo Norwegian Cruise Lines i kāna Haʻaheo o Hawaiʻi ma ke ʻano he Norwegian Jade a holo i kēia makahiki a puni ʻEulopa. ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana o ka Pride a me kahi moku kaikuahine i neʻe ʻia mai Hawaii a Miami e hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka hāʻule ʻana o Honolulu he 59 pakeneka o nā moku, ʻoiai ua piʻi ka huakaʻi holo moku mai Miami i 11 pakeneka.
Akā ʻo ka emi ʻana o nā moku holo moku ʻAmelika ʻaʻole i mālama i ka holo a me ka loaʻa kālā mai ka ulu ʻana ma waena o 2007 a 2008. Ua piʻi ka loaʻa kālā he 13.05 pakeneka i $4 biliona a ua piʻi ka huina kālā ma US i 9 pakeneka i $24.88 biliona, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka piʻi liʻiliʻi loa i ka mōʻaukala o ka hōʻike.
“I ka makahiki 2008, e noʻonoʻo ana i nā mea a pau e hana nei, ke hōʻike nei mākou i ka piʻi ʻana he 2 pakeneka. Nui nā ʻoihana ma laila e makemake e hōʻike i ka piʻi ʻana, "wahi a Bob Sharak, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Cruise Lines International Association. "ʻO ka mea nui loa e lawe aku i ka wā e ʻeha nui ai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, hiki iā mākou ke hōʻike i ka piʻi."
Ua piʻi aʻe nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa ʻAmelika i kēlā me kēia makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻoiai ma ka emi ʻana o nā pākēneka, a ua huli maikaʻi ʻole ʻia i ka makahiki 2008. Ma kahi o 9.3 miliona mau kaʻa i lawe i nā moku holo moku mai ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 2008, he 1.7 pakeneka ka emi ʻana.
Ma waho aʻe o ka pohō ʻana o nā kaʻa o Honolulu, ua paʻa ka huakaʻi ʻAmelika mai ka Hurricane Ike ma Galveston, Texas, kahi i hāʻule ai nā moku he 28 pakeneka. A ua nalowale ʻo New Orleans i ka 30.6 pakeneka o kāna mau huakaʻi. ʻO Florida, ʻo ia ka 57 pakeneka o nā moku holo moku holo moku, ʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o 2.7 pakeneka i 5.1 miliona.
ʻAʻole manaʻo ʻo Sharak e ulu ana ka mākeke ʻAmelika. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hana maikaʻi ana ka ʻoihana ma 2008 a hiki i ka piʻi ʻana o ka pilikia hoʻokele waiwai i Kepakemapa.
ʻO Carnival Cruise Lines, no ka laʻana, ke hoʻonohonoho nei i kāna moku hou ʻo Carnival Dream i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ʻAmelika. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jennifer de la Cruz, ʻōlelo ʻōlelo e lawe ka hui i nā mea holo kaʻa ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 2009 ma mua o kēlā me kēia makahiki o ka mōʻaukala ʻoihana.
Akā ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea hana ke hoʻōla koke mai ka hāʻule ʻana. Ua hōʻike ʻo Royal Caribbean i Ianuali i kahi hāʻule o 98 pakeneka o ka loaʻa kālā o ka hapahā. A ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi poho o $36 miliona ma ka hapaha mua o 2009. Manaʻo ʻia ka hui e hoʻokuʻu i nā hopena o ka hapaha lua ma ka Pōʻakolu akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka mahina i hala aku nei ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai wahie a me ka maʻi maʻi puaʻa e hōʻeha i kāna mau hopena makahiki piha.
Ua hōʻemi ʻo Royal Caribbean a me Carnival hoʻokūkū ʻoi aku ka nui e hoʻopiha i nā moku i nā mahina i hala iho nei - me nā hopena like ʻole. I ka hapaha i pau i ka Mei 31, ua emi iho ka waiwai o Carnival i ka 32 pakeneka mai ka makahiki i hala aku nei, aka, ua loaa nae ka hui i $264 miliona. Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke alakaʻi piha makahiki e hōʻike ana i nā kumukūʻai wahie kiʻekiʻe.
