Ungase ucabange ukuthi i-whale shark, enkulu kunazo zonke kuzo zonke izinhlanzi, ingaba nokufana okuningi ne-firefly encane. Noma ukuthi enye yazo inokufana kakhulu nekhampani yesibili yokuhamba ngezinyawo emhlabeni jikelele.
Kodwa uxhumano lukhona ePhilippines.
Esinye sezikhungo ezihamba phambili ze-whale shark eco-tourism yidolobha elincane laseDonsol esiqhingini saseLuzon. Yilapho i-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
umemezele ukubambisana kweminyaka emihlanu neWorld Wildlife Fund, okuye kwasebenza ukwenza izinhlanzi ze-whale zifinyeleleke kubakhenti ngendlela enobungane.
O, kanye nezibhamu. Uma nje uvakashela uDonsol, kufanele ngempela uthathe uhambo lwamabusuku uphuphule uMfula i-Ubod ukuze ubone amaqoqo ezinjengezibhamu ezihamba phakathi kwezihlahla ezithile ezinjengokubonisa okukhanyayo kwezibani zeholide umuntu azikhohlwe.
Ngezikhathi ezithile, umqondisi ucela ukukhala ngehlombe kodwa hhayi njengombukiso wokubonga. Umsindo wokushaya uphazamisa umsebenzi we-firefly. Uma ebanjwe esandleni, i-firefly ingase ichithe imizuzu eminingana ikhuphuka futhi iphakathi kweminwe. Omunye wabo uboshiwe isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuze kuthiwe "U-Sparky" yiqembu lethu elincane.
Kodwa emuva ku-sharks sharks. Zingakhula zibe ngamamitha angu-18 (cishe ngamamitha angu-54) kodwa zisho ukuthi ziyi-giant ezinomusa. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi abanamazinyo okukhulunywe ngawo ku-"Mack the Knife." Esikhundleni salokho banemilomo eminyene edonsa amanzi angolwandle ngasikhathi sinye, bahlunga i-plankton, bese bexosha abanye.
Lokhu kwenza kube mnandi kakhulu ukubhukuda nxazonke, ngezinye izikhathi kumnandi kakhulu. E-Donsol, ukugcina izivakashi zingabi nabungane kakhulu, i-WWF isebenze imithetho ephoqelelwe yiziqondiso ezihambelana nezivakashi esikebheni ngasinye, i-Butanding Interaction Officers. (I-Butanding yilokho abantu bendawo ababiza khona ama-shark whale.)
Isibonelo, ngenkathi i-snorkeling ivunyelwe, ukuhamba nge-scuba akuyona.
Kunezinyanga eziyisithupha kuphela esikebheni, okubukeka njengezikebhe ezihamba phambili. Ukuthinta akuvumelekile. Kukhona imikhawulo yokuthi abantu abashayeli be-snorkel bangase baseduze kanjani no-shark (imizuzu emihlanu), zingaki izikebhe ezingasondela eduze kwe-shark nokuthi zingaki izikebhe, ngokuphelele, zingaba khona olwandle.
Ayikho isiqiniseko sokuthi uzobona i-whale shark kunoma yimuphi usuku olunikeziwe. Inhlanhla yakho iphakama phakathi kukaNovemba noJuni, ikakhulukazi kusukela ngoFebruwari kuya kuMeyi. Uhambo lwethu, ngasekupheleni kukaJanuwari, lwaluvele nje ekuboneni isikhathi eside, nakuba lokho kwakujabulisa.
Ngakho-ke kwakukhona, enhliziyweni yezwe le-whale shark, ukuthi uRichard Fain, isikhulu esiyinhloko seRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., esisebenza ngeRoyal Caribbean International, i-Celebrity Cruises, iPullmantur, i-Azamara Cruises nabanye, izokwenza umhlaba ube indawo engcono kakhulu ye-whale oshaka nabantu abathandayo.
Le nkampani ithembise:
- Ukuthola amaphesenti angama-90 ezinhlanzi zasolwandle ezibanjwe zasendle ezivela ezokudoba ezizinzile.
- Ukuthola okungenani amaphesenti angama-75 ezilwane zasolwandle ezilinywayo ngokusebenza kwawo eYurophu naseNyakatho Melika kusukela emapulazini aqinisekisiwe.
- Ukunikela ngemali eyizigidi ezingu-5 zama-dollar ngaphezulu kokubambisana kweminyaka emihlanu ukusekela imizamo yokulondolozwa kweWWF.
- Ukuze unikeze ulwazi mayelana nezinhlanzi ze-whale kanye ne-eco-tourism ezithintekayo ezigibele abagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-5 zikhonza njalo ngonyaka.
Ngokwehlukana, i-RCCL yenza umnikelo we $ 200,000 ohlelweni lokulondolozwa endaweni yaseDonsol ehlanganisa imoto efundisa izingane endaweni mayelana nefa lemvelo ngasemnyango.
I-RCCL inqwaba ososayensi nabanjiniyela bangase baqale lezi zinhloso, kodwa, kusho u-Fain, "ngokubambisana neWorld Wildlife Fund, kusinika ithuba lokwenza okungcono kunalokho esingakwenza ngokwethu."
Njengamanje, wathi imboni yokuhamba ibhekene nokusebenza kanzima ukunciphisa ikhanda layo elingakapheli "kodwa impi engapheli."
IPhilippines iseduze kakhulu futhi isithandwa ku-RCCL. Kufezeke ukuthi abasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-11 000 abasebenzi abangu-65,000 yiPhilippines, iningi lazo zonke izizwe. Isiko labo sokudoba, ulwazi lwesiNgisi kanye nekhono lokudlulisela umqondo wenjabulo nenjabulo kwenza abasebenza kahle, kusho u-Fain.
Manje kunezinhlelo zokwandisa izinombolo zabo emikhumbi yeRCCL.
Kuthiwa ukusungulwa kwemikhumbi emisha eyisishiyagalolunye kuzokwandisa abasebenzi baseRCCL ku-100,000 eminyakeni emihlanu. Uthuthukisa inani labasebenzi basePhilippines lizokhula libe ngu-30 000.
Ukuhlangabezana nalezi zilinganiso eziphakeme, i-RCCL yamemezela nokwanda kwezakhiwo zayo zokuqeqesha eManla. Ihhovisi elisha eMall of Asia, elihlelwe ukuvulwa ngoMeyi, lizokwenza amakhono namisebenzi aseMpippines. Kuzokwenza ukuqashelwa nokuqashelwa ngokuphumelelayo nokuhlinzekela izinhlelo ezintsha zokuqhubeka nokufundiswa kochwepheshe.