I le ono vaiaso ua tuanaʻi, e lua vaʻa folau mai le kamupani lava lea e tasi, Costa Cruises, na oʻo iai ni faʻalavelave matuia e ono avea ma mea e ono faʻatamaia ai le gataifale i nofoaga o turisi i le lalolagi. O vaʻa uma e lua na tafetafea lemu, aunoa ma le paoa poʻo le faʻatonutonu gafatia, o le Costa Concordia na paʻu i luga o maʻa e latalata i le Italia turisi motu o Giglio ma le Costa Allegra sau i totonu o 20 maila mai le mama Alphonse vaega o amu amu i Seychelles.
I le atu Karepiane - o le vaega pito sili lea ona faʻalagolago i tagata tafafao maimoa mai i le lalolagi - Costa Cruises ei ai vaʻa e valaʻau i taulaga i Jamaica, Turks & Caicos motu, St. Maarten, Bahamas, Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Belize, ma Cayman. Motu. Costa o se vaega o le Carnival Group, ma o latou vaʻa, e aofia ai Princess, P&O, Holland America, Cunard, Seabourne, ma Aida folau laina, valaʻau toetoe lava sili tele motu i le itulagi. O le vaega o mea tau tupe a le kulupu na faʻapalapalaina le GDP o le tele o tamaoaiga Caribbean. I le aotelega, ova atu i le 60 pasene o vaʻa folau vaʻa folau a le lalolagi o loʻo i totonu o le Caribbean i le vaitau o le taumalulu - vaʻa tetele ma lapopoʻa i aso nei, lea e foliga mai e itiiti ifo ma le lava le faʻafouina o faʻafitauli e faʻataga ai le saogalemu o vaʻa pe a tupu. o se afi tele pe ogaoga eleele faʻavae poʻo fetoʻai.
O le Italia Coast Guard na faʻaaogaina le tele o vaʻa ma helikopa i taumafaiga laveaʻi i le nofoaga o le Costa Concordia, ma o se vaʻa fagota Farani tele na muamua aveina le Costa Allegra i lalo o le toso. O se kamupani faʻasao Dutch na lata ane i tafatafa o, pamuina fafo tane suauʻu a le Costa Concordia e faʻaititia ai le tulaga filogia, e ui lava atonu o le vaʻa atonu na malepe i luga o maʻa ma faʻataʻapeʻapeina ituaiga uma o otaota. O a punaʻoa o loʻo iai i le tele o motu Caribbean e faʻatapulaʻa ai le aʻafiaga o se faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi pe sili atu foi o vaʻa folau?
I fafo atu o le talafatai o Italia, na lavea ai le vaa i maa, aoi ai i le Seychelles ma le Caribbean, o le taunuuga na faaleagaina e ono mafua mai i aau. O le faʻaleagaina o ogasami o le Caribbean ma le siosiomaga - faigofie lava mai vaʻa folau vaʻa ma le lafoa o lapisi i luga o le sami - na faʻamaonia lelei i taimi ua tuanaʻi. Peitaʻi, o le ogaoga o le folau poʻo le fetauiga e ono iʻu ai i se faʻafitauli umi i le siosiomaga umi. O le tele o vaʻa folau e masiʻi atu i isi itulagi o le lalolagi i le iʻuga o le vaitau o le taumalulu, ma o auiliiliga o malaga folau a motu Caribbean e mafai ona suia vave. O le mea lea, pe a tupu se faʻalavelave, o se tasi poʻo se vaega toʻaitiiti o malo malo o le a latou tauaveina le atoa aʻafiaga.
O le a le tele o fesoasoani ma le galulue faʻatasi na mauaina e le malo o Caribbean mai laina folau e faʻatupe ai ma faʻatupeina ni faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi o faʻalavelave e faʻaitiitia ai nei tulaga lamatia I nai tausaga ua tuanaʻi, o tupe faʻaalu i le motu mo tagata folau vaʻa pasese na foliga mai na paʻu maualalo, ae o lafoga a le malo o Caribbean e leʻo gauaʻi ma le tau o le atunuʻu. O le pisinisi vaʻafaila i aso nei o se vaʻaiga malosi tele, e tusa ai ma lona tulaga tauvaga faʻatasi ai ma faletalimalo Caribbean i le vaitau maualuga, ma lona iʻuga le lelei i tupe faʻaalu i totonu mo fale fou. E le o le taimi ea o le tupe faʻatupeina o folau laina i le Caribbean sili atu atagia atagia ai lo latou aʻafiaga i le lotoifale siosiomaga ma, mulimuli ane, o latou ono mo siosiomaga mala i le itulagi?
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- In total, over 60 percent of the world cruise ship fleet is in the Caribbean in the winter high season – bigger and bigger ships today, which apparently have less than adequate emergency back-up systems to allow safe operation of the vessel in the event of a major fire or severe grounding or collision.
- Both ships drifted helplessly, without power or steering capability, the Costa Concordia capsizing on rocks near the Italian tourist island of Giglio and the Costa Allegra coming within 20 miles of the pristine Alphonse group of coral atolls in the Seychelles.
- Is it not time that the fiscal contribution of cruise lines to the Caribbean more fairly reflected their impact on the local environment and, ultimately, their potential for environmental disaster in the region.
