Ungeke ucinge ukuba i-whale shark, enkulu kunazo zonke iintlanzi, yayiya kufana kakhulu ne-firefly encane. Okanye ukuba omnye wabo ufana neyona nkampani yekhefu yeyona ndlela ehamba phambili.
Nangona kunjalo uxhulumano lukhoyo kwiiPhilippines.
Elinye lamaziko okhokelo lwe-whale shark eco-tourism yidolophu encinane yaseDonsol kwisiqithi saseLuzon. Yilapho i-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
bhengeze ukusebenzisana kweminyaka emihlanu kunye neWorld Wildlife Fund, esebenze ukwenza i-shark sharks ifumaneka kubakhenkethi ngendlela enobungani bemvelo.
O, kunye nemifutha. Ngethuba nje uhambela iDonsol, ngokwenene ufanele uthathe uhambo lwamabusuku uphakamise uMlambo i-Ubod ukuze ubone amaqebunga e-fireflies ahamba phakathi kwemithi ethile enjengomboniso okhwankqisayo wezibane zeholide okhohliweyo.
Ukususela ngezihlandlo, isikhokelo sicela ukutywa kwehlombe kodwa kungekhona njengombulelo wokuxabisa. Isandi sokubetha sivuselela umsebenzi we-firefly. Ukuba ibanjwe esandleni, i-firefly ingachitha imizuzu emininzi inyuka kunye phakathi kweminwe. Omnye wabo waxhomeka ngokude ngokwaneleyo ukuba abizwe ngokuba yi "Sparky" ngeqela lethu elincinci.
Kodwa ubuyele kwi-whale sharks. Bangakwazi ukukhula ukuya kwiimitha ezili-18 (malunga neenyawo ezingama-54) kodwa kungabikho zibizwa ngokuba ziziqhwala zincinci. Kungenxa yokuba abanamanye amazinyo abhekiswe kuwo "Mack the Knife." Kunokuba banomlomo omncinci owenza amanzi aselwandle ngexesha elithile, coca ngaphandle kwiplankton, uphinde uchithe abanye.
Oko kwenza ukuba banandipha kakhulu ukugebha ngeenxa zonke, ngamanye amaxesha banomdla kakhulu. Kwi-Donsol, ukugcina abavakhenkethi bangaba nobungane kakhulu, i-WWF isebenze imithetho eqinisekisiwe ngabakhokeli abanokuzivakalisa kwiikhole nganye, i-Butanding Interaction Officers. (I-Butanding yinto abahlali bakubiza ngayo i-whale sharks.)
Ngokomzekelo, ngelixa i-snorkeling ivunyelwe, ukuhamba nge-scuba ayikho.
Kukho ezintandathu kuphela kwisikhephe, ekhangeleka njengamaqhekeza angaphandle. Ukuthinta akuvumelekanga. Kukho imida malunga nokuba i-snorkel ihlala njani kufuphi ne-shark (imizuzu emihlanu), zingaphi iinqanawa ezinokuthi zikufuphi enye i-shark kwaye zingaphi iinqanawa, zizonke, zikwazi ukufikelela elwandle.
Akukho ziqinisekiso zokuba uza kubona i-whale shark kunanoma nayiphi na imini. Inhlanhla iya kunyuka phakathi koNovemba noJuni, ngakumbi, ukususela ngoFebruwari ukuya kuMeyi. Uhambo lwethu, ngasekupheleni kukaJanuwari, lwabangelwa kukubona okufutshane, nangona loo nto yayinomdla.
Ngoko kwakukho, entliziyweni yelizwe le-whale shark, ukuba uRichard Fain, i-CEO yeRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., esebenza kwiRoyal Caribbean International, i-Celebrity Cruises, i-Pullmantur, i-Azamara Cruises kunye nabanye, iya kwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono ye-whale oshaka kunye nabantu ababathandayo.
I nkampani ithembisa:
- Ukufumana iipesenti ezingama-90 zeevenkile zaso zasendle ezifunyenwe kwintlanzi.
- Ukufumana okungenani iipesenti ezingama-75 zeefama zokutya zasemanzini ekusebenzeni kwayo eYurophu nakwiMntla eMelika ukusuka kwiifama eziqinisekisiwe.
- Ukunikela i-$ 5 yezigidi ngaphezu kobudlelwane beminyaka emihlanu ukuxhasa imizamo yolondolozo lweWWF.
- Ukubonelela ngolwazi malunga neefayari kunye ne-eco-tourism ezithatha uxanduva ukuya kubagibeli abayizigidi ezi-5.
Ngokwahlukileyo, i-RCCL yenza umrhumo we-$ 200,000 kwiprogram yolondolozo kwindawo yaseDonsol equka isithuthi esifundisa abantwana kuloo ndawo malunga nelifa lemvelo kwindawo yabo.
I-RCCL ezininzi iinzululwazi kunye neenjini zinokuzibandakanya ezi njongo ngokwabo kodwa, kwathiwa, "ngokubambisana ne-World Wildlife Fund, kusinika ithuba lokwenza into engcono kunokuba sinokuyenza ngokwayo."
Ngokubanzi, wathi, i-shishini lokuhamba lisebenza nzima ukwenzela ukunciphisa i-carbon footprint "kodwa yinto engapheliyo."
AmaPhilippines sele kufuphi kwaye athandekile kwiRCCL. Ukufezeka kuthiwa abangaphezu kwama-11,000 abasebenzi abangama-65,000 be-Filipines, baninzi kunabo bonke ubuzwe. Isithethe sabo soomatshini, ulwazi lwesiNgesi kunye nokukwazi ukubonisa umxhelo lonwabo nolonwabo kubenza babe ngabasebenzi abafanelekileyo, utsho i-Fain.
Ngoku kukho izicwangciso zokunyusa inani labo kwiinqanawa zeRCCL.
Kufezekisa ukuba ukwakhiwa kweenqanawa ezisi-zintathu kuza kwandisa abasebenzi be-RCCL ukuya kwi-100,000 kwiminyaka emihlanu. Ulungiselela inani labasebenzi basePhilippines liya kwanda ukuya kuma-30,000.
Ukuhlangabeza ezo zinto ziphakamileyo, iRCCL yazisa kwakhona ukwanda kweendawo zokuqeqesha eManla. I-ofisi entsha kwi-Mall yaseAsia indawo, ilungiselelwe ukuvulwa ngoMeyi, iya kuphucula izakhono zasePhilippines kunye nemisebenzi. Kuya kukwenza ukuqashwa nokuqeshisa ukusebenza ngokufanelekileyo nangokubonelela ngemfundo emitsha yokuqhubeka kunye nophuhliso lwezakhono.