Cruising for disaster: High costs have cruise liners bypassing New Zealand
Close to 10,000 New Zealand jobs were supported by cruise tourism, providing $425 million dollars in wages.
Cruise Lines International Association co-commissioned the report. Australasia managing director Joel Katz said it painted an exciting picture of the past, but the future looked more bleak.
"We're seeing a 20 percent decline in the coming season. We've seen an even larger decline in the season after that, and that translates into hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs that are potentially lost because those ships aren't able to come."
He wanted to see the report to become a regular feature.
"We know that there are challenges in the cruise market here in New Zealand, and I think it's important that we're able to quantify the opportunity and the costs of not getting the settings right."
It was a record cruise season last year, with more than 1000 ship visits and 1.5 million passenger visit days.
New Zealand Cruise Association chief executive Jacqui Lloyd said cruise liners were telling her Aotearoa was now the most expensive region for them to visit, and they were looking elsewhere.
Cruising for disaster: High costs have cruise liners bypassing New Zealand
Close to 10,000 New Zealand jobs were supported by cruise tourism, providing $425 million dollars in wages.
Cruise Lines International Association co-commissioned the report. Australasia managing director Joel Katz said it painted an exciting picture of the past, but the future looked more bleak.
"We're seeing a 20 percent decline in the coming season. We've seen an even larger decline in the season after that, and that translates into hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs that are potentially lost because those ships aren't able to come."
He wanted to see the report to become a regular feature.
"We know that there are challenges in the cruise market here in New Zealand, and I think it's important that we're able to quantify the opportunity and the costs of not getting the settings right."
It was a record cruise season last year, with more than 1000 ship visits and 1.5 million passenger visit days.
New Zealand Cruise Association chief executive Jacqui Lloyd said cruise liners were telling her Aotearoa was now the most expensive region for them to visit, and they were looking elsewhere.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/532608/cruising-for-disaster-high-costs-have-cruise-liners-bypassing-new-zealand
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