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03-09-2020
Column: Travelling Places - CRUISES
Column: Travelling Places - CRUISES
At present cruises in Australian waters are on hold – they are hopeful to start up later this year.
Interestingly, internationally a few cruise lines have been operating throughout this close down period – mainly in Europe and many of these without incident. It’s a shame that the media only report when there is an issue. One cruise line has operated 40 cruises in the last three months successfully with everyone having a wonderful time.
In a survey of over a 1000 people who regularly travel 50 per cent said they had already booked a future cruise and 45 per cent said they would consider booking a cruise while 5 per cent said they would not cruise – interestingly none of the 5 per cent had previously cruised. I think that once the borders come down travellers will be excited to get going again.
Cruise lines worldwide have taken the opportunity to really ramp up their health and safety protocols. Most ships will take fewer passengers to give more space and the small ships already offer a spacious environment.

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