Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Australia and New Zealand Competitive Cruise Destinations


The Caribbean, the Mediterranean, the Baltic and ... the Tasman Sea?



Photo Credit - Gene Sloan, USA TODAY

The rapid expansion of cruises out of Australia over the past five years has been one of the biggest stories in the industry, and the next five years could bring even more of a boom in the region, say executives.

"It's a great market, and it certainly has room for growth," Royal Caribbean CEO Adam Goldstein says . "It's one of the primary markets that have emerged in the last five to 10 years in a meaningful way."

Cruises out of Sydney and other Australian cities to ports in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific have taken off with Australians eager to explore their homeland and other nearby locales with the ease that cruise ships offer, Goldstein says. But it's not just a local crowd filling ships.

Continue reading at USA Today - AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: Experience the wonder Down Under by boat


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