More than 56,000 New
Zealanders took a cruise holiday
in 2011 β a huge increase of
thirty-two percent.
ACCORDING to a new report released this
morning, New Zealand experienced the
second strongest cruise passenger growth rate
in the world last year, second only to
Australia, which was up 34% (CW, 01 May).
Launched in Auckland by the International
Cruise Council Australasia (ICCA), the 2011
New Zealand Cruise Industry Report found
that New Zealand cruise passenger numbers
grew by 32% to 56,479.
This is more than double the number five
years ago, when only 26,510 Kiwis cruised in
2006.
River-cruising passenger ...
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