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Cruise direct spending hits a high of nearly A$2bn in AustraliaCruise direct spending hits a high of nearly A$2bn in Australia

Cruise ship visits delivered A$1.953bn in direct expenditure to Australia last year, according to Cruise Down Under's 2014-15 Economic Impact Report.

Anne Kalosh, Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

September 5, 2015

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Association chairman Stephen Bradford released details of the report at Cruise Down Under's 2015 annual conference in Darwin.

Bradford said crew spending had also hit record levels and that the economic impact was worth A$3.331bn. 

 

He said 30 ports had been visited across Australia and there had been a record 874 port visits, including 427 turnarounds.

 

A total of 2.421m passengers arrived in Australian ports, spending A$902.7m. Crew expenditure reached A$86.8m.

 

Bradford said the future is rosy, with seven new ships coming to Australia in 2015-16—Noordam, Golden Princess, Explorer of the Seas, Pacific Eden, Pacific Aria, Costa Luminosa and Azamara Quest.

 

The A$1.3bn Ovation of the Seas, currently under construction in Germany, will arrive in Fremantle on December 6, 2016. She will make several trans-Tasman cruises before leaving Sydney on January 23, 2017, on a repositioning voyage to Singapore.

 

The full 50-page Economic Impact Report will be available in the coming weeks.

 

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About the Author

Anne Kalosh

Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

Anne Kalosh covers global stories, reporting both breaking and in-depth news on cruising's significant people, places, ships and trends. A sought-after expert on cruising, she has moderated conferences around the world, including the high-profile State of the Industry panel at Seatrade Cruise Global. She created and led the acclaimed itinerary-planning case study for Seatrade's cruise master classes held at Cambridge and Oxford universities. She has been the cruise columnist for AFAR.com, and her freelance stories have appeared in a wide range of publications, from The New York Times to The Miami Herald.

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