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South Australia Tourism Commission Targets Cruise Industry
September 5, 2012

Though Australia’s cruise industry is still in its infancy, it grew an astonishing 30 percent in 2011. South Australia offers a particularly rich diversity of attractions for cruisers.

“The cruise industry in Australia has been growing significantly over the past few years and South Australia has been very successful in attracting these new cruise ships to our region,” said Leah Clarke, the South Australia Tourism Commission’s (SATC) senior business manager, cruise and aviation development.

“We have fantastic infrastructure catering for the largest mega liners and a range of great coastal locations for smaller expedition vessels,” Clarke added.

“There are four main ports of call, with Adelaide our capital port and regional ports in Kangaroo Island, Port Lincoln and Robe.”

A new pontoon cruise landing on Kangaroo Island allows international cruise ships to anchor off Penneshaw and tender their passengers to shore.

There are already nine cruise ship visits to Kangaroo Island confirmed between 2012 and 2014, with further bookings expected for the 2013-14 season. A 2011 Access Economics report found that every one-day cruise ship visit to Kangaroo Island delivered $100,000 in passenger expenditure to the local economy.

“Our most recent project on Kangaroo Island with a new double tender landing structure and new cruise terminal has created great excitement for Australian cruise itineraries and allows passengers to explore ‘Australia’s Galapagos,’ the world-renowned international tourism destination for Australian wildlife,” said Clarke.

“The number of cruise lines visiting and offering itineraries within South Australia will continue to grow over the next five years, with potentially the biggest growth area in regional port visitation at Kangaroo Island and Port Lincoln.

Adelaide will be an option for home porting large vessels.”

Source :- http://www.travelpulse.com/