YESTERDAY saw the restart of domestic cruise travel in Scotland, with the Scottish Government’s reduction of COVID restrictions to Level 0. The first cruise ship to visit Scotland since early 2020, Island Sky, docked in Lerwick, in Shetland overnight. Scotland last month stopped a cruise restart at the 11th hour,...
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YESTERDAY saw the restart of domestic cruise travel in Scotland, with the Scottish Government’s reduction of COVID restrictions to Level 0.
The first cruise ship to visit Scotland since early 2020, Island Sky, docked in Lerwick, in Shetland overnight.
Scotland last month stopped a cruise restart at the 11th hour, with the Government announcing the day before the United Kingdom’s summer domestic cruise restart it had decided to keep its ports closed (CW 10 Jun).
However, in line with the United Kingdom’s ‘Freedom Day’, cruising in Scotland will resume once again.
“Over the last year, the cruise sector has worked tirelessly with the Scottish and UK Governments and industry partners to develop and strengthen health and safety measures which now exceed those of any other travel sector and are the result of extensive collaboration,” said Cruise Scotland Chairperson Rob Mason.
“The decision to resume cruise is a welcome encouragement for our Scottish ports and harbours with the wider supply chain now able to recommence operations, welcoming UK sailings and UK passengers”.
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