| ACA update 15 Sep 21

WITH Jill Abel, CEO Australian Cruise Association:
Great news for South Australia
last week as Coral Expeditions
announced five new intrastate
itineraries for Dec and Jan.
The voyages follow Coral’s
successful foray into SA earlier
this year and are a great example
of how domestic cruising can
work to benefit both passengers
and the state’s tourism industry
at a time when we are all
looking for opportunities in this
challenging environment.
Coral Expeditions is also
operating in WA and Queensland
although won’t be allowed to
enter some other states this
year based on the current health
advice which we would have
hoped was universal.
Our organisation has been
calling for consistent decision
making between the states to
allow for cruise lines to forward
plan with confidence.
Unfortunately, this continues
to fall on deaf ears.
This has also been the case
at the national level where
requests by CLIA to the federal
government to make decisions
on a rolling 30- or 60-day basis as
opposed to 90-day exemptions
have not been recognised.
As such, CLIA has launched
the next phase of the Ready,
Set, Sail campaign urging
industry stakeholders to write
to their local MPs and Ministers
requesting further conversations
around a cruise restart.
ACA continues to support this
strategy.