| ACA Update – 18 Aug 16 : Tasmania Team Cruise to Workshops

The Australia Cruise Association
team continued our successful
cruise workshop series in Hobart
yesterday.
Around 40 operators, representing
a cross section of the industry
in Tas, had the opportunity
to showcase new destination
experiences to the cruise lines and
ground handlers including Carnival,
RCCL and Ponant, Abercrombie and
Kent, Intercruises, and Bob Wood
Cruise Group.
In return, the event also provided
opportunities for the industry to
enhance their cruise knowledge.
Staged in partnership with Tourism
Tasmania, the workshops form
part of an overarching Destination
Development Plan by ACA to
broaden the cruising experience
into exciting and authentic land-based
activities that tell the story of
Australia.
Hans Van Pelt, director of Aviation
and Access Development for
Tourism Tasmania said “The state
is looking forward to a block-buster
cruise season which will see our
port calls increase by almost 60%
from 59 in 2015-16 to 94 in 2016-17
& deliver around $32m expenditure
into the state’s economy.”
“This represents around 114,000
cruise passengers who will
experience all this great state
has to offer as they visit city and
regional centres including Hobart,
Burnie, Port Arthur, Coles Bay and
Wineglass Bay,” Pelt continued.
These workshops will ultimately
benefit those cruise passengers
who will be able to immerse
themselves fully in the destinations
and take home a greater
understanding of all there is to see
and do on a visit to Tasmania.

CONTRIBUTOR: Jill Abel, CEO, Australian Cruise Association