| Breaking news, 15 Aug 2008 |
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AUCKLAND – New Zealand’s booming cruise industry hit a record 168,000 passenger and crew arrivals last season, pumping NZ$204 million (over US$142 million) into local economies.
Figures released today by Cruise New Zealand (CNZ) showed that the country’s cruise industry has grown from 27 cruises and 19,400 passengers in the 1996/1997 season to 116, 200 passengers and 51,500 crew on 98 cruises last season.
The cruise season runs from the end of September to April.
Craig Harris, CNZ chairman and chief executive of McKay Shipping here, said that international cruise lines would make a record 520 port calls throughout New Zealand during the coming season.
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