Cruis season is open and business is booming, in Victoria

Some interesting thoughts on the arrival of another cruise season from the Victoria perspective, where the visitors seemingly like to spend.

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[quote=“CharlesMHays”]Some interesting thoughts on the arrival of another cruise season from the Victoria perspective, where the visitors seemingly like to spend.

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Interesting to note the diversity of businesses who benefit from cruise traffic. The taxi issue is also interesting, only now are the drivers starting to crack and provide services and buy the $200 passes to access port property (note there’s no fee here, either for taxis or any other transportation access for that matter).

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What else is of note? The local community next to the cruise dock is divided in its support, and the cruiselines are aware of this:

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Now we suffer for going all in and not delivering to the tourists when we had them…