Bay of Islands cruise ship numbers set to plummet
The Bay of Islands $23.34 million cruise ship industry will be hit hard next season with the number of visiting ships set to plummet.
Bookings for the tourist mecca’s 2025/2026 cruise season have almost halved from the peak two years ago.
A cruise ship representative blamed the decline on a number of factors affecting New Zealand’s cruise industry, including tougher biofouling rules along with compounding cost increases from central government, ports and regional authorities.
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