Cape Town and Jeddah emerging as rival bridges between Europe, Middle East and Asia
From Cape Town’s southern arc to Jeddah’s direct Suez Canal transit, cruise lines will soon be choosing between South Africa and Saudi Arabia as Europe-Asia repositioning corridors.
For the past two years, the industry conversation around Europe-Middle East-Asia cruise itineraries has been dominated by risk: missile activity in the Red Sea, itinerary scrubs, world-cruise detours, and a long list of re-routings around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
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