Cruise Season Closes at Napier Port on 76 Calls

NZX AND MEDIA RELEASE
17 March 2020

Cruise Season Closes at Napier Port on
76 Calls for the Year

Napier Port’s cruise season has closed, having already welcomed 76 cruise ships during the 2019/2020 cruise
season. This saw 129,000 cruise passengers and 55,000 crew visit Hawke’s Bay between October 2019 and
March 2020.
Napier Port (NZX.NPH) has announced that, due to travel restrictions enforced on Sunday evening, cruise
lines have cancelled all remaining cruise calls for the current season. The next calls are due in October 2020.
At the start of the season, Napier Port had 87 cruise visits booked, however four calls cancelled due to weather
this year and seven have cancelled due to developments related to Covid-19.
Napier Port chief executive, Todd Dawson says that despite the cancellations, it has still been a strong cruise
season for the Hawke’s Bay.
“Tourism operators and service businesses who rely on cruise visitors will feel the impact on their businesses
from the recent Government announcements and we know that this will be tough for them.”
“However, we are also confident that Hawke’s Bay remains a popular cruise destination and despite the
cancellations this season we still had eight more cruise visits than last year and 21 more than the year before,
with a strong outlook for 2020/21 season.

ENDS
For more information:
ERIN HARFORD-WRIGHT
Senior Communications Advisor
DDI +64 6 833 4643 C +64 27 870 4884
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Hawke’s Bay exports and operate a long-term regional infrastructure asset that supports the regional
economy. Our strategic purpose is to collaborate with the people and organisations that have a stake in
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