THE port city of Burnie in North West Tasmania is hoping to welcome more cruise ships in future seasons; however it will likely only be able to do so with a larger berth. Mayor Teeny Brumby, speaking to CW during a recent Norwegian Cruise Line call in town, discussed the...
THE port city of Burnie in North West Tasmania is hoping to welcome more cruise ships in future seasons; however it will likely only be able to do so with a larger berth.
Mayor Teeny Brumby, speaking to CW during a recent Norwegian Cruise Line call in town, discussed the importance of the sector to Burnie and the wider region.
“It’s very important for our local economy and the tourism across the North West coast of Tasmania, but the greatest benefit for us is that we get repeat visitors,” she said.
However, the larger size of newer cruise ships calling in Australia over the past few seasons has seen Burnie’s share of cruise calls decline.
The town welcomed as many as 42 ship calls a number of seasons ago, Brumby told CW.
“We certainly could welcome more cruise ships into the future and we hope to be able to do so.
“The difficulty is that the cruise ships are now so sizeable that we’re unable to get them into our wharf, so we would have to extend one of the berths to accommodate some of the larger sized cruise ships.” MS
