New Zealand Cruise Industry Case Study

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ASSESSMENT COMPONENT 6:
TM: INTERNATIONAL CRUISE INDUSTRY

Over the past few years, cruise ships visiting New Zealand has grown drastically. Between 2014-2015 alone, the cruise sector was worth $436 million in value to the New Zealand forecast. This is predicted to grow to a whopping $543 million between 2015-2016. As the cruise ships entering New Zealand are getting bigger and there are more coming, the New Zealand cruise industry will be growing, as well as providing adequate infrastructure. Making these continuous changes is going to have many positive and negative impacts on the country and its residents.

Having cruise ships coming in from either the Lyttelton port or the Akaroa port creates a lot of business for not only the large …show more content…

With the 2010 rebuild from the earthquake, this was a great opportunity for large companies to replace the small local stores. On the main strand in Akaroa, the stores now consist of expensive jewelry boutiques, a wool shed gallery, a crystal shop and cheese shop. There are no basic, necessity stores which is what the locals would need. This means that they would have to drive into the Christchurch cbd to get what was …show more content…

The foot traffic, tour buses and extra taxis on call create a lot more traffic. The locals have complained about the queues trying to get into the library just to use the free Wi-Fi and how ridiculous the traffic on state highway 75. This is extremely unfair on the locals and I believe that as the cruise industry gets bigger, this problem will only get worse and it is something that needs to be looked into.

To conclude, I believe that cruise ship tourism is crucial for the ongoing growth of Christchurch and New Zealand as a whole. From the business that it brings in, the positive effect on the economy and introducing tourists to our beautiful country. I don’t diminish that there are some down sides like the overcrowding, big businesses taking over and destroying the ocean life. But I believe that all is going well and cruise ship tourism has more benefits than issues. Naturally there is room for improvement but it is important to keep making changes to keep everyone

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