Cruise sector facing a spot of listlessness
Drop in passenger traffic reflects global downturn, but industry is unruffled. -ST
Wed, Dec 17, 2008
The Straits Times
By Lim Wei Chean
TOURISM officials cheered the arrival yesterday of a 700-passenger luxury cruise ship that will make its new seasonal home at HarbourFront.
The berthing of the Azamara Quest is one of the few bright spots in a disappointing year for Singapore's cruise industry.
Long a favourite port-of-call for the world's biggest lines, the sector has been struggling amid the current global economic meltdown.
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