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Domestic sailings 'highly attractive' for new-to-cruise market

Destinations
Tom Parry
12 March 2021

Cruise lines will use the restart of domestic sailings this summer to “demonstrate the value" of holidays at sea, according to the chair of Clia UK and Ireland.

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Tony Roberts said while there was “lots of pent-up demand” from seasoned cruisers for recently announced round-UK voyages, he believed the phased return within UK waters from 17 May, confirmed by the Department for Transport this week, would be a “highly attractive proposition” to the new-to-cruise market.

“You’ve got amazing food and drink, entertainment included and luxury resorts which will be out at sea off the coast of the UK this summer,” he told a Clia media call on Thursday (11 March).