Customers will not be put off booking river cruises by a string of recent incidents on the water, Clia deputy chair Giles Hawke has told the Clia River Cruise Review 2018.
Earlier this month, five people were hurt when MSC Opera struck Uniworld’s River Countess after developing an engine fault while preparing to dock in Venice’s Giudecca canal.
Then, just a week later, a tourist boat was struck by a Viking River Cruises ship on the Danube in Budapest during heavy rains.
More than 20 people, mainly South Korean tourists, are feared dead, with some still yet unaccounted for.
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