• Passenger and crew expenditure can include meals, food and wine, tours, entertainment, gifts, transport, etc.
  
  
• Vessel expenditure includes port charges (navigation and berthing charges), pilotage charges, towage charges, bunkering, supplies such as food and water, services such as waste disposal and passenger related expenditure (such as security, baggage handling, customs and quarantine charges).

Cruise visitor spend and the overall economic impact of a cruise ship visit is difficult to accurately measure, as cruise lines may pay shore expedition companies for tours.  These tours are part of a total package paid for by passengers, including their airfare, cruise, meals, and all shore excursions. This means that expenditure related to a specific location is not easy to identify.

For more information visit Cruise Down Under.

Visit Tourism Tasmania’s corporate website for more details on Tasmanian specific cruise research.