Three cruise ships bound for Timaru during summer seasonJOHN BISSET/FAIRFAX NZ German cruise ship 'Europa' arriving in Timaru in 2014. Three cruise ships, Europa 2, Maasadam, and Seabourn Encore, have confirmed visits to Timaru during the coming summer on January 12, 23, and February 12, respectively. Last summer, Timaru missed out on an important opportunity, with no cruise ships visiting, O'Sullivan said. If Timaru wanted to attract more high end cruise ships, which carry high end passengers who want quality products and experiences, it would need to focus on developing more visitor focused products, he said. Seabourn was a new company seeking new destination-experiences for wealthy high end passengers and the Europa 2 was also very high end, he said.

Source: Stuff August 16, 2016 04:18 UTC