Marlborough leads

STATISTICS New Zealand has reported that international visitors arriving into Marlborough’s Picton region during the 2017/18 cruise season spent a total of NZ$18m, an 80% increase on the previous year & four times that of the national average.

A total of 112,191 passengers arrived on board 41 cruise ships over the course of the season, with 44% of visitors arriving from Australia, 20% from the US, and 13% from New Zealand.

For the upcoming 2019/20 season, 43 ships are scheduled to berth in Picton, with the first ship arriving on 03 Oct 2018.