Tradewinds cancels Australia 2022/23

TRADEWIND Voyages has today announced the cancellation of its 2022/23 summer season in Australia, with Golden Horizon to be deployed elsewhere.

The UK company, which had also previously planned a 2021/22 local season, said “persistent ambiguity surrounding the availability of Australian ports and Australian domestic and overseas borders due to the pandemic has forced Tradewind to make the difficult but unavoidable decision to cancel Golden Horizon’s summer season in Australia for 2022/23 as well”.

Long term-planning was needed to operate and market voyages in Australia, and “ongoing restrictive conditions and lack of clarity here for cruising and freedom of travel made the season unviable to operate,” the company said, with hopes a 2023/24 local deployment might be possible.