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Who's Afraid of Cruising? Record Bookings and New Ships Say No One | Australian Financial Review

Safari Explorer
In March last year, I disembarked from a Coral Expeditions journey in Indonesia, little realising it would be one of the last cruises to sail worldwide for six months. The 14-day itinerary from Darwin started well but, as the coronavirus outbreak snowballed, locals demonstrated against cruise ships, and we were denied entry into some ports.