{"id":47213,"date":"2021-03-24T20:46:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=47213"},"modified":"2021-03-24T20:46:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:46:21","slug":"cruise-blues-when-will-the-cruise-industry-relaunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/cruise-blues-when-will-the-cruise-industry-relaunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise Blues- When Will The Cruise Industry Relaunch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" By Naseerah Nanabhai<\/strong><\/p>\n

24:03:2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no doubt that the global cruise industry has been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, but with the desire for cruising holidays to make a comeback, it remains uncertain as to when the industry will relaunch and allow travellers to set sail.<\/p>\n

Last year, some cruise companies in Europe cautiously recommenced operations, they ran voyages with strict COVID-19 protocols, but sailings were cancelled when the second wave of Covid-19 hit Europe over the winter months. In the US, the CDC no-sail order was lifted in October 2020 and detailed regulations\u00a0were subsequently announced for how cruising could return to US waters.<\/p>\n

In South Africa, MSC Cruises had cancelled its remaining local sailings for the 2020\/21 season after failing to get the green light from the government. The company had been hoping to salvage at least the end of the season – meant to run from November 2020 until mid-April 2021 – but is now confident it will be able to proceed with its next season, starting this November.<\/p>\n

Cruises are considered high risk for COVID-19 infection as the susceptibility of cruise ships to the spread of infectious disease was already common knowledge before 2020, due to past outbreaks of norovirus at sea.<\/p>\n

While the cruise industry has loyal fans, some travellers may feel nervous to return after reading reports of soaring on-board COVID-19 cases, stateroom-lockdowns and weeks searching for ports.<\/p>\n

While it seems cruise ships will remain docked for the last part of the 2020\/21 cruise season we can look forward to cruises being potentially operational again by November 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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