INDIA’S government has
extended cabotage laws
permitting foreign flagged
passenger cruise lines to operate
along the country’s coast by five
years, until 2024.
The move is part of the
government sending a “good
signal to the cruise community”,
according to report from a local
task force.
The announcement comes
ahead of Costa Cruises’ Costa
NeoClassica homeporting in
Mumbai from Dec (CW 19 Jul).