Chamber President Cindy Larsen helps to expand cruise ships on the Great Lakes
Chamber Blog
|Oct 2, 2019|1 min read
Stephen Burnett likens the process of bringing cruise ships to dock at the Port of Indiana to birthing an elephant.
The process takes 18 to 36 months and includes creating a “shopping list” of things for visitors to see during excursions once they get off the ship, Burnett, executive director of the Great Lakes Cruising Coalition, said.
“What you’re trying to do is break into an existing industry with established patterns,” Burnett, who oversees the coalition from an office in Kingston, Ontario, said, adding the dunes, agritourism and wineries all could be a draw. “It’s a process and you have to work it.”
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