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South Australia gears up for SeaLink

Kangaroo Island Racing Carnival

ETW Staff wildlife here, the SeaLink Kan-
Mumbai garoo Island Racing Carnival is
a much awaited event on the
South Australia, the driest South Australian calendar. The
state on the planet beats the Cygnet River Racecourse
heat by indulging in life's finer comes alive with great country
things like the picturesque land- racing on February 15 to 17,
scapes, colourful festivals and 2018. Race-goers dress up in
the extravagant wine and dine. true racing style and enjoy the
South Australia will greet you trackside entertainment,
with cellar doors everywhere colourful marquees along with
you go. One must make a trip to the abundance of local Kanga-
SA's popular wine regions like roo Island food and wine.
the Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Another event to look for is
McLaren Vale and the Adelaide the Kangaroo Island Cup Long
Hills. For the adventurous side Lunch trackside marquee
of you, there are the wild-west which will happen on February
landscapes on the Yorke and 17, 2018. The guests will be wel-
Eyre peninsulas along with the comed with a four-course menu
Flinders Ranges and the fertile prepared by Sue Pearson from
terrain that is around the Mur- ‘Two Birds and a Squid’ which
ray that will lead you to a long will be accompanied by a selec-
stretch of caves. tion of Dudley Wines and
But the kangaroo wildlife tive Australian animals from lands and massive arcs of bone metres long and up to 55 kilo- beers. Race-day packages will
can't be missed. The Kangaroo sea-lions to koalas to pelicans. white beach. It's the third metres wide, covering an area include coach and ferry trans-
Island is a place that shelters The diversity of the place can largest island off the coast of of 4,416 square kilometres. fers that are available for the
substantial populations of na- also be seen in the dense bush- mainland Australia at 155 kilo- To get a closer look at the Saturday race event only.

CelebrityCruises mulls domestic cruises in India

Mohit Rathod Chadha. The high demand from In-
Mumbai Celebrity Cruises also re- dian cruise travellers has en-
cently marked Celebrity Con- couraged Celebrity Cruises to in-
In midst of the government's stellation as the first ship of the clude various Indian ports in its
efforts on developing cruise Celebrity Cruises' fleet to sail itineraries. When asked about
tourism in India, Celebrity from an Indian port. With five the current trends among In-
Cruises is planning to intro- and seven night sailings, the dian cruise travellers, she added,
duce domestic sailings in the cruise provides Indian trav- "From our 25 years of experi-
India. Ratna Chadha, chief ex- ellers the opportunity to travel ence, we have found that Indians
ecutive, Tirun Travel Market- from/to Mumbai and sail to are now looking for more adven-
ing (the exclusive India repre- ports across India and UAE. turous vacations. And a cruise
sentative of Celebrity Cruises) "This is the first time that our fits in; it is a place where the des-
informed that the cruise com- ship has come to India for a tination comes to you. Cruises
pany will start the procedure dedicated India sailing. We are good for family travel. We
once the policies and SOPs are have segmented this cruise for a have also observed that more
in place. Chadha is also part of five-night sailing from Abu and more families and friends
the task force set up under the Dhabi to Mumbai and seven- Chadha informed that the com- receive passengers from the are now grouping together for a
aegis of tourism and shipping night sailing from Mumbai to pany will induct newer ships city. The port facilities here are vacation. We find that multi-gen-
ministries by the Government Abu Dhabi. We had tested the into its fleet. "Asia is growing being upgraded to handle ships erational travel is growing, and
of India. "We will soon have a market and we received huge as a cruise market. We are of this stature. There has to be a this brand has something for
ship sailing on Indian waters success and we expect contin- working to bring India on the seamless experience for pas- everybody. It is a premium
only, in order to tap the domes- ued response from the India cruise tourism map; and this is sengers at ports too; so we have cruiseliner which means that the
tic market. Once the policies market," she added. a very good opportunity for us to upgrade our ports and the middle-age guests are more, but
and SOPs are in place, we will Commenting on the poten- as a service provider to have taskforce is working on it," she there's enough offerings for
start the procedure," said tial of cruise tourism in India, the ship docked in Mumbai and said. every age group."

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