Cruises at 595 miles an hour.

Next month, he cruises the Bengal Bay,

You then admit that you made inquiries about expensive and luxurious cruises?

And did you not make inquiries about prices and schedules of foreign cruises?

Tourism, in particular cruises as well as more adventurous trips has become a favorite pastime for the elderly.

You asked me the question earlier of how popular traveling on cruises would be if you had to burn your ships afterward.EM

An international cruise company, P O Cruises, has decided to make New Caledonia its main port of call in an expanded cruise programme from Australia.

Travel booked online continues to grow at a more rapid pace than offline travel, beyond the purchase of airline tickets and including vacation packages and cruises.

New Caledonia is now P O Cruises' most frequently visited destination in the region, with the Territory receiving almost half of all port visits made by the company's three Australia based liners.

Research vessels used in areas beyond national jurisdiction are large ships capable of oceanic research cruises lasting several months at sea, serving as mobile platforms for marine research with a wide variety of sampling and surveying equipment.

According to the joint statement issued following that meeting, both delegations had discussed, inter alia, the establishment of scientific research cruises during the following year and the framework of cooperation within which they would be useful. 1

As a result, the number of visits by P O Cruises ships operating from Australia will increase from 120 in 2005 to 183 in 2006, while visits to the Loyalty Islands will increase from 19 this year to 59 in 2006.

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, the announcement that the international cruise company P O Cruises has decided to make New Caledonia its main port of call in an expanded cruise programme from Australia should have a positive effect on the tourist industry (see also para.