One of the world's most famous cruise ships, the luxury Elizabeth cruise ship, announced that next year will be based in Australia, the Pacific Ocean routes.
The cruise ship Elizabeth is expected to bring a lot of economic benefits to Australia, with Victoria earning at least A $7 million.
From next year until 2020, the cruise ship Elizabeth will take Melbourne as her home port and will make many voyages in Australian waters and will remain in Australian waters for 101 days.
Queen Mary 22, the sister cruise ship of the Elizabeth, also docked at Melbourne port on Monday.
It is expected that 20, 000 passengers will take the Elizabeth cruise to the sea while it is docked in Melbourne.
It stays in Melbourne twice as long as Sydney.
Simon Palethorpe, senior vice president of Cunard, the parent company of the cruise ship Elizabeth, said Melbourne's popularity on board ships continued to rise significantly, according to the study.
