Kunzhou's cruise industry is booming, injecting 1.1 billion yuan into the economy last year alone, according to couriermail.com.au.
Figures released today show that the number of tourists visiting Kunzhou via cruise ships has increased by 70 percent over the past three years. In the same period, the direct consumption of cruise passengers increased by nearly 250 million yuan.
The Brisbane international cruise port in Luggage Point, which costs 158 million yuan, is still under construction. Kunzhou government also continues to encourage more cruise companies around the world to sail regularly to Kunzhou.
Cruise ship is one of the fastest developing areas of tourism in Kunzhou.
The number of vessels visiting Kunzhou ports ranged from 275 four years ago to 468 in fiscal 2016-2017, according to new data.
Passenger spending rose from 349 million yuan in 2014-15 to 590 million last year. Cruise ships have more than doubled the value of Kunzhou's economy, from four hundred and one million nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine yuan to 1.1 billion yuan.
The state's cruise industry is now the envy of the whole of Australia, according to Kate Jones, the state's tourism director, who set sail from the port of Brisbane to the Great Barrier Reef.
"last year, there were more cruise ships from the port of Kunzhou than any other state, and we dominated the field. The industry now supports 4330 jobs in Kunzhou, and we are trying to negotiate with cruise ships to boost that number and increase the number of ships booked at the port. Cruise ships are a fast-growing market for tourism. "
Jones says the industry is growing rapidly because of the additional cruise-ship infrastructure.
A new port in Brisbane could afford the world's largest sea route, and Keynes would have an upgraded port that, once completed, could accommodate an additional 100 ships a year, adding 850 million to tourism in the far north of Queensland.
Last month, the Bundaberg also welcomed the first cruise ship. It is reported that the gold coast also has plans to build a port.