The Liberal Government is committed to making travel across Bass Strait more affordable and more attractive to help achieve our vision of growing Tasmania’s visitor numbers to 1.5 million a year by 2020.
Today we are pleased to advise Tasmanians that the TT-Line has recorded strong growth in passenger numbers.
The TT-Line will also forego a CPI rise in fares, meaning a saving for passengers.
To August 3, passengers on the Spirit of Tasmania vessels had increased by more than nine per cent compared to the same time last year, and forward bookings for the period August 25 to November 23 are up by 9.8 per cent.
Of particular note is that the number of passengers travelling on day sailings has grown by 20 per cent.
By choosing not to raise fares in line with a CPI increase for the next 12 months, the TT-Line is delivering a real saving for passengers, which comes on top of a slight price fall from July 1 due to the removal of the carbon tax.
The increase in passenger numbers and the fare saving comes even before the TT-Line delivers to the Government a new business plan that will provide for more frequent day sailings to further reduce fares and increase passenger numbers.
Our plan for the TT-Line will continue to drive growth in Tasmania’s visitor market.
Rene Hidding, Minister for Infrastructure
