Excellent start of 2014 for the International Cruise Sector

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Excellent start of 2014 for the international cruise sector with the arrival, the day of yesterday Wednesday January 1st, of two cruises, today a triple arrival and tomorrow January 3rd, two more ships will arrive to the port.

For this month of January a total of 17 arrivals are expected of the total of 107 programmed, up to now, for this year.

According to the program of the Integral Port Administration (API) Puerto Vallarta, yesterday on Wednesday, the cruise ship Veendam of the shipowner Holland, with a capacity of a thousand 440 passengers and a weight of over 55 thousand tonnes; and the Sapphire Princess, for two thousand 600 passengers, capable of moving 113 thousand tonnes; came to visit this tourist destination and they situated themselves in the docks one and two, respectively.

Today January 2nd there will be a triple arrival, with the presence of the Carnival Miracle, for two thousand 680 passengers and a weight of 86 thousand tonnes; the “small” Silver Whisper of the shipowner Silversea, for 382 passengers and a movement capacity of more than 28 thousand tonnes, and the Norwegian Star, of a thousand 266 passengers and more than 55 thousand tonnes.

Considering both days, around 8 thousand 300 cruise tourists are expected, who will leave an economic impact of more than 750 thousand dollars among tourism service providers.

Puerto Vallarta closes the year with the visit of the cruise MS Explorer of the shipowner V Ships Leisure, of 836 passengers and more than 24 thousand tonnes.

 

[readon1 url="http://notivallarta.com/2014/01/02/excelente-inicio-del-2014-para-el-sector-de-cruceros-internacionales/"]Source: NotiVallarta Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]