41 luxury cruise ships to visit Kochi this year
Kochi's emergence as the busiest cruise destination in the country will once again be highlighted with the city expecting to host 41 luxury cruise liners this financial year.According to figures provided by Cochin Port Trust authorities, the Port will have a busy cruise season this financial year and the following two years.
Sources in the Port Trust said that 13 luxury liners have already called at the Port this financial year, starting April this year. Luxury liner ‘The World' called at Kochi on April 4 with 100 passengers and 120 crew to kick off the year in a grand fashion.
The last cruise vessel to call at the port here was ‘Oceanic,' with 930 passengers and 330 crew, on August 16. Another 28 vessels are expected at Kochi during this financial year. The new season will start off with the arrival of ‘Aida Aura,' here on Sunday. The vessel will bring 1,266 passengers and 950 crew.
Eleven of the 41 vessels expected to call here during the financial year will have more than a 1,000 passengers. Two of these vessels, ‘Queen Mary 2' and ‘Queen Elizabeth' will bring 2,500 and 2,000 passengers respectively.
The total number of cruisers, who will have visited Kochi during the financial year will be nearly 30,000, more than any of the preceding years.
Year 2011-12 also promises to be a busy year for cruise operations in Kochi with current updates showing that the Port will host 31 cruise liners during the year. Large liners like ‘Brilliance of the Seas,' expected to bring 2,112 passengers and ‘Arcadia,' expected to bring 2,120 passengers are some of the biggest vessels expected here during 2011-12.
A total of 11 vessels scheduled to call at Kochi during the next financial year are likely to bring more than 1,000 passengers. Four of them have the capacity for more than 2,000 passengers each. Updates on the schedule for the year 2012-13 indicate that 12 vessels have already booked their place in Kochi, starting April 1, 2012 when cruise liner AIDAdiva calls at Kochi. The big vessels expected during 2012-13 are ‘Brilliance of the Seas' and ‘Queen Mary 2.'
ref: http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/22/stories/2010102259770200.htm
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thanks for sharing nice information about cruise,but last year i did trip to kochi but there are nothing like that,like luxury cruise,there are only small cruise approximately 800 to 1200 persons
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