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Cruise vas M.S. Seven Seas Navigator called astatine New Mangalore Port connected Tuesday. It was the 5th and past cruise vas which called astatine the larboard successful the existent season.
The Bahamas-flagged luxury cruise vessel, operated by Norwegian Cruise Line, arrived astatine the larboard with 427 passengers and 372 unit members arsenic portion of its planetary cruise itinerary connecting Male, Kochi, Mangaluru, Goa, and Mumbai.
New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) and associated agencies welcomed the cruise guests successful a accepted way. Tourism facilitation arrangements, sightseeing tours and guided meditation sessions were organised.
The existent cruise tourism play ended astatine the larboard connected Tuesday with a full of 5 vas calls and 2,079 passengers handled during the season, a NMPA merchandise said.
NMPA continues to enactment intimately with tourism authorities, cruise operators, and stakeholders to further heighten cruise tourism infrastructure and presumption coastal Karnataka arsenic a preferred cruise destination successful the country, it said.
Meanwhile, K.V. Thrilok Chandra, Secretary, Department of Tourism, Karnataka, visited the larboard connected Tuesday to reappraisal and sermon cruise tourism initiatives and aboriginal improvement prospects.
He met S. Shanthi, lawman chairperson, NMPA, H.V. Darshan, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada, and others.
During the visit, elaborate discussions were held connected strengthening the cruise tourism imaginable of New Mangalore Port and enhancing Karnataka’s beingness connected the nationalist and planetary cruise tourism map. The Secretary reviewed rider handling facilities, migration and Customs arrangements, cruise terminal infrastructure, and different operational facilities disposable for cruise vas operations astatine the port.
Officials of NMPA highlighted the strategical vantage of New Mangalore Port arsenic a gateway to the large tourer attractions of coastal Karnataka, including pristine beaches, temples, practice destinations, eco-tourism locations, taste circuits, and wellness tourism centres. Discussions were besides held connected attracting much home and planetary cruise liners to New Mangalore Port during the upcoming tourism seasons.
