Serenade and Victory brought 5,800 passengers Friday

2011-09-06 14:32:32 by

Hundreds of passengers streamed off the ?Serenade of the Seas? and the ?Carnival Victory? on Friday. It was the first time that two cruise liners had berthed at St. Kitts Port Zante at the same during the summer.
The 2,501-passenger capacity ?Serenade? arrived from Curaçao with 2,461 passengers and a crew of 865 and is scheduled to sail early evening for the United States Virgin Islands. Whilst the 3,050-passenger capacity ?Carnival Victory? arrived from St. Lucia with 3,359 passengers and a crew of 1042 and sails later from the United States Virgin Islands.
Both the ?Serenade of the Seas? and the ?Carnival Victory? are visiting St. Kitts during the summer making year-round calls to this destination. ?Serenade of the Seas? and ?Carnival?s Victory? will make a total of 31 calls during the off-season bringing an estimated 88,000 passengers to St. Kitts.
Cruise visitor arrivals in St. Kitts are expected to increase by more than 20 percent in the upcoming October 2011 - September 2012 cruise ship season.
Senator the Hon. Richard ?Ricky? Skerritt, Minister of Tourism and International Transport  said it is a significant achievement for St. Kitts to be able to forecast a fifth consecutive year of arrivals growth for the upcoming season.
He disclosed from the forward bookings, it is projected that more than 650,000 visitors will arrive by September 2012.
This week, St. Kitts and Nevis was voted number1 in best Caribbean vacations out ranking the 16 other regional nations.

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