It’s been a serious precedence for one of many Caribbean’s quickest-growing cruise ports: homeporting — that’s, being a house base for cruise ships exploring the japanese and southern Caribbean.
Now Antigua is making ready for what officers are calling a probably record-breaking homeporting season.
Because it first started homeporting two years in the past, Antigua’s cruise port has seen 150 p.c development in homeporting passenger numbers.
This yr, one other ship can be homeporting in Antigua: P&O Cruises’ Ariva, which can deal with greater than 19,000 passengers in St John’s.
One other luxurious cruise ship, SeaDream II, has launched what’s now its third season homeporting at Antigua Cruise Port.
The port has seen “immense progress in establishing Antigua as a homeporting vacation spot within the area,” mentioned Gasper George, the final supervisor of Antigua Cruise Port.
“Homeporting operations considerably enhance our native financial system, benefiting a variety of companies and creating alternatives for our individuals,” Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Minister Charles Fernandez mentioned in an announcement. “Homeporting operations considerably enhance our native financial system, benefiting a variety of companies and creating alternatives for our individuals.”
