Cruise passengers maintain coming to Turks and Caicos. The vacation spot is reporting greater than 1 million cruise passengers thus far this 12 months, by the primary 10 months of 2024.
A complete of 1,034,251 cruise passengers have come to the Grand Turk Cruise Heart this 12 months, topping the 924,250 passengers that visited final 12 months.
“Grand Turk is on fireplace,” mentioned Turks and Caicos Tourism Minister Josephine Connolly.
“Grand Turk has actually seen an uptick within the variety of ships and passengers arriving on the Cruise Centre all year long.”
During the last 12 months, the cruise growth has led to $116 million in spending by cruise passengers and crew.
A number of new cruise traces have been coming to Grand Turk, too, together with Royal Caribbean and MSC.
“As Expertise Turks and Caicos seeks to capitalize on the rising reputation of Grand Turk, we’re targeted on creating new and enhanced choices for guests whereas guaranteeing our residents profit economically, which serves our pillar of inclusive progress,” Connolly mentioned.
