Antigua’s fast-expanding cruise port simply set an all-time document for guests in a single day, Caribbean Journal has discovered.
The St John’s port welcomed 15,808 passengers final week, with a complete of 5 completely different cruise ships in t John’s — together with a sixth ship into Falmouth Harbour.
That included Costa Serena, Costa Pacifica, Aida Perla, and Explorer of the Seas and SeaDream Yacht Membership.
The document comes as Antigua winds down what has been an “extraordinarily profitable” home-porting season, which included ships from P & O Cruises Arvia, Emerald Sakara, Royal Clipper, and SeaDream Yacht Membership.
To this point, Antigua Cruise Port has recorded 309 transit calls this season, a rise of greater than 34 calls.
“With these unimaginable passenger numbers, we’re on our option to reaching one other record-breaking purpose – welcoming over 800,000 passengers to Antigua & Barbuda by December 2024. So far, now we have obtained 299,803 company for the yr and count on to have welcomed over 400,000 company by the tip of the season in April,” stated Cynthia Jacobs Browne, Antigua Cruise Port’s Monetary Controller and Officer-In-Cost.
This week, Antigua Cruise Port shall be seeing one other five-ship day, officers stated.
