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Mangalore: Ninth Cruise Vessel Carrying 665 Passengers Calls at NMPT

  •   Tue, Dec 27 2011 07:35:35 PM

Mangalore: Ninth Cruise Vessel Carrying 665 Passengers Calls at NMPT

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Mangalore, Dec 27: Cruise vessel MV Seven Seas Voyager with 665 passengers and 449 crew members called at NMPT on Tuesday December 27.
 
This is the 9th cruise vessel calling at the Port during the current financial year 2011-12.

The vessel came from Goa and will be sailing out to Cochin the same evening. Majority of the passengers were from the USA and the UK.

As many as 500 passengers opted for ground tour arranged by M/s Ventour International, Mumbai/Lia Travels, Mangalore. The passengers visited places like cashew processing unit at Baikampady, 1000 Pillar Jain temple, Moodbidri, monolithic statue of Gomateshwara at Karkala, Gokarnanatha temple, St Aloysius Chapel, and also went shopping at Mangalore and to a traditional Mangalorean style house at Balmatta. M/s J M Baxi and Co are the agents of the vessel.
 
Dr P Tamilvanan stated that the next cruise vessel is expected to call at NMPT on Saturday December 31, and two more vessels are scheduled during the first week of January 2012.

He further added that the Port has received a large parcel size fertilizer vessel carrying 50,000 tonnes of DAP imported by MCF from USA handled by M/s Aspinwal and Co for distribution among the farmers of Karnataka. MV Father Neptune berthed at the Port on Sunday December 25 and the unloading operation is in full swing.

  

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  • Kevin Mascarenhas, Mangalore/Sydney

    Thu, Dec 29 2011

    This is great news for the tourism industry that cruise liners are docking more often at Mangalore port.
    It would augur well if hotel industry and the travel trade could jointly form an organisation and devise a power packed entertaining and relaxing itinerary for the guests so that would attract more ships.
    All the best Mangalore tourism

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  • Bulsam, Mangalore

    Wed, Dec 28 2011

    So many opportunity lost.
    Jaago DK/Udupi Jaago!

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  • Max and Jessie Rasquinha, Mangalore, Houston/Dallas

    Tue, Dec 27 2011

    Mangalore appears to be on the right track of Tourism and the progress towards serving the foreign tourists will continue to rise as more and more cruise ships show up in Mangalore.

    American tourist will also be keen to visit Beedi factories, tile factories, Coffee curing works and many other cottage industries where thousands of people earn their daily living. The foreign tourists will also be happy to see some snake charmers at the port site. Whenever time is too short, it may even be a good idea for some of the folk dances to be displayed alongside the docking site so that the passengers can witness some entertainment without going ashore.

    Every cruise line will bring a revenue to the Mangalore economy that will create jobs, create name and much more.

    The tour guides on the bus will more than the Ambassadors because they will create a new image of Mangalore so that more and more cruise liners will Mangalore as a port of call and even buy some fruits and vegetables and flowers of the season. Best of luck

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