Mangalore: 'Seven Seas Voyager', 'Aida Diva' Cruise Vessels Call at NMPT
Media Release
Mangalore, Mar 22: Cruise vessel 'M V Seven Seas Voyager' with 656 cruise passengers on board called at New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) on Thursday March 22.
This is the 15h cruise vessel calling at the port during the current financial year.
The vessel came to NMPT from Cochin and sailed to Goa in the evening. Majority of the passengers were from the US.
As many as 600 passengers opted for ground tour arranged by local tour operator M/s Lia Travels. The passengers visited places like cashew processing unit at Bykampady, 1000 Pillar Jain Temple, Moodbidri, Soans Farm, monolithic statue of Gomateshwara, at Karkala, Gokarnanatha Temple, Kadri Temple, St Aloysius Chapel, Belmont House, Balmatta, etc. M/s J M Baxi & Co are the agents of the vessel.
On Wednesday March 21, cruise vessel 'M V Aida Diva' with 1,869 crew passengers and 607 crew members on board called at NMPT.
It was the 14th cruise vessel calling at the port during the current financial year 2011-12.
The vessel came to NMPT from Cochin and sailed to Goa in the evening. Majority of the passengers were from Germany.
Over 1,700 passengers opted for ground tour arranged by the local tour operators M/s Globe International here. The passengers visited places like cashew processing unit at Bykampady, 1000 Pillar Jain Temple, Moodbidri, Soans Farm, monolithic statue of Gomateshwara, at Karkala, Gokarnanatha temple, Kadri temple, St Aloysius Chapel, etc. M/s J M Baxi and Co were the agents of the vessel.
This cruiseliner is in her repeated call to NMPT during the current financial year. Her first call was on November 12, 2011.
The next vessel ‘M V Seven Seas Voyager’ will be calling at the port on March 22.
Dr P Tamilvanan, chairman, NMPT has stated that the number of cruise passengers who have called at the port in 14 cruise vessels during the current year is 8726 out of which 6432 have visited various places in and around Mangalore which will be a boon to tourism development of Karnataka and in particular to Mangalore region.