St Vincent and the Grenadines is gearing up for a successful cruise season 2024-2025 as it anticipates to welcome around 375 cruises with 9 of them being inaugural calls.
These cruises will be bringing hundreds and thousands of cruise passengers to the island, several of whom will be disembarking on the island and indulging in the various local offerings of St Vincent and the Grenadines.
The vessels that will be making inaugural call to the twin island nation includes Crystal Serenity, Spirit of Discovery, MSC Virtuosa, Aida Luna, Oceania Vista, Llma, The World, Silver Ray and Hanseatic Nature.
There are several ports of entry for cruise ships across St Vincent and the Grenadines including Kingstown, Bequia, Union Island, Mayreau, Tobago Cays and Canouan. These ports will individually be having 106, 105, 44, 55, 51 and 14 calls respectively.
The announcement that St Vincent and the Grenadines is expecting a busy 2024-2025 cruise tourism season was made by the CEO of the SVG Tourism Authority, Annette Mark, while speaking at a media cocktail at the Grenadines Wharf to launch the 2024/25 tourist season.
She said that the first ship that called at Kingstown was Mein Schiff 2 which arrived on November 6 and it was a German ship bringing around 3000 tourists to the island and officially kicking off the cruise season for St Vincent.
The Port of Kingstown was bustling with huge activity on Wednesday as the thousand of passengers disembarked and explored the island with several of them participating in local excursions and contributing to the overall economy of St Vincent and the Grenadines.
The cruise passengers were also welcomed with local performers dancing while wearing an attire of the colour of the national flag, giving them a taste of the local culture and traditions.
Mark said that the country is also working on improving its overall tourism offerings to provide the visitors with the best available services.
