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Cruise Tourists Relaxing At Port Zante
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 27, 2011 (CUOPM

Visits by the three cruise ships on Friday and Saturday brought the numbers of cruise passengers to 26,000 for that week and nearly 63,000 for the month of November to date.

According to figures from the Marine Department of the St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA), the 3,050-passenger capacity Carnival Victory arrived with a total of 3,401 passengers and the 3,114-passenger capacity Adventure of the Seas had a total of 3,654 passengers on board a total of 7,035 passengers on Friday.

On Saturday, the 540-passenger capacity Silver Spirit berth at Port Zante with 540 passengers.

The visit by the 11 cruise ships brought some 26,028 passengers for last week and a total of 60,960 sun and fun-seeking cruisers for the month of November to date.

Ten ships are scheduled to visit St. Kitts this week with an estimated 23,000 passengers. They are the 450-passenger Seabourne Quest and the 3,840-passenger Explorer of the Seas on Sunday, the 3,100-passenger Ventura on Monday; the 3,114-passenger Adventure of the Seas on Tuesday; the 255-passenger Royal Clipper and the 3,840-passenger Navigator of the Seas on Wednesday; the 2,224 passenger Norwegian Dawn and the 180-passenger Star Clipper on Thursday; the 3,050-passenger Carnival Victory on Friday and the 3,597-passenger Azura on Saturday.

Over 625,000 cruise passengers are expected to visit during the 2011/2012 cruise ship season.

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NASPA GM – Mr. Spencer Hanley

Charlestown, Nevis
February 23, 2011

Steel pan playing, tourists shopping, storeowners smiling: that was the scene in the capital city of Charlestown last week [February. 15] for the third annual observance of Marine Awareness Day.

The event, organised by the Nevis Air and Sea Ports Authority [NASPA], coincided with the inaugural call of the Saga Pearl II as part of Nevis’ cruise ship season.

In an interview with General Manager [GM] of NASPA Mr. Spencer Hanley, he expressed excitement that NASPA’s collaborative efforts with the Nevis Tourism Authority had boosted Nevis’ “land-based” tourism.

“Last year what we did and we have done it again this time is to do some giveaways so that persons who came onboard the cruise ship have an opportunity to win a prize of say [a] five nights, four-day stay of one of the hotels on Nevis and that would encourage them to come and stay overnight,” he said.

A major highlight of this year’s Marine Awareness Day was the cooking demonstration dubbed “a taste of Nevis” and facilitated by hotel employees. This, Mr. Hanley said, gave tourists an opportunity to “really experience a little bit of Nevis rather than just what is on the cruise ship itself.”

Since the inception of Marine Awareness Day in 2009, islands across the region have been “tinkering with a very similar idea,” Mr. Hanley explained as he commended the Nevisian community for “leading the way in the region.”

“I also happen to know that the O.E.C.S. has been tinkering with a product very similar to this. Perhaps we are the pioneer for these types of things. Someone said Nevis is the first with geothermal, the first with wind energy and now seemingly the first with bridging the gap between marine-tourism and agro linkages,” he added.

In an effort to excite the economy of Nevis, NASPA’s staff, together with its board of directors launched Marine Awareness Day.

“As much as activities at the airport were down, we thought we should step it up on the marine side so we decided to bring together the partners. We have people with agro-processing, we have people from the tourism industry all around and we decided to bring them together to help to entice the visitors’ experience,” Mr. Hanley said.

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Cruise Ships at Port Zante, St. Kitts
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
February 21, 2011 (CUOPM)

Just over six thousand cruise passengers visited St. Kitts for the first two days of this week.

Some 4,124 passengers onboard three ships visited on Sunday and 2014 on one ship on Monday.

On Sunday, the 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle arrived from St. Lucia with 2,215 passengers and a crew of 915 before leaving for Florida; the 1,896-passenger Celebrity Mercury docked with 1,766 passengers and 835 crew members. It arrived from St. Croix and sailed for Antigua and the 308-passenger Wind Spirit arrived from St. Maarten with 143 passengers and 95 crew and departed for Tortola.

The lone ship docking at Port Zante was the 2,038-passenger Celebrity Mercury with 2014 passengers and a crew of 919.

Most of the passengers came ashore and went sight-seeing via the Scenic Railway, taxis and tour buses; sun and sea bathing, sailing, zip-lining, snorkeling, horseback riding, hiking and shopping.

On Tuesday, the 2,850-passenger Celebrity Equinox and the 694-passenger Azamara Journeys are scheduled to dock at Port Zante.

The 2,600-passenger Grand Princess, the 3,070-passenger Emerald Princess and the 228-passenger Royal Clipper are scheduled to visit on Wednesday and the 3,050 Carnival Victory and 1,266-passenger Maasdam on Friday 470-passenger with the Delphin berthing on Saturday.

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