Cruise Season to Cartagena

Cruise Season

Bogotá, September 28, 2009
Pullmantur Cruises is the third shipping that select for the Cartagena Colombia , the heroic as their port of embarkation of passengers, Royal Caribbean and Princess Cruises.
The season will start on October 3 With the arrival for the first time, the ship Ocean Dream for Pullmantur Cruises to Spanish shipping chose Cartagena as a port of embarkation, begins its 2009-2010 cruise season on 3 October. The ship Ocean Dream for Pullmantur Cruises will launch Spanish shipping in Cartagena as a port of embarkation on 3 October. Additionally, there will be the opening of the cruise season from 2009 to 2010. Ocean Dream The ship made 39 touches in the ports of Cartagena and Santa Marta every 7 days during the season which runs until 26 June next year. Aruba, Bonaire, Isla Margarita and Curacao are the destinations you visit after leaving the boat from Cartagena. Nubia Stella Martinez, vice president Proexport Tourism, said that is a great achievement that Cartagena is chosen as the home port as it demonstrates the strength that has been acquiring and Colombia as a destination becomes reference point in the region to establish itself as a starting point for cruise tourists in South America. During the cruise season 2009-2010, the Colombian ports await the arrival of 460 thousand 823 tourists, of which 336 thousand 995 passengers aboard will arrive in Cartagena of 185 vessels, 120 thousand 482 to Santa Marta on 77 ships and 3 thousand 346 San Andres. This represents an increase of 22.78 percent over the 2008-2009 season in which 375 thousand 320 tourists came to Colombian ports. Pullmantur Cruises, the tour operator Pullmantur, a Spanish shipping company with over 10 years experience in cruise tourism to the Mediterranean, Northern Europe and the Caribbean. Since opening, the main idea was to create cruise especially for the Latin community. In 2005, Pullmantur became the first Spanish shipping company offering the plan "all inclusive" in their cruisers. Today Pullmantur has a fleet of 6 vessels (Empress, Atlantic Star, Zenith, Ocean Dream, Sovereign and Pacific Dream).
PROEXPORT COLOMBIA
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http://www.proexport.com.co/VBeContent/NewsDetail.asp?ID=10536&IDCompany=16