Friday, January 5, 2018
Cruise tourism has a good start in Mombasa after a luxury ship arrived at the port of Mombasa Thursday with 971 passengers and crew.
The MS Nautica, run by US-based shipping company Oceania Cruises, arrived in Mombasa from Zanzibar with 576 tourists and 395 crew members.
The visitors were anticipated to depart later in the evening for Mahe, Seychelles. In November 2017, MS Nautica brought to Mombasa more than 1,000 passengers and crew while MS Silver Spirit came with more than 800.
A majority of the holidaymakers were from the United States and the United Kingdom, while others were from Germany, Australia, France, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Belgium, Holland, Denmark and South Africa.
Upon arrival, there are some tourists flew to the Amboseli National Park for game drives while others remained on Mombasa Island for sight-seeing.
Tags: mahe, Mombasa, MS Nautica, Seychelles, United States
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