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Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is ready to welcome thousands of international tourists to South Africa’s shores through their commercial and seaports as the 2022/23 Cruise Season kicks-off.
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Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is ready to welcome thousands of international tourists to South Africa’s shores through their commercial and seaports as the 2022/23 Cruise Season kicks off.
This season is expected to attract more tourists as the global COVID-19 regulations and restrictions have eased. Approximately 239 cruise ship call-ins are expected between October 2022 until April 2023.
The Port of Cape Town anticipates 70 call-ins; Port of Durban 76, Port of East London 18, Port of Mossel Bay 16; Port of Port Elizabeth 34 and Port of Richards Bay, 25. In the 2021/22 year, about 20 cruise ships arrived in South Africa, with 71 call-ins at the various ports.
The first passenger vessel of the season, Hanseatic Spirit, arrived at the Port of Cape Town on October 18, 2022, with more cruise ships expected at other ports from October 22, 2022. Captain Rufus Lekala, TNPA’s Chief Harbour Master said, “The increase of passenger liners calling at our ports is based primarily on the fact that we are in the post COVID-19 phase. We take pride in our role of enabling the South African tourism industry, which has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.
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