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During 2014 over 90 cruise liners arrived at
the port of Progreso, Mexico, where about 350,000 foreign tourists enjoyed the
food, beaches, tourist sites, handicrafts and warmth of its people.
Each week “Carnival Triumph”, arrives at the port, since adding it in its
journey in 2013, as well as the and “Elation”. Both typically come every Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, and stay from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
This year’s visit for the first time arriving at the port was the “Emerald
Princess” which brought more than 3,000 passengers. One that will soon visit
yucatecan lands will be “Crystal Serenity”, the most luxurious in the world,
coming on Saturday from Miami to enjoy the hospitality of yucatecan people.
So far this year the “Carnival Triumph” and “Elation” cruise liners have left a
decent economic benefit, being the most profitable month in July.
The director of Tourism and Sports, Cecilia Rodríguez Meza said that so far the
port of Progreso has received 344,623 cruise passengers allowing the town to
remain as a preferred international tourism site.
To Progreso´s Mayor Daniel Martinez Zechariah since the beginning of his
administration, it has been apriority that service providers give the best care
possible to tourists, and thanks to the coordinated efforts with the Ministry of
Tourism projects to attract more cruise liners are on the way, which will
achieve great benefits to the port and State of Yucatan. |
