The Brazil cruise season has formally opened with calls from MSC Cruises’ MSC Fantasia, the primary of a number of ships deliberate to homeport within the nation within the subsequent six months. This is the biggest anticipated cruise season for Brazil in 10 years, with 47% extra guests projected than within the 2019-2020 season.
MSC Fantasia Arrives in Brazil
The 137,936-gross-ton MSC Fantasia is nearly to conclude an 11-night one-way itinerary from Funchal, Portugal to Santos, Brazil, having left Portugal on October 22, 2022, and arriving in Santos on Wednesday, November 2.
The ship has already referred to as at a number of Brazilian ports, together with Salvador de Bahia, Ilheus, and Rio de Janeiro, a becoming introduction to the Brazil cruise season, which formally begins on November 1 and runs roughly six months.
MSC Fantasia will homeport from Santos for the season, providing shorter 3-7 evening cruises exploring totally different highlights of Brazil and plenty of ports, equivalent to Puerto Belo, Buzios, Ilha Grande, and extra. Longer sailings attain Uruguay and Argentina as properly, visiting Montevideo, Buenos Aires, and Punta del Esta.
Record-Breaking Season
MSC Fantasia is simply the primary of 9 totally different ships homeporting from Brazil within the subsequent few months. So many vessels will create a record-breaking cruise season for the nation, with a mixed capability of as many as 780,000 berths for vacationers by means of the season.
This is a rise of 47% over the past full cruise season, 2019-2020, when there have been simply 530,000 berths out there on homeported ships.
“Cruises are the best way to get to know the world, as they offer accommodation, transportation, entertainment, food, and a different view every day in a single trip. We started this season with responsibility, always putting people, crew, the environment, and compliance first, and delivering the memorable trips that cruise travelers already know,” stated Marco Ferraz, president of CLIA Brazil.
In addition to MSC Fantasia, different MSC Cruises ships that can homeport in Brazil embrace MSC Armonia, MSC Musica, MSC Preziosa, MSC Seaview, and one of many cruise line’s latest vessels, MSC Seashore.
Costa Cruises may even have a number of vessels homeporting from Brazil: Costa Fortuna, Costa Favolosa, and Costa Firenze, which would be the final time that ship visits South America earlier than transferring to Carnival Cruise Line to develop into Carnival Firenze in 2024.
All collectively, these 9 ships will provide greater than 180 itinerary choices with greater than 480 port visits. This could have an incredible affect on native economies, anticipated to carry R$4 billion ($770 billion USD) to Brazil and supporting as many as 44,000 native and regional jobs.
“We see many opportunities for expansion in the sector in Brazil, as the activity grows around the world, with new ships under construction, investments in efficiency, technology and sustainability,” stated Ferraz. “We are working continuously so that the Brazilian cruise industry continues to evolve and can contribute even more to the economy and job creation in the country.”
More Cruise Lines Visiting Brazil
The numerous ships homeporting in Brazil usually are not the one choices for cruise vacationers hoping to go to the wealthy and colourful nation.
Many different cruise traces are providing itineraries that go to Brazil and different South American ports of name, although the cruises start and finish in all kinds of homeports.
Norwegian Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Oceania Cruises, Azamara Cruises, Holland America Line, Silversea Cruises, and different traces all provide sailings that embrace Brazilian ports of name.
While some cruise traces provide sailings particularly deliberate only for South America, these unique ports of name are additionally included on prolonged World Cruise itineraries in addition to Antarctica cruises.