Nassau has not too long ago skilled its busiest interval in historical past, breaking its personal one-day customer quantity report 3 times within the area of simply over one week. More than 150,000 cruise ship passengers have visited the port because the begin of the yr.
The information comes because the port reveals indicators it has totally recovered from the consequences of the worldwide pause in operations. The port reported extraordinarily optimistic numbers over the previous yr when the cruise trade was lastly in a position to begin working at full occupancy ranges once more.
Three Records With More Than 25,000 Visitors Per Day
Nassau has skilled its busiest interval in historical past over the brand new years interval. In the area of simply over per week, the cruise port broke its customer quantity report 3 times.
On December twenty eighth, Nassau, within the Bahamas, broke its one-day customer quantity report when 25,279 cruise ship passengers visited on the identical day from the cruise ships Carnival Sunshine, Carnival Liberty, Carnival Dream, Norwegian Getaway, Liberty of the Seas, and Independence of the Seas.
On January fifth, the port broke that report with 25,393 cruise ship passengers arriving within the port onboard Carnival Conquest, Carnival Legend, Freedom of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas, Carnival Dream, and Symphony of the Seas.
Mike Maura, CEO Port Director, said: “25,393 passengers today, January 5th, 2023, beats our prior one-day record of 25,279 achieved December 28th, 2022. Fantastic start to 2023. In the past week, Nassau Cruise Port has welcomed 114,989 passengers. Nassau is the place to be in 2023.”
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And in the identical week, on January 8, the port broke the report once more when a staggering 26,396 cruise ship passengers arrived on the identical day. These visitors arrived within the port on Carnival Liberty, Carnival Sunrise, Norwegian Escape, Liberty of the Seas, Wonder of the Seas, and Freedom of the Seas.
“This is indicative of a strong rebound in the cruise industry, with climbing occupancy rates. These passenger volumes have a positive impact on the tourism industry in The Bahamas. Geographically, The Bahamas is blessed, not only with sun, sand, and sea but also with proximity to the major home ports in the US,” Mike Maura continued.
Nassau has welcomed greater than 150,000 cruise ship passengers because the begin of the yr. This units the port as much as break the data it set in 2019 when 3,85 million passengers visited Nassau whereas constructing on the strong base it set final yr.
Past and Future Looking Bright for Nassau
While the numbers over the previous couple of weeks have been unbelievable for Nassau, all in all, 2022 has been an distinctive yr for the cruise port. Despite the decrease occupancy charges that cruise ships sailed with originally of the yr, and the influence of world social and financial unrest, the port nonetheless welcomed 3,212,603 passengers arriving on 1,140 ships.
Although 2019 cruise visitors to Nassau broke all earlier data, with 3.85 million passengers arriving on 1,206 ships, Nassau is assured that it will make an thrilling goal for 2023. Not stunning as 2022 had simply 5,5% fewer cruise ship calls than 2019, whereas the beginning of the yr noticed occupancy charges of simply 45% total and averages of 1,148 passengers per ship.
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By the fourth quarter of 2022, the Bahamas welcomed 989,285 cruise ship passengers, in contrast with 986,641 in 2019.
New Developments to Open May 2023
The yr 2022 at Nassau Cruise Port was not simply concerning the cruise trade’s comeback but additionally concerning the waterfront in downtown Nassau and Prince George Wharf’s makeover. With the completion of “berth 6,” a brand new cruise berth with Icon- and Excel-class capabilities, Nassau can now recurrently welcome six ships per day.
To put together for over 60 new Bahamian retail, artwork, and meals & beverage retailers, and a brand new leisure venue, the dredge materials from the berth six development was used to broaden and enhance the Nassau waterfront.
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The cruise port and the waterfront in downtown Nassau are anticipated to open on May 27, 2023, with the maritime works being 99% completed on the finish of 2022, and the continuing work to the waterfront and cruise terminal being about 70% accomplished.
