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Doubling of the crocieristici ports of call to the port of Otranto
This year they are in program 26 touched of ships of five companies
April 11, 2012
The Municipality of Otranto has announced the definition of an intense crocieristico program for the port of the apulian city that will be unwound from this month until the next October with the landings place of cruise ships of elite with passengers of American, French and British nationality thanks to the collaboration with marine agencies Sarimed and Adriatic Shipping.
In particular, in the period, they are in program 17 ports of call of the ship Seabourn Spirit of the company Seabourn Cruise Line, five ports of call of mega the sail yachts Sea Cloud and Sea Cloud II of the company Sea Cloud Cruises, two ports of call of ship FTI Berlin of company FTI Cruises, a port of call of the ship the Austral of the company Companies du Ponant and a port of call of Corinthian II of the Travel Dynamics International.
"Otranto - it has emphasized mayor Luciano Cariddi - confirmation its supremacy of tourist resort and city of art between the most appreciated on the apulian territory also from these new represented tourist flows from the crocieristico field and of mega the yachts. This year the arrivals previewed in our port are doubled that will accommodate foreign tourists who will have so the opportunity to visit our beautifulst city. In this way it can be contributed to lengthen the tourist season, since the first arrivals will be already to April and the program previews that it is continued until the end of October".
"We continue to work, as administration - it has continued the mayor - so that it is succeeded to see realized all the relative progettualità to the tourist port that we have programmed. Between some day we will know the company that will realize the works of internal the tourist port, that it will be able to put on of ulterior city about 170 places boat. But the true quality jump will give the new external tourist port certainly to it. It would be useful, coordinating the city business activities, to supply an adequate hospitality to these tourists who arrive from the sea in order to allow they to pause to Otranto enjoying the beauty of the territory and of the services that our operators are able to offer".
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