Jan 2020

GUEST COLUMN
and services.
• Training/Sensitisation session
held.
New destinations being developed
within India
• Maharashtra - Tarkarli, Murud
Janjira, Ganpatipule.
• Kerala -Thiruvanathpuram, Vizinjam,
and Calicut.
• Gujarat - Daman, Diu, Porbandar,
Dwarka, etc.
• Lakshdweep islands and Kadmat
island.
“ To grow this business
Mumbai Port Trust has
undertaken many steps in
terms of Physical Infrastructure
and the processes
as also interacted with
regulatory authorities for
ease of cruise business”
Mumbai becoming a hub for luxury
cruise tourism in the future,
• Cruise lines are homeporting
in Mumbai. Costa Cruise
homeported for three consecutive
years, and 4th year is in operation.
‘Karnika’ India’s first premier
luxury cruise ship is homeported
in India offering variety of cruise
routes like Mumbai-Goa, Mumbai-
High Seas, Mumbai-Diu, Mumbai-
Ganpatipule, Mumbai-Gulf etc.
The third ship to homeport in
Mubai is ‘Angriya’ which offers
three cruises in a week to Goa.
• At present there are two Domestic
cruises on Mumbai-Goa route,
more domestic cruise may shortly
commence due to reduction in domestic
cruise tariff by Government
of India.
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