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Boost for tourism as another cruise ship docks at Mombasa port with over 900 tourists
Traditional dancers entertain tourists upon arrival at the Mombasa port on December 10, 2016 aboard MS Nautica, a luxury cruise. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- In 2015, the country attracted more than 3,000 cruise tourists compared with 900 tourists in 2014.
- MS Nautica brings the number of cruise ships which arrived in Mombasa in 2016 to four.
- The tourists were supposed to depart for Zanzibar on Saturday evening.
- A US tourist, Terry Hanson, said he was overjoyed to be in Mombasa since he was visiting Kenya for the first time.
The Tourism industry got a boost at the weekend when a luxury cruise ship arrived in Mombasa with 991 tourists and crew on board.
MS Nautica, which is operated by Oceania Cruises, docked at the port of Mombasa at 7am on Saturday from Seychelles with 591 passengers and 400 crew.
