CRUISE SHIP SEASON 2025 OPENS

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The 2025 Cruise Ship season is officially open, and this year there's more to see and do in the heart of the capital city, thanks to the Port of Spain City Corporation. The Corporation has been allocated funding to the tune of just under one million dollars to develop its tourism thrust in the City. Rynessa Cutting reports.

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00:00There's now more to see and do in downtown Port of Spain and just in time for the 2025

00:07cruise ship season.

00:08So today, because we have a small ship for this launch, it's 260, many of them have already

00:14pre-booked tours.

00:15So we have six selected vendors who will be doing targeted artisan type sale of goods

00:22to ensure that those wanderers who just want to come and take a walk into town can get

00:28a souvenir, can get local art, can get a taste of local chocolate.

00:33As we know, we have some of the best cocoa in the world.

00:35It comes as the Port of Spain City Corporation has allocated funding to the tune of just

00:40under $1 million to develop its tourism thrust in the city.

00:45And Deputy Mayor Abina Hartley says this is just the beginning.

00:49We have produced our first original Port of Spain or the Port of Spain City memorabilia

00:57that will be on sale, that will depict various buildings and culture via fridge magnets.

01:04We have many, many spaces that can be utilized for art.

01:09So we will be investing in our local artists to come and paint the walk over, come and

01:13do some street art.

01:15We will also be looking at our private stakeholders to input in terms of buying advertising space.

01:21We are liaising very closely with one of our major mobile networks to provide Wi-Fi zones.

01:27And so that will be an opportunity for revenue as well.

01:29So we really do intend to ensure that we're not just dependent on central government for

01:34our revenue, but also we are active in producing and making revenue streams.

01:40The authority is also giving the assurance that security will be augmented during the

01:45cruise ship season.

01:46A strong and stringent security plan that will ensure the safety and security of all

01:52visitors during the cruise ship season, which will roll over to Christmas and Carnival.

02:00A release from the Ministry of Tourism today states that the Seabourne Venture arrived

02:04at port on Tuesday with close to 500 people on board and that Trinidad will welcome over

02:1020 cores from 11 cruise lines this season, against the backdrop of a record-breaking

02:1762% increase in passenger arrivals last season.

02:21An estimated $4,370,856 was spent by passengers during the 2023-2024 cruise ship season.

02:33Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.

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