This Wednesday the Puerta Plata province made history by receiving five cruise ships simultaneously in the two ports that are currently in operation.
The ports that welcomed the boats were Taíno Bay, which for the second time receives three tourist boats in one day; the Celebrity Silhouette, Seven Seas Navigator and the Norwegian Pearl.
While the Amber Cove port has the visit of the Carnival Mardi Grass, one of the most recent ships of Carnival Cruises, as well as the Rotterdam cruise.
peak month
In the month of March the province plans the arrival of 67 cruisers which establishes a new record in the touch of tourist boats, surpassing the month of January when 61 boats were received.
Puerto Plata projects to receive around 70% of the cruise passengers that will arrive in the country this year with an estimated 1 million 600 thousand visitors through this route during 2023, of the more than 2 million that the country receives.