The Chennai Port Trust has taken the initiative to attract cruise tourism with the introduction of dredging activities.Published on : Monday, April 9, 2018
The Chennai Port Trust has taken the initiative to attract cruise tourism with the introduction of dredging activities.
This dredging activity can attract the global cruise vessels. Recently, Chennai Port Trust has received Rs 70.24 crore as grant from the Tourism Ministry for this purpose.
According to the official of Chennai Port Trust, they have been taking up dredging activities for receiving large cruise vessels. In fact, a maiden cruise vessel ‘Viking Sun’ was handled on April 1.
Elaborating, he said, the existing cruise terminal has been upgraded and modernised to international standards following the grant received from Ministry of Tourism.
The Chennai Port Trust is ready to accept the Cruise Vessels with all facilities required, he said. The ‘Viking Sun’ cruise vessel with 845 tourists on board was handled at the Chennai Port Trust en route to Cochin.
He said the Chennai Port Trust was also awarded the ‘Best Tourist Friendly Harbour Award’ during the Tamil Nadu Tourism Award ceremony held last month based on the State-of-the-Art cruise facilities available at the Chennai Port.
It was in recognition to the efforts taken by the Chennai Port to encourage tourism through cruise vessels, he noted.
On the initiatives taken to transport containers through ships to Puducherry, he said the Port Trust undertook first ever coastal movement of containers to neighbouring Union Territory in February.
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