The new cruise season is set to begin in October and several new cruise ships are set to visit Fuerteventura.

The current list includes: -

The Silver Shadow: a prestigious ship. Most of the passengers on this ship will be American. She is a luxury cruiser, claiming to be the most spacious cruise ship ever built, with the capacity to bring 388 tourists to visit the island.

Aida Diva: the youngest ship in the Aida fleet, which will arrive each Wednesday, and will replace the visits of Aida Blu. This ship has a greater capacity for passengers than the Aida Blu, and will bring many German tourists.

The Bremen: will visit the island for the first time. This has a capacity for 164 tourists.

The Spirit of Adventure: again will visit for the first time and brings tourists mainly of British Nationality.

Maxim Gorkiy: again a first time visitor; this is a luxury ship which carries many of German passengers.

Hebridian Spirit: Capacity for 96 guests, mainly of British nationality will visit Fuerteventura twice this season; this will be her first time in Fuerteventura.

Mona Lisa: Could bring 720 passengers and visits the island for the first time.

The World: This ship also visits the island for the first time.

According to the Consejera de Turismo, Águeda Montelongo, “the increase of the number of ships that will arrive at the island, is positive, and one more example, of the diversification of tourism in Fuerteventura. Also, it is a reflection of the work that the Board of Tourism is doing for the increase tourism in the island.

The recent work on the Port of Puerto del Rosario has, facilitated the arrival of more ships. This not only provides benefits in the capital, Puerto del Rosario with the visit of its crew and passengers, but, there is also a chance to show off the rest of the island with a series of excursions to different points on Fuerteventura”.

The inclusion of Fuerteventura as a port of call for more cruise ships like the Silver Shadow, with capacity for over three hundred people almost all of American nationality, reflects the prestige that Fuerteventura now has in the eyes of the tourist industry. In tourism fairs and magazines Fuerteventura will be increasingly mentioned and its links with the luxurious image of cruise ships cannot help but increase the image and prestige of the Island, which hopefully will filter through to other areas of the tourist industry making Fuerteventura an even more sought after destination.

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