Over four thousand tourists will visit Cartagena this Saturday, arriving in three cruise ships

Three ships from the companies Princess Cruises, See Tours and Pullmantur will be docking this Saturday morning at the cruise docking port of the Sociedad Portuaria de Cartagena, with a total of 4,658 tourists and 1,826 crew members.

Visitors will have the opportunity to visit the city’s most symbolic places and taste the best dishes from Cartagena’s gastronomy.

Princess Cruises’ Island Princess will touch port at 8:00 am, bringing approximately 1,970 passengers and 900 crew members who will enjoy the walled city's enchantments for 6 hours.

On the other hand, the ship Aida Vita from See Tours will dock in Cartagena for ten hours, starting at 8:00 am. Its 1,266 passengers on board and 426 crew members will walk the city’s historical streets.

Lastly, Pullmantur’s Ocean Dream ship, scheduled to arrive at 9:00 am, will bring 1,422 tourists and 500 crew members on board.

The ship will leave Cartagena, Colombia and sail to Santa Marta.

The cruise line sector has been the one with the highest growth in the Colombian tourism industry. The number of ships and tourists arriving in the country has increased by over one thousand percent since 2003.

According to the information issued by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, in 2007, 99 cruise ships docked in Colombia with over 126,890 passengers; in 2008, 161 ships with 228,221 tourists; in 2009, 204 ships with 324,581 tourists and last year there was a record 267 cruise ships with 401,008 tourists.