Holland America’s Westerdam with a capacity of 1,916 passengers and crew of 817 arrives in port today.
Today kicks off the 2014-2015 cruise ship season for Mazatlán with the arrival of Holland America’s Westerdam. The cruise ship has the capacity to carry 1,916 passengers and a crew of 817.
On Tuesday morning the Norwegian Sun will call on Mazatlán. It has a passenger capacity of 1,986 with a crew of 953.
Friday will see an unscheduled docking of the cruise ship Golden Princess with Princess Cruise Line. The Golden Princess is the largest of the three ships calling on Mazatlán this week with a passenger capacity of 2,600 and a crew of 1,100. This ship was scheduled to call on Cabo San Lucas, but diverted to Mazatlán because of the damage to the scheduled port by Hurricane Odile.
Alfonso Gil Díaz, Captain of the Port of Mazatlán, said that between today and May 5, 2015, 60 cruise ships are scheduled to call on the city.
Rafael Lizárraga Favela, Assistant Secretary for Planning, Investment and Tourism Development told reporters this should be a good tourism season. He said, “We definitely envision a good tourism season, the best we have had, and if we add in a good season for conferences and conventions, good weekend tourism, and a good season from the Mazatlán-Durango highway, we will have a good winter season.”
(from El Sol de Mazatlán)
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