This year's cruising season, formally the fourth in a row at the Port of Bar, started earlier than ever - on February 20th, with the mini cruiser "La Belle Del' Adriatique".
This vessel of the French company "CroisiEurope" brought 134 passengers and 48 crew members to the Jetty V sub-unit of AD "Barska plovidba".
"This is the first of the nine sets of La Belle Del'Adriatic in 2019 and the next one will be no later than June. In addition to this, we have an announcement for another mini cruiser that came to the port of Bar earlier. This is the “Callisto” which we expect in May and September of the current year," said the Director of the Department for the transportation of passengers and goods, agency affairs and freight forwarding at AD "Barska plovidba" Sanja Tomasevic.
The largest cruisers will have their berths at AD "Port of Adria" (PoA), where last year all 16 cruisers with 22,500 tourists were anchored till November 18th. At the closing of the cruise season in 2018, the PoA indicated that the comparative data from 2016 and 2017 indicate a significant increase in both the number of ships and the number of tourists.
"For 2019 we have an announcement for 25 cruisers who will bring about 26,000 tourists. The companies that send their cruisers to Bar are satisfied primarily with safety and security in the port, port facilities, infrastructure and service, but also as a tourist destination, which offers the possibility of various excursion trips," said Tanja Novovic, the coordinator of cruising activities in PoA.
In berthing of the cruises with tourists, harbor operators and agents had excellent cooperation with the local administration, Tourism Organization Bar, Tourism and Creative Industry, High school of Economics and Catering and Maritime faculty in Kotor. Cruising guests were welcomed by folklore, “priganice” (traditional pastry) and promotional material about Bar and Montenegro, which did not lack even this week.
Text by Radomir Petric, on February 23rd, 2019, read more at Vijesti
