This morning the weather has not accompanied the 2,000 German tourists who have come to our town board AIDAbella.
The ship, the German company Aida Cruises, by signing up at the cruise terminal about 12.30 pm and its passengers have found an image passed through water due to rain which has fallen steadily throughout the morning.
Still, wearing raincoats and without departing from the place as ¼, tourists also have come the most emblematic of the old town, as the Calle Mayor and Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
Precisely because of the cold and rain have been longer stops at the bars and downtown businesses, and the latest, the bicycle hire service, Bicity, has offered to tourists so they can move more easily and quickly by the city during his visit which will last until approximately 18.00 hours in the afternoon.
The Department of Tourism as in the past has provided information and reception points at the foot of stairs, to cater for tourists, instructing the main attractions of the city, along with maps and brochures.
S More than 35,000 tourists in the PRA "coming months
The AIDAbella is the first of 36 cruise s to reach Cartagena until June and May involving boats more than the same period last year.
In total, 35,835 cruise passengers who visit the city on those dates.
Next Monday will call the Majesty Louis, with 1,790 foreign tourists to return to fill the downtown streets.
On April 11 ships arrive and another 14 boats will be in May, including the ship Voyager of the Seas, Royal Caribbean company, which will bring 3114 passengers on board and will stop in Cartagena on 14 May.
Its capacity to 4,300 people and weighs 138,000 tons, making it one of the world's largest cruise ship, and among the services on board include a skating rink, a climbing wall and a shopping boulevard.
Two days earlier, on May 12, repeated his call at Cartagena on Celebrity Equinox cruise ship that has passed through the city on several occasions, most recently last November, 2850 leaving us tourists.
About 9 cruises between June and July, complete the cruise forecast for the first months of 2011 .
Cruise tourism is a major promotional Cartagena contributions worldwide.
During the past year, reached the port of Cartagena 100.00 70 aboard cruise ships, some data expected to exceed the 2011 season thanks to the contribution of the entry into operation of the new cruise terminal.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena