O n Friday, August 21, Cartagena will be filled with tourists.
Some 6,000 passengers aboard three ships arrive at the port of the city and returned to its main downtown streets an image that has been common this summer note: bars, establishments and resorts full.
Two cruises are scheduled to dock at Terminal Muelle Alfonso XII and other will do in San Pedro, due to the length of the three ships totaling about 775 meters.
The Adventure of the Sea s, the American company Royal Caribbean Cruises, will be the first to dock at the pier of San Pedro, at eight in the morning, with 3,000 passengers on board.
At nine will at the Oceana cruise terminal of the British P & O Cruises, with 2,000 tourists.
The last to be The Aidavita dock of the German shipping company Aida Cruises, with another 1,000 passengers.
As usual in this type of events the Department of Tourism of the City of Cartagena has strengthened its services in offices and displace existing staff in the actual cruise terminal to provide information to bottom of ladder.
Also the local police have plans to reinforce its troops in the city center and especially to control the crosswalk Ride dock with the Heroes of Cavite, for which access to the foot of the cruceritas to the historic center occurs .
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena