Post by pigeonpie on Oct 20, 2010 17:33:07 GMT
Port of Maó busier than ever during this past weekend
On Saturday morning anyone visiting the port in maó was treated to the rare sight of a port full of large ships.
Three cruise ships and two regular ferries were all in port at the same time. October is normally amongst the busiest times for the port.
Through this year there have been various cancellations of cruise ship visits to the island, but sufficient new bookings have taken their place to maintain a state of equilibrium.
The streets of the islands capital were thronged with an estimated 3,000 visitors during the morning, bringing much needed trade to the towns shopping centre. Many of the cruise ship passengers took advantage of the excursions on offer and in other parts of the island it was apparent that visitor numbers were up for the day by the succession of coaches visiting local beauty spots.
As in past years, the cruise ships that visit Menorca during October follow this cruise with operations out of South Africa. They then progress, without passengers, to operations in the Caribbean during the European winter months.
