Cruise Ship Sea Princess Arrives in the Kingdom Featured
Cruise Ship Sea Princess arrives this morning Wednesday 22nd April in Nuku'alofa after 4 days at sea from Sydney.
The ship berthed at the Vuna Wharf around 8:00 am with 1942 passengers (mainly Australian) and 840 crews onboard.
Passengers on Deck
The ship will spend approximately 8 hours in the kingdom and will and leaves at 5.30pm.
The arrival of Sea Princess was welcomed by the usual welcome with the cultural group and Tonga Police Band.
Cruise Ship day is always a happy day for tour operators and locals as tourists spent lots of money in tourist related activities and what the kingdom can offer.
Locals selling Stuffs
More cruise ships are expecting to visit the kingdom this year according to official from the Cruise Ship Steering Committee.
Stuart Perry, General Manager of Tourism Tonga in his recent update stated that a new super cruise ship carrying 5,000 passengers will be based in Sydney from the end of next year is going to bring thousands more tourists into the south pacific.
"It will be interesting to see the new ship arrive in Tonga in the future" wrote Perry.