CRUISE PORT AMBER COVE, Puerto Plata
Amber Cove Cruise Center
The Caribbean’s newest destination, Amber Cove Cruise Center, is located in the Dominican Republic near Puerto Plata in the country’s North Coast.
The new facility represents one of the largest cruise industry investments ever made in the Dominican Republic.
A transportation hub allowing visitors easy access by land and sea to the surrounding destinations and attractions will be included, as well.
In 2015 when it was opened, Amber Cove received 20 cruises. Then the number of transatlantic vessels arriving to the terminal has been growing exponentially from 120 in 2016 to 163 tourist boats in 2017. Though only 154 cruise ships disembarked in Amber Cove in 2018, they brought the biggest number of passengers in its history. Thus, Puerto Plata received 658,000 cruise passengers or more than a half from the million of visitors who arrived to the Dominican Republic by sea in 2018.
The triumphal success of Amber Cove, inspires a lot of hope and high expectations also for the new Taino Bay Project.
It’s projected that Amber Cove will welcome about 700,000 international guests next year, whereas Taino Bay will get 650,000 visitors. In total, that will give 1,350,000 cruise passengers arriving to the Dominican Republic through the Puerto Plata terminals.
This news confirms the marked tendency that the Puerto Plata region is transforming into a major tourism destination in the country. International investors are turning to the region and are ready to get into the tourism development. > iNorthcoastDR.com > iConsultingINT.com
The new facility represents one of the largest cruise industry investments ever made in the Dominican Republic.
A transportation hub allowing visitors easy access by land and sea to the surrounding destinations and attractions will be included, as well.
In 2015 when it was opened, Amber Cove received 20 cruises. Then the number of transatlantic vessels arriving to the terminal has been growing exponentially from 120 in 2016 to 163 tourist boats in 2017. Though only 154 cruise ships disembarked in Amber Cove in 2018, they brought the biggest number of passengers in its history. Thus, Puerto Plata received 658,000 cruise passengers or more than a half from the million of visitors who arrived to the Dominican Republic by sea in 2018.
The triumphal success of Amber Cove, inspires a lot of hope and high expectations also for the new Taino Bay Project.
It’s projected that Amber Cove will welcome about 700,000 international guests next year, whereas Taino Bay will get 650,000 visitors. In total, that will give 1,350,000 cruise passengers arriving to the Dominican Republic through the Puerto Plata terminals.
This news confirms the marked tendency that the Puerto Plata region is transforming into a major tourism destination in the country. International investors are turning to the region and are ready to get into the tourism development. > iNorthcoastDR.com > iConsultingINT.com
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