Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) will return to Grand Bahama Island beginning next month and is increasing calls to the Bahamas, adding 32 cruises between 2007 and 2009.
Twenty-eight of these calls will be made by NCL's new Norwegian Gem, which entered service on Oct. 1.
Norwegian Jewel will make the first stop in Grand Bahama, along with a stop in Nassau, during a three-day cruise on November 15, 2007, sailing roundtrip from Miami.
NCL estimates that these calls will contribute approximately $9 million directly to the economy of the Bahamas, with $4 million going directly to Grand Bahama Island.
Norwegian Gem, carrying approximately 2,400 passengers, will sail seven-day Bahamas and Florida itineraries roundtrip from New York in December 2007 and February, March, April and December 2008, with stops in Grand Bahama Island, Nassau, Great Stirrup Cay and Port Canaveral. In 2009, the ship will sail the same itinerary from January through April.
Norwegian Jade, a Jewel-class ship, has three scheduled seven-day Bahamas and Florida sailings roundtrip from New York on Dec. 14, Dec. 21 and Dec. 28, 2008, with stops in Grand Bahama Island, Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay, along with Port Canaveral.
NCL decided to return to Grand Bahama Island after being invited by the Ministry of Tourism to experience the island.
NCL's development team toured the area for the new cruise port facility, visited the dolphins at UNEXSO, enjoyed a Safari Jeep Tour and took an air boat tour through the mangroves.
Source: Modern Agent
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