During the fallow two years Odessa’s cruise business has been centred only on river cruise with 17 calls in 2018 and 15 in 2019.
Amera arrived from Constanta with 750 guests on board mainly from Germany, as well as the US and EU countries.
The ship is on a Mediterranean and Black Sea cruise which includes stops in Nice, Piraeus, Nessebar, Constanta, Odessa, Istanbul, Santorini, Durres, Split and will finish in Trieste.
Working Group within MedCruise
1988-built Amera’s arrival in the Black Sea is as a result of continuing efforts by Odessa Port Authority and other ports in the region to tempt cruise lines to bring back their ships including participation at major cruise events such as Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami in April this year and Seatrade Europe in September in Hamburg.
Odessa, along with other MedCruise member ports, Constanta, Varna and Burgas set up a Working Group in May 2018 which has met several times and has set out a three year marketing strategy to entice the return of cruise tourism.
Odessa is expecting 11 international ocean cruise ships and 26 river cruise ships next year and 16 bookings have been received for 2021.
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