TIRANA, Oct 1 /ATA/ – A strong increase in emerging cruise ship tourism of Albania’s main port of Durres over the past few years is bringing record numbers of foreign tourists.
The cruise ship “Seven Seas Voyager” with 630 foreign visitors on board arrived Tuesday morning in Durres, Albania’s largest seaport and the most popular beach destination, although the official summer tourist season is already over.
Durres Port Authority said that that the 206.5-m long cruise ship “Seven Seas Voyager” berthed at Durres port this morning, brining over 630 visitors from all over the world, and 450 of them from the United States of America.
The large group of cruise ship tourists is set to visit historic centres and museums in Durres, the neighboring historic town of Kruja, the capital Tirana and the museum city of Berat.
Durres Port Authority noted that although the tourist season is over, the cruise ships keep visiting Albania, increasingly integrating the country into their Adriatic itineraries.
“Seven Seas Voyager” stopped over in Durres after visiting the Greek island of Corfu and will then go on sailing to Croatia.
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