Cruise line passengers up 31,000 so far this year

Thirty-three cruise liners called at Grand Harbour last month, bringing in 55,026 passengers, or about 17,532 visitors more than April 2009, Viset said yesterday.

One vessel, the Boudicca, cancelled its call.

The US cruise liner Disney Magic called on its maiden voyage in April, the first of nine cruise liners that will be making their maiden call in Valletta this year. Viset, the cruise terminal operators, said that, since the beginning of the year, 100,728 passengers arrived in Valletta compared to 69,275 passengers a year earlier.