Wholesale entertainment in mid-sea with an add-on facility to see popular tourist locales in Visakha region will soon become a reality with the Visakhapatnam Port Trust on the verge of finalising bids for construction of the State’s first international cruise terminal here. A terminal of international standards will be constructed. We are setting 18-month deadline to complete it,” Visakhapatnam Port Trust Chairman M.T. Various studies for the project were conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras and Central Water and Power Research Station-Pune. An international cruise liner Silver Discoverer, which was brought by Silversea Cruises to Visakhapatnam early this year with 100 tourists from the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries had a good experience during its brief halt in the city.

Source: The Hindu May 05, 2019 19:41 UTC