After having welcomed in 2013, 643,634 cruise passengers on the North Coast an increase of 5.5% over 2012, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Haiti reported growth of 6.3% in the first half of 2014 (January-June) with 368.942 cruise passengers arrived in Haiti via the port of Labadee of the Royal Caribbean against 347,064 passengers in 2012 for the same period, according to statistics from the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Industries (MTIC), analyzed by the CTO.

As recalled, Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Industry, Cruise industry is strengthening in Haiti with the signing of an agreement on Monday, August 4, between the Haitian government and the Carnival Corporation for the construction of a new terminal in Turtle Island, which will include the construction of two cruise ports and a resort at an estimated cost of $ 70 million, https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11783-haiti-tourism-things-are-moving-everywhere.html This will be the second largest port project in Haiti, after that of the Royal Caribbean in Labadee. "This renewed interest that is growing more and more for Haiti, is the result of a whole campaign we are currently undertaking to pep up the country's image internationally," stressed Minister Villedrouin.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11783-haiti-tourism-things-are-moving-everywhere.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11733-haiti-tourism-second-largest-cruise-port-project-in-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/article-11670-haiti-actualite-quelques-nouvelles-ici-et-la.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9919-haiti-tourism-cruise-and-travel-fair-in-guadeloupe.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-8434-haiti-tourism-new-cruises-haiti-on-the-itinerarie-of-quantum-of-the-seas.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-5546-haiti-tourism-the-royal-caribbean-cruise-line-is-interested-by-our-historic-sites.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-5008-haiti-social-a-cruise-not-like-the-others.html

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