Norwegian Cruise Ship from Seychelles docks at Port of Mombasa

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Norwegian Dawn's luxury cruise liner has docked at the Port of Mombasa from Seychelles. The ship docked early morning on Sunday and is the first of its kind in 2024. https://bit.ly/3NZh4Fa

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03 We are here to support the cruise tourism.

00:26 And you can see the kind of infrastructure

00:28 that we've put in place at Cape Hear.

00:31 It is to support the cruise tourism.

00:34 I want to assure the ship captain, the staff captain,

00:38 that the port of Mombasa is safe.

00:41 And we are here to support the tourism.

00:46 You are free to visit our small city here, the port of Mombasa,

00:52 and also enjoy the white beaches in the port

00:56 in the city of Mombasa.

00:58 So for us as Cape Hear, we just want to appreciate.

01:02 And we say we will continue supporting the country's cruise

01:05 tourism.

01:07 This is the first maiden call this year.

01:10 And this is one of the biggest vessels

01:12 that we have ever handled in the port of Mombasa.

01:14 It is 294 meters.

01:17 It has 2,212 passengers.

01:22 And it has from 54 nationalities.

01:26 That's very important for you to know.

01:29 It has also 1,013 crew from 51 nationalities.

01:35 But also that one also can be confirmed by the captain.

01:38 But we want to say Kenya is safe.

01:41 And we're here to support the cruise tourism.

01:43 Thank you.

01:44 We are happy as a country to see that tourists are

01:49 coming to our country.

01:50 And this gives us confidence in the economy

01:54 which we are trying to build.

01:56 We've really had setbacks in the past.

01:59 But currently, I have to say that security is OK.

02:02 We are doing very well.

02:03 As you can see, we have a cruise terminal here,

02:06 which we've put in place.

02:08 So we are welcoming more vessels to Mombasa.

02:12 And my MD here has just briefed me

02:16 that we are expecting more vessels next month.

02:19 So captain, most welcome.

02:23 And when you go back, just tell them that we are OK here.

02:26 And we are looking forward to you

02:28 to bring more tourists to Mombasa.

02:31 To Mombasa, Kenya.

02:33 And we are looking forward to come back here

02:36 in this nice port.

02:40 On behalf of my officers and crew and Norwegian Cruise Line,

02:44 we are really looking forward to come back here.

02:47 And hopefully, at one day, we can

02:51 have Mombasa as a turnaround port in future.

02:57 Once again, thank you for the nice welcome, and the dancers,

03:01 and the organization.

03:02 And obviously, high authorities were involved today

03:08 in our first call to Mombasa.

03:10 And we really appreciate your efforts and everything

03:17 that you organized for us.

03:18 Thank you.

03:20 [AUDIO OUT]

03:23 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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