Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has called on cruise itinerary planners, cruise liners and cruisers to consider Kenya and the region for their next cruise season and get to experience the Magical Kenya.
This is after the government of Kenya embarked on development of a new Cruise Terminal at the Port of Mombasa scheduled for completion by end of July just before the next cruise season.
The cruise ship terminal will provide state-of-the-art facilities for cruise passengers and liners calling at the Mombasa port.
It will include, a VIP lounge, immigration, customs, port health facilitation lounges, ample parking, food courts, duty free shops, forex bureaus and banking facilities.
According to Balala, cruise liners are expected to enjoy priority berthing over all other types of vessels. They will get incentives including exemption from payment of light dues, disembarking and embarking charges and passenger dues.