09 July 2010 , 14:55

Travel market of the North-West comes alive

July 13, a record number of tourists arrives at the Passenger Port of St. Petersburg (Marine Facade). Residents of the city will see five modern cruise ships will come to St.Petersburg - Jewel of the Seas (2,600 tourists on board), Disney Magic (2800), SC Atlantic (230), Vision of the Seas (2400), Eurodam (2,000 ). Total - 10 030 passengers on five ships. This will be unprecedented sight for the city!

During navigation season of the year - from April, 30 to September,30 - Passenger Port of St. Petersburg will serve more than 380,000 passengers. The Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko said that the additional revenue from tourism will be 147 million rubles a year.

And yesterday, July 8, there was opened regular cruise route Saint Petersburg - Helsinki - Stockholm - Tallinn - St Petersburg. Regular cruise line will be operated by «S-Continental» and the corporation «PMI» on a modern cruise liner «SC-Atlantic».

Establishment of the Passenger Port of St.Petersburg made these routes possible. Most ships will moor there.

Accreditation for journalists:

Pease, confirm until July 12, 2010 11.00 by telephone: +7-921-848-54-84 Svetlana Kuznetsova

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