Pic: Twitter / Projects Qatar
Doha: With the arrival of French ship Le Bougainville docking at Doha Port yesterday, the 2022–2023 cruise season started in the country. The upcoming season that will continue until April 2023 will see in total 58 cruises making their calls to Qatar.
Le Bougainville, MSC World Europa, Artania, Costa Toscana, AIDACosma, Emerald Azzura, Mein Schiff 6, Ocean Odyssey are some of the cruise ships that will come to Qatar this season.
In a tweet, listing the names and the arrival dates of the cruises that will dock at Doha Port, Mwani Qatar tweeted, "In total 58 cruises are scheduled to call Doha Port in the new 2022-23 cruise season." It further added that six cruise liners will make their maiden calls to Qatar during the season which will continue until April 2023.
Qatar Tourism is expecting the cruise sector to be especially vibrant with the opening of redeveloped Doha Port that underwent a massive transformation into the main hub for cruise ships.