The city of Ushuaia receive in this summer season to four cruise ships with a capacity of more than two thousand passengers each, and will house a boat harbor with 3,100 people on board , officials of the Tourism Institute Fuegian .
The first of the four giants of the sea calling at jurisdiction of the capital of Tierra del Fuego is the Golden Princess, with 2,600 visitors, who arrive on December 26 from Valparaiso, Chile.
The ship also carries 1,123 crew remain only eight hours in the city at the end of the world, but enough for tourists to make purchases , try the specialties of the local cuisine and iconic hire excursions such as a visit to the National Park Tierra Fire or ride the Train to the End of the World.
The Golden Princess, 283 meters long and 38 wide, will travel to Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ) but will return to Ushuaia in five other times during this season ( 13 and 24 January , 9 and 21 February and March 9 ) .
Another major cruise port will fueguina jurisdiction Infinity is a habitué for locals because the letter X identifies its giant fireplace, along with its 2,050 passengers and 1,001 crew sailing the Beagle Channel since 2004.
This Antarctic ship of 294 meters long and 32.3 wide arrive for the first time on December 28 and will remain 9 hours, but will also call at other five times ( 13 and 25 January , 6 and 20 February and March 10, 2014 ) .
Meanwhile, on 1 February for the arrival of Queen Victoria, a cruise with 2,100 passengers and 900 crew members visit Ushuaia waiting for the third time .
The Bermuda -flagged vessel remain 23 hours in the local port terminal.
In turn, the largest of the giants will be the last to arrive at the Fuegian capital: Crown Princess, with 3,100 tourists and 1,200 crew on board will stop off for the only time this season on March 13 at 7 am.
The vessel 290 meters long (long) and 59 wide ( W) operates in Ushuaia since 2012 , although its size and beauty , and became one of the attractions of the Fuegians and visitors who come to see it up close .
The cruise season of Tierra del Fuego has provided 299 landfalls , ” of which just over half are Antarctic ships and other vessels that go to different parts of South America or perform pendulum travel between Buenos Aires and Valparaiso ,” said Telam Guadalupe Ocampo , head of the Antarctic Office of INFUETUR .
The official said that last year 95,000 cruise passengers were recorded in 2014 and a similar amount is expected .
“Most of the visitors are Americans and Europeans, mostly German and English . Those who arrive on cruise ships the same time stay in the city that the ship, but those traveling to Antarctica arrive one or two days before, ” Ocampo said.
A total of 45 cruise ships have laid anchor in Ushuaia at least once between the start of the season on 17 September until 9 April next year , also reported from INFUETUR
