Cochin Port’s new cruise terminal to be ready by Feb 2020

Cochin Port’s new cruise terminal will come up at the Ernakulam Wharf by February 2020. The cruise terminal, to be built at a cost of Rs 25.72 crore, will have the facilities to handle 5,000 tourists.

The 2,253-sq metre terminal will feature passenger and crew lounges, immigration counters, tourist information counter and duty free shopping. The estimated cost of construction of the terminal is Rs 25.72 crore and of this Rs 21.41 crore had been sanctioned as grant by the Union Tourism Ministry, said a release.

Being one of the prime cruise tourism destinations in the country, Cochin Port had been getting around 40 cruise liners every year bringing tens of thousands of high net worth international tourists to Kerala, it said.

Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam had recently visited the port and reviewed the progress of projects supported by his department, the release added.