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Luxury cruise vessel AIDA Cara at the New Mangalore Port.

Our Bureau

Mangalore, Oct. 25 Luxury cruise vessel AIDA Cara, with 1,135 passengers and 376 crew members on board, called at New Mangalore Port on Saturday, marking the beginning of the cruise season.

A press release by Mr S. Gopalakrishna, Traffic Manager of New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), said 1,025 passengers opted for ground tour and visited Thousand-pillar Jain Basadi at Moodabidri, the monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali at Karkala, Sri Krishna Temple at Udupi, St Aloysius Chapel, Gokarnanatha Temple, Kadri Manjunatha Temple and a cashew factory in Mangalore, and returned to the ship. The vessel sailed out at 6 p.m.

Most of the tourists, who were in the age group of 50-80, were from Germany.

The release said the port has all the facilities required for smooth handling of cruise vessels. A modern cruise terminal, which was commissioned recently, is being utilised, it said.

The release said that the captain of the vessel was pleased with the infrastructure at the port and assured of more visits during next year.

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