Preparing For The Cruisers
The other day one of the newspapers had another article about the preparations for the cruise ships, I forget which paper I read the article in; but the photo below came from Quinto Poder . This is some of what the article stated.
They propose investing 90 million pesos (about 9 million dollars) in the construction/rehabilitation of a terminal for the cruise ships.
They will begin the first phase in early November with an expenditure of 40 million pesos (about 4 million dollars) and expect that phase to be finished in December/07 or January/08. They will then begin the 2nd phase with a projected cost of 50 million pesos (about 5 million dollars).
They will be able to accommodate ships of 311 meters in length and 115,000 tons in weight with a capacity of 500-3,000 passengers.
The pier (200 meters long x 10 meters wide) is scheduled to receive 3 cruise ships from Holland America in the fall of 2008; with a goal of 50 ships a year.
Some of the attractions the tourists can expect to see in the area are the giant cactus forests, (El Sahuaral) and the Nacapule Canyon.
The article quotes Ibarra Castro, who I think is the director of Port Administration as saying that Guaymas has everything needed to become a "destination" port and that we soon will be able to compete with the best tourist ports of Mexico.
Hmmm...we will see, I suppose.
