Second cruise ship in Nuku‘alofa for 2023 [1]
Monday, January 30, 2023 - 17:35. Updated on Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 20:17.
Zuiderdam is the second cruise to visit Nuku'alofa in 2023, arriving with more than 2000 passengers and crew at Vuna wharf, today 30 January.
This is the thirdcruise to visit Tonga in the new year. Paul Gauguin was the first cruise ship arriving in Neiafu, Vavau, on 16 January.
Zuiderdam of the Holland America Line arrived in the morning from French Polynesia, with 1388 passengers and 773 crew, for a one day visit, before it was expected to leave for Auckland, New Zealand later this evening.
Local handicrafts were being sold at the wharf with tour operators and taxi operators, as well as buses and restaurants, getting some much needed customers, as the local tourism industry revives, after being hit hard when borders closed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.