There were 6 cruise ship calls at the Hambantota International Port (HIP)in the months January and February 2024, carrying over 6,000 passengers to Sri Lanka.
The Celebrity Millennium, largest of the cruise ships that called, sailing between the lines of Hambantota/Colombo and Phuket, Thailand arrived at the port twice, on February 14 and 16 respectively. The Silver Moon also bound for Phuket called at HIP on February 20, arriving from the Colombo Port. The January visits included 2 calls by Le Jacques Cartier, a class ‘A’ passenger vessel sailing under the Wallis Futuna Island flag and the Riviera which arrived in Sri Lanka from the Maldives.
The Riviera set sail from HIP to Phuket, while the Le Jacques Cartier visited the Galle, Trincomalee and Colombo ports.
