The first cruise liner for T&T's 2022/23 cruise ship season docked in Tobago on Sunday, November 20.
The Silver Seas cruise liner "Silver Moon" is now docked at the Scarborough Port. The vessel has capacity for 1,040 passengers.
Port officials also said the Royal Caribbean's "Rhapsody" will arrive on Monday. That has capacity for 2,416 passengers.
Port officials anticipate a bumper cruise ship season for 2022/23 after the COVID-19 pandemic caused a closure of the industry for two years.
Passengers returning to the Silver Moon, which docked at the Scarborough Port in Tobago yesterday.
Gail Alexander
The visiting cruise lines have brightened the spirits of Tobagonian entrepreneurs who are operating at the port with their souvenirs and other items on display.
Business in other quarters is also picking "a little more," say operators on the south west Crown Point tourism "heartbeat" strip.
Some reef boats have also opened up nearer Pigeon Point.
"Things are a bit better but it still not up to what it used to be. We hoping Christmas and Carnival take us up a lil more, " said one boat operator.
