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Christmas and New Year’s Eve Looks Like Being A Sell-Out For Costa Cruises
TheMediterranean is the most popular destination for Italian and Spanish cruisers,while the French and the Germans prefer the Caribbean. India and Maldives are newemerging destinations. And there are those who will be celebrating the New Yearon an Around-the-World Cruise.
Genoa, 21 December2016 – Cruisingretains all its appeal as a type of holiday with a vocation for attractingpeople even for Christmas and New Year's Eve. The 21 cruises, for a total of 65,000berths, onboard 11 ships, offered byCosta Cruises, the Italian companyleading in Europe, look like being a sell-out. They will allow guests tocelebrate Christmas and New Year's Eve festivities in the most charmingdestinations in the Mediterranean, Caribbean, South America, Emirates, Seychellesand Madagascar, and for the first time even in India and Maldives.
The mostpopular itineraries remain those lasting sevendays, though cruise passengers from different parts of Europe vary when itcomes to their preferred destinations. Italiansand Spanish, as well as Swiss, like to go the Mediterranean, thanks to theirproximity to home ports allowing a comfortable embarkation on cruises todiscover cities like Rome, Barcelona, Athens, Naples and Marseille. Accordingto Italians and Swiss, the Caribbean are in the second place, while the Spanishchoose the Emirates. French, Germans and Austrians preferto get away from the winter cold and head for the total relaxation and warm sunin the Caribbean, thanks to cruiseslike those departing from Guadeloupe and calling each day at a splendid newIsland. The Mediterranean is in the second place for all these threenationalities. A peculiarity is represented by the Dutch: for them the most popular cruises during Christmas and NewYear's Eve festivities are those departing from Dubai to the Emirates and Oman.
A biginnovation for this winter, which is appreciated especially by Italians andFrench, is the one week cruises between Indiaand Maldives, which allow guests to enjoy at the same time the beautifulbeaches in the Maldives and the landscapes and the ancient cultures of SriLanka and India, visiting cities with an unique charm like Goa, Kochi andMumbai.
Onboard CostaLuminosa, about 2000 guests will live a really special start to the year, departingfrom Savona on January 6 for their dream vacation: an Around-the-World Cruise. This is a thrilling 106-day voyage which willaccompany guests to discover the wonders of 5 continents, sailing across 3oceans and porting in 35 destinations before returning to Italy, in Savona, onApril 22.
Costa'sChristmas and New Year's Eve Cruises will offer the chance to visitextraordinary destinations without giving up on the traditions that distinguishthis period. Onboard there will be ornaments, decorations, a big Christmas treeand the traditional countdown and toast for the New Year. In order to complywith the Christmas customs even at the table, the menus proposed on December 25and December 31 will offer typical dishes of the Italian tradition and aselection of special recipes, inspired by the flavors of the Mediterranean andSouth America, according to the chosen itineraries.
For further information:
Costa Cruises
Press Office -Tel. +39 010 5483523 / +39 010 5483068 - costapressoffice@costa.it
Gabriele Baroni –Communications Director – mobile no. +39 3497668013 - baroni@costa.it
Davide Barbano –Media Relations Manager – mobile no. +39 3346525216 - barbano@costa.it
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