In its second arrival this year, the “Disney Magic” disappointed service providers and street vendors because the presence of tourists on the beach of this port’s boardwalk was almost non-existent.
According to the Administration of the National Port System (Asipona) of Progreso, the “Disney Magic”, with 3,564 people (2,554 passengers and 1,010 crew), arrived on Monday, January 15 at 9:09 a.m. from Cozumel and set sail at 7 p.m.
The workers who depend on tourism hoped that yesterday would be a repeat of the good day of sales they had on Wednesday the 10th, when about 500 passengers of the “Disney Magic”, especially families, came to the boardwalk and bought mangoes, souvenirs, and beach items for the passengers. children, which was a surprise because this ship does not usually make a profit.
But on Monday, shortly before noon, the beach on the boardwalk was almost deserted, with few tourists from the cruise and some buses getting off from the remote terminal, so later some more tourists arrived on the boardwalk.
Tourist workers said that shortly after 1 p.m., about 200 tourists from the boat had arrived at the pier, but were not buying or consuming.
“Last week this ship was productive for us because there were no tours to other places; That’s the only reason they stayed here; “As they said it was going to come in strong cold front, that’s why they didn’t take out the tours, so they stayed here on the beach, that helped us, but since this time they probably bought tickets to other places on the ship, that’s why almost no one arrived today,” said a street musician who walks the boardwalk every day. Three cruise ship arrivals are scheduled this week. The “Carnival Breeze”, on Thursday, and “Disney Magic”, on Friday, but the workers fear that the day of zero sales that they had yesterday with this ship will be repeated.
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