The Dutch flagged cruise ship "Nieuw Statendam" docked at Kuşadası Aegean Port.
2,600 tourists, mostly US and UK citizens, disembarked from the ship.
Some of the tourists left the port with tour buses to visit the House of Virgin Mary and the Ancient City of Ephesus in Izmir's Selçuk district. Tourists who did not participate in the tours preferred to visit the city center and shop.