2023 cruise voyages will start during the Ramadan in Sinop

Cruise tourism in Sinop, one of the most important ports of the Black Sea, will start during the Ramadan. Carrying mainly Russian tourists, the ship will organize 16 voyages this year.

The cruise ship Astoria Grande, which departed from Russia last year and carried 15 voyages in the Black Sea, carrying approximately 15 thousand tourists, will make 16 voyages to Sinop in 2023. The ship, which will make its first voyage to Sinop Port on the first day of Ramadan, will stay in the port for one night. The second voyage will be carried out in June and will continue until September. This number will increase with new bookings to come during the year.

Burhan Levent, the tourism operator who organizes the cruise voyages, said, “Our Astoria Grande ship will make its maiden voyage on April 21 and April 22 by staying in Sinop for one night. It will then start from June 4 and continue until October. In total, there will be 16 trips to Sinop Port in 2023."

Referring to their economic contribution to the tradesmen, Levent said, “It is observed that tourists make financial contributions to Sinop, they shop. Our tradesmen also have high expectations. We will be docked in the morning on the first day of Eid al-Fitr and we will be at the port where we will stay overnight. It will depart from our port on the evening of April 22."

Mentioning that the planned voyages have been canceled due to the effect of the pandemic and the ongoing war in the Black Sea in recent years, Levent said, “We have other foreign cruise ships, but they did not want to enter the Black Sea basin due to the pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war for the last two years. There are also European and American origin ships that will continue unless there is a cancellation again this year."