MV Ganga Vilas – the world’s longest river cruise – will on Tuesday culminate its journey in Assam’s Dibrugarh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the posh cruise, which has a capability of carrying 36 passengers, in Varanasi on January 13.
“MV Ganga Vilas will culminate its journey on February 28 in Dibrugarh. A welcome ceremony will likely be organised by the Inland Waterways Authority of India, underneath the aegis of ministry of ports, transport and waterways…in Dibrugarh on the identical day,” Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) stated in a press release.
The cruise was scheduled to journey over 3,200 km by way of 27 river programs in 5 Indian states and Bangladesh. It’s carrying 32 vacationers from Switzerland. Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal stated on Monday ‘MV Ganga Vilas’ has put India and Bangladesh on the worldwide river cruise map, opening up a brand new horizon and vertical for tourism and freight carriage within the Indian subcontinent.
About journey of MV Ganga Vilas:
– MV Ganga Vilas was scheduled to journey over 51 days earlier than reaching Dibrugarh by way of Patna Sahib, Bodh Gaya, Vikramshila, Dhaka, the Sundarbans and the Kaziranga Nationwide Park.
-The ticket worth for this luxury cruise per day is round ₹25,000 to ₹50,000. The full price for your complete journey will likely be round ₹20 lakh for every passenger.
-The worldwide cruise is being supplied by Antara Luxurious River Cruises. Tickets might be booked from their web site. The bookings aren’t open as the continued voyage has been booked by a Switzerland firm. The following voyage is prone to be held in September for which reserving will open.
-The well-known ‘Ganga arti’ in Varanasi and Sarnath, a spot of nice reverence for Buddhism, Sundarbans, a Unesco world heritage website in West Bengal, Mayong, identified for its Tantric craft, and Majuli, the biggest river island and hub of Vaishnavite tradition in Assam, are amongst locations that MV Ganga Vilas’ vacationers may expertise.
-Union transport minister Sarbananda Sonowal had earlier stated that the vessel would carry 32 vacationers from Switzerland and 14 of them would disembark at Kolkata with an equal variety of boarding once more for the onward journey to Dibrugarh, from the place they are going to fly again to New Delhi. He additionally stated that one other set of 32 vacationers from the identical nation will board the ship on their method to Varanasi.
-Sonowal had additionally stated the ‘MV Ganga Vilas’ would herald a brand new age of river cruise tourism in India. The worldwide river cruise market has grown at 5 per cent over the previous few years and is predicted to represent 37 per cent of the cruise market by 2027, in response to an estimate. In India, eight river cruise ships are operational between Kolkata and Varanasi, whereas cruise motion can also be operational on the Brahmaputra river.
(With inputs from companies)