Dominica welcomes first cruise ship after Hurricane Maria

The 2,000-passenger Tui Cruises’s Mein Schiff 3 called at the island earlier this week.

The island said the fact it was able to welcome visitors to the island after the level of devastation experienced just four months ago had “instilled much hope among its citizens and stakeholders within the tourism sector”.

Dominica’s government has invested more than $3 million on restoration of access, rehabilitation and upgrading of sites and clean-up of debris in the wake of the hurricane, including the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth.

The tourist board said passengers of Mein Schiff 3 had experienced a number of shore excursions including tours to the Emerald Pool, Trafalgar Twin Falls, Bois Cotlette Estate and Titou Gorge.