Port Tampa officials are hoping to have cruises return this October. (iStock)
Normal cruise operations still haven’t fully returned and some ports that were once busy hubs haven’t seen any ships arrive or depart.
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Port Tampa officials are hoping to have cruises return this October, the Tampa Bay Times reports. The first cruises scheduled for the port are from Royal Caribbean. One, scheduled for Oct. 16, is headed to the Bahamas and the other, scheduled for Oct. 21, is headed to Mexico.
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Wade Elliot, vice president of business development for Port Tampa, said at a recent board meeting, "We are encouraged to see the cruise industry slowly starting back up across the county. We anticipate that we will begin to see regular sailings from Port Tampa Bay starting again in mid-October, so we’re excited about that."
