But in recent months, the region has witnessed a quiet change as a growing number of cruise ships disgorge crowds of tourists into Kochi City and beyond. In May, after the hulking MSC Bellissima ...

including a new night cruise and resumption of boat services to Mattancherry. He will also dedicate the renovated Fort Kochi terminal and launch five dinghies, two ferries and a silt-pusher machine.

However, a lack of lighting turns the renovated Mattancherry terminal completely dark once dusk sets in. None of the streetlights installed by the Kochi corporation on the terminal premises are ...

International cruise ships have also been coming to ports in Mumbai, Goa, New Mangaluru, and Kochi throughout the ... crore for the development of cruise terminal infrastructure by the end of ...