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Abu Dhabi, UAE: Abu Dhabi Ports is experiencing busy days at Zayed Port's cruise terminal with visiting cruise passengers making the most of the attractions on offer in Abu Dhabi.
The AIDAaura and the AIDAdiva both arrived on 23 February at the same time in Zayed Port, giving thousands of passengers the opportunity to explore the Emirate for two days.
Numerous four-wheel drives and coaches were waiting ready to depart at 7am on Tuesday morning at Zayed Port, for the visiting cruise passengers who were offered a wide range of desert tours, trips around the city of Abu Dhabi and trips to Al Ain, where they saw the famous UNESCO World Heritage sites and were given insights into the country's history and authentic Arabic culture.
In addition, more than 80 tourists from AIDAaura and AIDAdiva decided to go for a bike tour. The escorted tour started on the port site and took the cyclists to Abu Dhabi's local fish market, along the Corniche, to the Emirates Palace, the financial district and through some of the most beautiful residential areas.
Both, AIDAaura and AIDAdiva belong to German tour operator AIDA Cruises which targets the German-speaking market. After the two-day stop in Abu Dhabi, the AIDAaura continued its Mediterranean tour, while the AIDAdiva left to visit Bahrain as the next port of call on its itinerary.
About Abu Dhabi Ports
Established in 2006, Abu Dhabi Ports' core objective is to facilitate the diversification of the economy by stimulating trade and development. This is done by delivering high quality maritime services, supporting partners' infrastructure projects and setting up new companies and joint ventures in the ports and logistics sectors.
The flagship state-of-the -art Khalifa Port and Khalifa Industrial Zone play a big role, supporting the diversification of the economy. Khalifa Port was inaugurated on 12/12/12 by UAE President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The port's semi-automated container terminal handles all of Abu Dhabi's container traffic, after its transfer from Zayed Port, the historic port in the city centre.
Phase One of Khalifa Port has a capacity of 2.5 million TEUs and 12 million tons of general cargo. Further phases of development will occur as market demand requires. When all phases are complete, Khalifa Port will be able to handle 15 million TEUs and 35 million tons of general cargo per year.
Abu Dhabi Ports manages nine commercial, logistics, community and leisure ports, and Khalifa Industrial Zone which is serving a range of logistics and manufacturing investors. Abu Dhabi Ports is boosting Abu Dhabi's economic growth and diversification, following Abu Dhabi's Economic Vision 2030.
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