And while we were there, we also got a chance to speak to Belize's Director for Cruise Capacity Development. He gave us an update on what the cruise numbers are looking like as we move forward into the new year.
Lloyd Enriquez, Director of Cruise Capacity Development, BTB
"So cruise is doing well, Belize's cruise industry is very stable. I would say we are looking at the end of this year 2025 to be somewhere in the region of 900, 950,000 passengers for the year. The split is about 75% for Belize City and 25% for harvest Caye, Very stable and very healthy, December is of course, mid November into December is our high season so right about now like today we have 2 ships in port, 2 ships, 3 ships in port, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday is the norm and we kind of expect that to go on through April."
"So the biggest ship so far has been one that has carried over 4000, just over 4500 passengers. That is about the largest that we can accommodate at this time without a docking facility. Of course that is in the works and we hope to have our port by 2028, 2029 the latest. A Docking facility and then we will be able to take on larger ships such as the icon of the seas and others like that."
