Minister of Tourism, Hon Glen Beache and Franklin Young, Managing Director of Corea &co. ltd., The ship's agent, exchanged plaques with Captain Henk Drauper aboard the ship.

Minister Beache welcomed the ship to St Vincent and the Grenadines and expressed his hope that the ship will return in the future.

The Maasdam cruise ship has a capacity of one thousand two hundred and sixty passengers and brought over one thousand visitors to this country today.