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Cruise ships are back! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, American Samoa has not had any cruise ship visits for the last 3 years. On Saturday, Jan. 20 that all changed when the American Samoa Visitors Bureau, government and private sector partners joined together to welcome the “Celebrity Eclipse”. This...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Visitors Bureau has released its cruise timetable for 2024.
The Visitors Bureau notes there has been a minor change to the planned cruise schedule, as no ship will arrive at the port on Tuesday, January 16. The inaugural cruise for American Samoa in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Of the 2,600 multinational tourists that made landfall into Pago Pago Harbor in American Samoa yesterday morning, with 700 of them took advantage of the Cultural Bus tours of the island of Tutuila; while taxi drivers were also there to take advantage of extra dollars and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Visitors Bureau (ASVB) announced this week that all interested cruise ship tour operators, retailers, food sellers and service industry providers must sign up by Jan. 17 at the ASVB office, to be registered into its system.
“Only vendors who sign up at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After nearly 3-years of border closure due to COVID-19 restrictions, the local tourism industry — as well as the territory’s economy — is expected to get a major economic boost this year, with 20 cruise ships scheduled to call into the Port of Pago Pago this year....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Visitors Bureau (ASVB) called a meeting yesterday with vendors regarding the cruise ship schedule for 2023 now that local borders are fully reopened.
ASVB officials shared the cruise ship schedule and discussed the logistics for cruise ships arriving this...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s Office is preparing a statement to officially announce that American Samoa’s borders will fully re-open on Jan. 01, 2023, and welcoming back cruise ships, with the first one in February.
This was revealed during the weekly COVID-19 Task Force meeting on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Cruise Tourism Strategy, recently launched is the culmination of significant work that was undertaken during the closure of borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic to develop a clear framework to guide the cruise ship industry going forward.
The launch, which was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 Task Force has recommended to Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga that travel to American Samoa be completely re-opened to include cruise ships at the beginning of 2023, the task force said in a statement issued last week.
Since the global outbreak of the COVID-19...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The “Sea Princess” — a Princess Cruises vessel — maneuvered its way inside the Pago Pago Harbor around 7:30a.m last week, with the assistance of two ASG tugboats.
The American Samoa Visitors Bureau (ASVB) says the arrival of the Sea Princess “kicks off the Spring-Summer...



![The 2600 multinational visitors off the cruise ship, Grand Princess, took tours on taxis, as well as a cultural bus tours yesterday. Many were also seen walking along the pathways all the way to Fatu-ma-Futi. The day was sunny with trade winds keeping it cool. [photo: AT] CRUISE SHIP VISITORS IN A TAXI](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/1327.jpg?itok=9ESbHN25)


![Some of the vendors who attended yesterday’s vendors industry meeting [photo: Julie Pau’u] Vendors at ASVB cruise ship meeting](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asva_n_vendors.jpg?itok=ec9P5hLT)

![The cruise ship “Regatta” docked in Apia Harbor. Timetables published online currently indicate that there will be 12-14 port calls from various ships during 2023-2024 and this provides optimism about the speed of recovery for this sector of Samoa’s tourism industry. [photo: STA] The cruise ship “Regatta” docked in Apia Harbor.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cruise_tourism.jpg?itok=EWoThAjX)

![The “Sea Princess” — a Princess Cruises vessel docking in Pago Pago horbor, last week Thursday. [photo: FS] The “Sea Princess” — a Princess Cruises vessel docking in Pago Pago horbor,](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sea_princess_3278.jpg?itok=z8_GmrPU)