- Ganga Vilas Cruise, the world’s longest luxury river cruise, covering a distance of 4,000 kilometres will set sail early next year in January, announced Sarbananda Sonowal, union minister of ports, shipping and waterways.
- The maiden river voyage will commence on January 10, 2023, from the holy city of Varanasi in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and will culminate in Dibrugarh, Assam, a northeastern state on March 1.
- This will give the people of Assam a chance to use waterways to promote trade and livelihood in tourism and cargo transportation, the minister added.
- “Our government is also identifying avenues to promote inland navigation, river cruise tourism, and construction of suitable terminals across the Brahmaputra,” the minister of ports, shipping and waterways said.
- The minister informed that the cruise ship will also be passing through Bangladesh, covering 1,100 kilometres, en route Assam, bringing both nations closer in the process.
Country’s longest river cruise service to begin from early 2023
