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Cruise ships abound in Quebec City

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Gabriel Savard, the Director of the Office du Tourisme; Pascal Bérubé, Minister of Tourism; Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume; Mario Girard, President and CEO of Quebec Port Authority; Agnès Maltais, Minister responsible for Québec'sNational Capital Region; and Erik Elvejord, Public Relations Director of Holland America Line, standing in front of the Veendam which was in Quebec City last week.

On Friday, September 28, there were no fewer than five huge cruise ships moored in the Port of Quebec - the Crystal Symphony, the Norwegian Dawn, the Queen Mary 2, the Seabourn Sojourn, and the Veendam.

September and October are extremely busy times in the Old Port with some 35 to 40 cruise ships visiting each month.