Silversea has chartered its Silver Spirit ship to Red Sea Cruises for a couple of months beginning August 27.
The 600-passenger superyacht offers 3- and 4-day roundtrips from King Abdullah Port KAEC targeting only domestic tourists.
Red Sea Cruises is owned by the sovereign wealth fund (PIF) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is part of the ‘Saudi Summer’ campaign by the Saudi Tourism Authority to encourage residents to explore the kingdom following the lifting of the COVID lockdown.
The Saudi Tourism Authority (STA) partnered with tour operators, the Ministry of Health, and other parties in order to put strict safety measures in place for the voyages.
King Abdullah Port is situated on the Red Sea coast, and is the newest commercial port in Saudi Arabia, in close proximity to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah (from Jeddah) and Yanbu al-Bahr.