Downtown Mobile Has High Hopes In Cruise Ship

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Blake Pool

17 October 2004 - 5:00am

Can Mobile, AL make a successful transition from an industrial harbor, to a tourist destination?

For months, downtown shop owners, maritime businesses and transportation and service industries have quietly geared up for the ship's arrival and the first of 75 cruises out of Mobile over the next year.

Full Story: Cruise ship arrives today with promise of big business

Source: Mobile Register, October 15, 2004

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