WA city to welcome 1700 tourists as cruise ship arrives

By Ezra Kaye

More than 1700 people will hit Bunbury on the weekend when the MS Artania cruise ship arrives on Saturday.

The vessel — which contains 1200 guests, mostly from Germany, and more than 500 crew members — is scheduled to dock at the end of Jetty Road on Saturday at 8am.

The Artania, which is chartered by German-based travel agency and cruise ship operator Phoenix Reisen, is on its way from Sydney to Indonesia, with Bunbury set to be its sixth stop on a 23-day cruise.

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