Several omnibuses pulled off their regular route yesterday after there was a shortage of taxi services with some 5000 passengers arriving at port Kingstown by way of two cruise vessels visiting the island.
The TUI cruises docked at 7 am, while Costa Magica berthed sometime around 8 am on Wednesday morning.
The vast amount of passengers arriving with an average of about or little over 200 registered taxi, left drivers overwhelmed.
According to News784, several drivers said that it was not a bad idea deviating from their route for the period since the extra cash is a welcome incentive.
Taxi operators said that they may have to look at larger buses since the industry is now taking off and the capacity to handle two ships at once in terms of transportation will have to be addressed as quickly as possible.
The next call to port Kingstown would be on Friday with the docking of AIDA Perla carrying some 4000 passengers.
