The Dominican Port Authority is expecting 600 cruise liners to visit Dominican ports this year, while travel data for 2002 reveals that this type of tourism has increased by 18.6% since 2001. According to the economic report released by the Central Bank, the port of Santo Domingo and the ferry service from Puerto Rico were the most active, with the ferry service transporting 66,000 tourists last year alone. The port of Sans Sou?? received 39,000 tourists and another 22,000 disembarked via Don Diego Gate on the western side of the Ozama River. As a port of entry, La Romana was in second place and Saman? in third. The Central Bank is projecting a 50% increase in cruise traffic for this season, which began in October 2002 and runs until April.