TACLOBAN CITY — A cruise ship that will bring over 100 tourists composed mostly of Australian retirees will arrive in Leyte to visit typhoon "Yolanda"-hit sites.

Tacloban City Tourism Operations Office chief Ma. Lumen Tabao said the cruise ship Coral Adventurer will arrive on 3 November for a one-day visit. It will dock in Babatngon, a town next to the city on the northern side but will be touring mostly in Tacloban.

Among the sites lined up for the visit include a mass grave of those who died during the supertyphoon, the shipwreck, Tacloban convention center, Price Mansion, Sto. Niño Shrine, MacArthur Park, Palo Cathedral and Sto. Niño Church.

The tourists will also be view with the lights and sounds of San Juanico Aesthetic Lighting.

"We also want to highlight the Yolanda rehabilitation projects that were implemented by the Australian government to show our gratitude for all their assistance during our distress," Tabao said.

Tabao added that the Department of Tourism regional office is conducting training for waiters, food handlers, bus drivers, and staff of pasalubong centers and Sto. Niño shrine.

"We have to put our best foot forward because the travel agency will organize another cruise trip next year if they are satisfied on how we organize this event," she said.

Coral Adventurer is a first-class tropical expedition ship designed to access unconventional destinations that often are inaccessible to large cruise ships.

Tabao said the arrival of Coral Adventurer will be the first-ever cruise call in Tacloban and Babatngon for any cruise company. The visit will come five days ahead of the 10th anniversary of the devastation of typhoon "Yolanda" last 8 November 2013.

Next week, a representative from the said travel agency in Australia will come to Tacloban to do an ocular inspection of the places that will be visited by the tourists.

Tacloban has an average daily tourist arrival of 2,000 usually for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions.