The Center for an Urban Future, a nonprofit research organization, estimated in a 2007 report about Staten Island that more than 2 million tourists a year take the ferry, with few ever leaving to explore the island.
And it is already visited daily by busloads of Albanian schoolchildren, who make the seven-hour drive along bumpy roads from Tirana, and by tourists, most of them British, who take the ferry from Corfu to the little Albanian port of Saranda.
Take the free ferry: The Algiers Ferry leaves every 30 minutes from the dock right next to the aquarium to cross the Mississippi.
To explore Hvar's unsung highlights, take the car ferry from Split, Dalmatia's capital, to the ancient town of Stari Grad on Hvar's western coast.
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South Ferry, which is used by commuters who take the nearby Staten Island Ferry, was the last Manhattan subway stop damaged by the October storm to reopen.
Once back at the pier, take the cross-river ferry back to Pakret and head for the main Chao Praya Express Boat Pier (the same pier where you disembarked earlier).
At sunset, passengers were bused from the French embassy to Beirut's port, where the Greek passenger ferry Yerapetra was waiting to take them away from the violence.
Alternatively, take a short gondola or ferry ride from the boat stations in front of the Palazzo Ducale, next to Piazza San Marco, to the Hotel Cipriani on Isola Della Guidecca.
The Bristol Ferry Boat Company said it saw a jump in the number of passengers as commuters decided to take the water to work rather than risk the icy roads and pavements.
Further south from Mobor, a trip across the languid Sal on a rust-bucket passenger ferry will take you to solace and solitude on magnificent Agonda Beach with its wide swathe of sand.
Sunken World War II warships in Scapa Flow harbour offer fantastic diving opportunities, or take a ferry to either Westray or Hoy for spectacular cliffside walks and the chance to see puffins and other seabirds at the bird preserves on each island.
Song Young Ok said she has not been told to stop selling tickets for the ferry off the island, and doesn't know when the military drills will take place.
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