Quang Ninh welcomes cruise ship tourists from Japan

During the voyage, the Pacific World ship departed from Yokohama Port (Japan) to a number of ports and tourist destinations, including Ha Long City. This is also the first time Quang Ninh province has welcomed a group of tourists by ship in the form of a charter (chartering the entire trip) to bring tourists from Japan to Ha Long, opening up opportunities to promote cruise ship routes connecting Japanese ports with Quang Ninh, a positive signal from one of the key international tourist markets of Quang Ninh tourism, a potential market with high-paying customers.

Quang Ninh provincial leaders welcomed tourists and crew members of the Pacific World ship arriving in Ha Long city.

Visitors are warmly welcomed when arriving in Ha Long, Quang Ninh.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hanh, Vice Chairwoman of the Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee, said that this event is an important milestone, demonstrating the efforts of the government and the business community in negotiating, connecting and carefully preparing to make Ha Long a regular destination for cruise lines in general and Japan in particular. In addition, the Quang Ninh tourism industry will also promote promotional programs abroad; work and sign cooperation agreements with reputable domestic and foreign travel businesses; organize to welcome international travel business delegations and press to survey and promote Quang Ninh tourism; build attractive tourism programs and product packages to attract the international tourist market.

According to the program, tourists on the Pacific World cruise will visit and experience some tourist attractions in Ha Long city and Dong Trieu city including: Ha Long Bay, Provincial Museum, Ha Long I Market, Vincom Plaza Halong, Queen Cable Car, Yen Duc Village and some tourist attractions in Quang Ninh province on April 30. To welcome the group of tourists on the cruise, especially during peak tourist season, Quang Ninh province has carefully prepared infrastructure, port facilities, immigration procedures, creating the most favorable conditions for tourists to visit and experience according to the schedule.

Tourists take souvenir photos when arriving in Ha Long, Quang Ninh.

Mr. Yoshioka Tatsuya, Director of Peace Boat Company (Japan) shared: “I was surprised and happy with the warm welcome of Quang Ninh province. The scenery is beautiful and the people are friendly. I hope to have many trips back to Ha Long and Vietnam. Through the journey, I also hope to connect the two countries of Vietnam and Japan to become stronger, more peaceful and more developed”.

From 2024 to present, cruise tourism activities in Quang Ninh have shown many signs of improvement, the number of cruise tourists is increasing and becoming more vibrant again. In 2025, it is expected that there will be about 70 cruise ships with nearly 90,000 international tourists from many markets in Europe, America, Australia, Northeast Asia... registered to dock at Ha Long International Passenger Port, an increase of about 30% compared to 2024.

In addition to the luxury cruise ships that have come and returned to Ha Long many times such as: Celebrity Solstice, Mein Schiff 6, Westerdam..., this year there are many new cruise ships such as: Brilliant Lady, Luminara, Pacific World... planning to bring tourists to visit and experience destinations in Quang Ninh.

With a great competitive advantage in the domestic and regional cruise tourism market share, along with the determination to improve infrastructure, develop specific tourism products for cruise passengers, renew destinations to retain and increase tourist spending; promote and innovate promotional programs abroad; work and sign cooperation agreements with reputable domestic and foreign travel businesses; organize to welcome domestic and international delegations of travel businesses, press, KOLs to survey and promote Quang Ninh tourism; develop tourism programs, product packages to serve customers... Quang Ninh will soon achieve the goal of attracting 20 million visitors, including about 4.5 million international visitors (in the first 4 months of 2025, Quang Ninh province welcomed about 7.58 million tourists, an increase of 7% over the same period in 2024; of which, the number of international visitors reached nearly 1.6 million; total revenue from tourism is estimated at 18,310 billion VND, an increase of 26% over the same period in 2024), contributing to completing the province's GRDP growth target of over 14% and the target of the Resolution of the 15th Quang Ninh Provincial Party Congress and welcoming Party congresses at all levels.

Tourists enjoy checking in at Ha Long, Quang Ninh.

According to the assessment, Quang Ninh has a great competitive advantage in the domestic and regional cruise tourism market share. In recent years, Ha Long has always paid attention to improving infrastructure, developing specific tourism products for cruise passengers; businesses and localities join hands to develop and renew destinations and tourism products to retain and increase tourists' spending.

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