This ship is not on the list of cruise ships registered to enter Ha Long Bay in 2024.
According to the plan, the Cheng Zhen ship will stay in Ha Long for 2 days; nearly 400 tourists on the Cheng Zhen ship will visit Ha Long Bay, Ha Long City and Hanoi .
After this inaugural trip, the Cheng Zhen ship is expected to bring Chinese tourists from Hainan back to Ha Long Bay about 6 more trips.
According to the registration list at the end of December 2023, there were a total of 51 international cruise ships from Hainan returning to Ha Long Bay for the first time after many years of interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there was no Cheng Zhen ship.
This is one of the familiar super ships of the past years, such as: Viking Orion, Silver Muse, Celebrity Solstice, Silver Whisper, Le Lapouser, Seven Seas Explorer, the World...
In the whole year of 2023, there will be only about 23-24 international cruise ships entering Ha Long Bay.
Previously, on November 29, 2023, a Chinese ship - Zhao Shang Yi Dun - from Shenzhen, China also brought passengers back to Ha Long Bay after a period of interruption due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2024, Zhao Shang Yi Dun plans to bring passengers to Ha Long Bay 8 more times.
The return of cruise ships carrying tourists from ports in China to Ha Long Bay is of great significance to the province's tourism industry, showing a positive signal of the return of the Chinese tourist market after the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to its outstanding beauty, Ha Long Bay is also considered a convenient destination for international cruise lines because it is located on an important maritime traffic route in Asia, suitable for connecting cruise lines in the region and the world , especially close to China, where many international cruise lines bring cruise ships to exploit. Ha Long Bay is also the closest point to other North Asian markets such as Taiwan (China), Korea, Japan, etc., so it has more conditions to attract visitors.
The number of guests on each ship arriving at Ha Long Bay is very diverse, including those who will only stay on the ship, those who will go ashore to visit Ha Long Bay, Ha Long City, Van Don... or go to Ninh Binh, Hanoi for 1-2 days and then return to the ship to continue their journey at sea.
However, there are also guests who pick up the ship at Ha Long International Passenger Port to start their journey to other destinations; or there are also guests from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City who only stay 1-2 nights on the ship while the ship is anchored in Ha Long Bay.
To be more attractive to tourists in general and luxury cruise ship passengers in particular, representatives of travel companies have repeatedly recommended that Quang Ninh needs to diversify its tourism products, especially cultural and historical tourism products.
In particular, cruise ship passengers are all luxury passengers, willing to spend a lot of money and often have a need to learn more about the culture and life of the local people. Currently, in addition to the tour to visit the local people's houses in Van Don, there is only one other similar discovery and experience tour in Bang Ca commune, Ha Long city. Both of these tours are highly appreciated by cruise ship passengers, however, until now, cultural tourism products in Quang Ninh are still lacking.
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