Global cruise industry "stops" domestic short-distance travel is expected to resume first

Global cruise industry "stops" domestic short-distance travel is expected to resume first

Our reporter corrects the month

"Excuse me, when does the company's cruise ship start operating?" Some investors asked executives of a cruise-listed company, and the company executives gave a "not yet open" response.

Regarding the recovery of the cruise industry, Hou Nannan, secretary of the cruise professional committee of the Shenzhen Travel Service Association, told the Securities Daily reporter: "When multiple cruise passengers were diagnosed with new crown pneumonia, the global cruise giants have announced their suspension, although most companies It said it would be out of service for a month, but with more and more people infected with new coronary pneumonia, it will take time for cruise ships around the world to fully resume operations. "

Multiple cruise passengers confirmed

Cruise company forced to stop operations

Cruises such as "Diamond Princess", "Golden Princess", "Extreme Princess", "Ruby Princess" docking in Sydney, Australia, and "Ms. Brema" drifting in the Caribbean, have been confirmed by passengers. After the new crown of pneumonia, major cruise companies around the world have issued cruise ship suspension announcements.

On March 11, Viking Cruises, a well-known European inland cruise ship brand, announced that it would temporarily suspend all of its 67 ocean and inland cruise lines until May 1. In addition, cruise giant Carnival Group, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and MSC Cruises announced they will suspend operations for one month.

Among them, Jan Swartz, president of Princess Cruises, a Carnival Group company, announced publicly: "In the next 60 days (from March 12 to May 10), all 18 cruise lines of Princess Cruises will be suspended. This may be the most princess cruise history. Difficult decisions, but ensuring the lives and safety of passengers, crew, and employees is always the primary responsibility of Princess Cruises. "

In addition, Disney Cruise Line decided to suspend all flights. Greek cruise operator Celestyal Cruises also said it would suspend cruise operations until May 1. Later, the British cruise company Fred Olsen Cruise Lines announced the suspension and plans to resume sailing until May 23. Earlier, the company's 600-person cruise ship "Braemar" was stranded in the Bahamas, and five people on board had been diagnosed with new crown pneumonia.

The reporter noticed that Genting Hong Kong, a company listed on the Hong Kong stock market, also issued an announcement saying that in view of the outbreak of new crown pneumonia around the world and the recent rapid increase in confirmed cases in Germany, the three shipyards of the company's German MV Werften Shipbuilding Group will start from March 21, 2020. Temporary suspension of operations.

Regarding the successive releases of global cruise companies, some people in the industry told the reporter of the Securities Daily: "Since a cruise has discovered the existence of new crown pneumonia diagnosed passengers, a number of cruise ships have been refused to call ashore. Since then, the cruise company has to announce Shutdown, the global cruise industry is basically 'shutdown'. '

Tourism is coming back

The cruise industry will be ranked last?

With the gradual control of the domestic epidemic, domestic attractions have gradually opened to tourists, and when will the cruise industry recover?

In response, Hou Nannan told the Securities Daily reporter that: "Although domestic tourist attractions are mostly open, cruise ships are mostly travelling to other countries, which involves the epidemic control of other countries, and some countries may not be able to stop." The recovery of domestic cruise tourism may be behind other tourism projects. "

The reporter checked the cruise travel items on Ctrip and found that the recommended travel time for the Princess Cruises Sun Princess Global Travel is as early as May 7, and the cruise belongs to the Hawaiian route. In addition, the Royal Caribbean International Cruises also has a choice of travel time on May 12, mainly for Japanese routes, travel time is 6 days and 5 nights.

However, when reporters dialed Ctrip's cruise consultation hotline, they were told: "At present, the routes have not been resumed, and all cruises are still out of service. Therefore, all online orders have been suspended, and orders cannot be placed. The official news is to wait for sailing."

"Securities Daily" reporter also checked the website of the same trip. The princess cruise Diamond Princess showed that the earliest departure time was April 2. The cruise line was a Japanese route, and the itinerary was Yokohama City-Gamagori-Osaka-Kochi-Hiroshima. -Busan-Sasebo-Yokohama. In addition, the same journey online also shows that on May 2 there will be a Royal Caribbean International Cruise.

Regarding the above itinerary, people from the same journey said to reporters: "At present, the departure date of the cruise has not been set, and the cruise is in a suspended state."

A travel agency source told the Securities Daily reporter: "Because the epidemic in the United States is still on the rise, all cruise ships are suspended." When it comes to when sailing will resume, the source said that it could not To determine sailing time, you need to wait for official news.

Hou Nannan analyzed: "At present, the domestic epidemic situation has gradually stabilized. With the gradual opening up of the tourism industry, if domestic cruise ships take domestic short-distance tours, maybe the domestic cruise industry can recover first." (Securities Daily)