China News Service Sanya, January 1 (Zhang Yuehe) The "Dream" international cruise ship slowly left Sanya Phoenix Island International Cruise Port on the evening of January 15 with nearly 1 tourists on board, starting a four-day and three-night trip to Hue, Vietnam, marking the beginning of the cruise ship's international route operation with Sanya Phoenix Island International Cruise Port as its home port.

On January 1, the "Dream" cruise ship was moored at the Phoenix Island International Cruise Port in Sanya. Photo by Zhang Yuehe

It is reported that the "Dream" cruise ship is the largest tonnage international cruise ship departing from Sanya as its home port in the past ten years, with a total tonnage of 7,7 tons, a total of 15 decks, 1008,2360 guest rooms, and a maximum passenger capacity of 3,15 people. The cruise ship plans to operate from Sanya as its home port until March this year, with a total of 3 voyages, with an interval of 5 to 4 days from Sanya Phoenix Island International Cruise Port, and will be open to Hong Kong and Hue, Ha Long Bay, Nha Trang, Da Nang and other places in Vietnam, including 3 days and 5 nights, 4 days and 6 nights, 5 days and <> nights routes.

Xing Qing, a tourist from Haikou, Hainan Province, said that cruise tourism is a completely different feeling from air travel, most of the time is on the road, but the supporting facilities of the cruise ship are very perfect, eating, drinking and playing can be carried out on the ship, looking forward to Hainan to open more cruise tourism routes, to provide more attractive tourism products for locals and foreign tourists.

"Winter is the peak tourist season in Hainan, which is home to a large number of tourists, and we hope to enrich the travel experience of tourists in Hainan by launching new routes. Liu Dun, deputy general manager of Tianjin Oriental International Cruise Co., Ltd., the owner of the "Dream" cruise ship, said that at present, from the market feedback, consumers' enthusiasm for cruise tourism is high, especially for the Spring Festival voyage, and there are many people who have signed up. (ENDS)