Greater China
Cruise business on a high in Shanghai
Shanghai: Shanghai, one of the most attractive cruise cities in China, is planning to take Taiwan as a regular destination and is actively expanding routes to Southeast Asia, according to a recent cruise roundtable conference in Shanghai.
Currently, nine voyages from Shanghai to Taiwan have been approved. The Wusongkou cruise port is actively expanding middle and long-distance cruise homeport routes, with Japan and Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand to be covered, Wang Hong, district governor of Baoshan, Shanghai said. “The voyage might be around two weeks or a month, and will be easily accepted by local citizens,” Wang added. [28/05/13]