2024 starts with positive signals in stable economic growth
China has fully resumed international cruise shipping
Carrying over 3,900 passengers, China's first domestically made large cruise ship, the Adora Magic City, docked at Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal on Feb 22 morning, together with "Piano Land" and "Blue Dream Star".
Meanwhile, the visiting cruise ship "Europa" berthed at the Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal on Feb 21.This is the first time for Shanghai cruise port to welcome four cruise ships at the same time since China fully resumed international cruise transport in 2023.
Since February, the Shanghai cruise port has docked 20 international cruise trips, with over 65,000 accumulative inbound and outbound passengers, which is nearly double the total number of inbound and outbound international cruise ship trips in January.
The numbers of inbound and outbound passengers reached 10,500 and 10,700 trips on Feb 9 and Feb 14, respectively, reaching the highest record in the past four years.
It is expected that there will be more than 380 inbound and outbound cruise ship trips at Shanghai cruise port in 2024.
