On the morning of November 16, the first cruise ship carrying more than 1,100 passengers from Beihai City (Guangxi - China) docked at Ha Long International Passenger Port (Vietnam) after a long interruption of this journey.
At exactly 7:00 a.m. on November 16, the ship named Blue Dream Melody from Beihai (China) arrived at Ha Long International Passenger Port with 1,123 tourists.
The first cruise ship carrying more than 1,100 passengers from Beihai City (Guangxi - China) arrived at Ha Long International Passenger Port (Vietnam) on the morning of November 16 after a long interruption.
At Ha Long International Passenger Port, leaders of Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee, Ha Long City and relevant departments and branches warmly welcomed the first guests to Ha Long City on the new cruise route.
Ms. Nguyen Huyen Anh, Director of Quang Ninh Department of Tourism, said: The two localities have discussed and worked very closely to build a new route connecting Bac Hai with Ha Long. A delegation of Quang Ninh Department of Tourism officials went directly to Bac Hai and experienced the cruise to Ha Long.
On that basis, the two sides will evaluate and gradually improve service quality, moving towards building a regular operating itinerary for attractive tours connecting these two localities.
"The two sides have designed a more diverse travel itinerary for visitors from China to Vietnam departing from Beihai City in 2025. Not only stopping at Ha Long, visiting Quang Ninh, but the itinerary will be longer so that visitors have more time to explore the beauty of other famous tourist destinations in Vietnam such as Da Nang and Hue. It is expected that during the peak period of November 2025, there will be 3 Beihai - Ha Long passenger trains per week," said the leader of the Quang Ninh Department of Tourism.
Mr. Pham Van Hiep, Director of Ha Long International Passenger Port, said: "This is a good opportunity to promote tourism. We hope that both sides will exploit the advantages of sea transport to promote tourism growth for both localities, which have their own strengths. The expansion of new markets is also a positive signal that international tourists traveling by sea in 2024 and the following years will recover strongly...".
According to the plan, the Blue Dream Melody will anchor at Ha Long International Passenger Port until 6 p.m. the same day for tourists to visit Ha Long Bay and Ha Long City as well as some other famous tourist destinations in Quang Ninh. It is expected that the second passenger ship from Bac Hai will continue to Ha Long on November 18, carrying more than 1,000 passengers.
Previously, the Beihai - Ha Long cruise line operated for 10 years, starting in 1998 to connect one of the 10 most beautiful cities in China with Ha Long City. However, this route was later suspended.
The reopening of the sea route from Bac Hai to Ha Long shows the utmost efforts of the authorities at all levels, departments, branches, sectors, and relevant units of Quang Ninh province (Vietnam) and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China).
The event is of special significance to the tourism industry in particular and between the two localities in general. Because the port in Bac Hai has just been invested in modernly and is expanding connections to cruise ship routes, especially international routes. Meanwhile, in Quang Ninh, Ha Long International Passenger Port is a favorite destination of many cruise lines with synchronous and modern infrastructure.
Invested and built on a large and systematic scale by Sun Group, Ha Long International Passenger Port has a modernly designed international wharf, capable of receiving ships with a capacity of up to 225,000 GRT, serving 2 ships with a capacity of nearly 10,000 passengers at the same time.
The super yacht carrying the 3 millionth international tourist arrived in Ha Long at the end of October.
Currently, this is the only specialized port in Vietnam to receive passenger ships and world super yachts; it is a favorite destination for international cruise lines, contributing to marking Vietnam on the world cruise map. Therefore, successfully connecting the cruise line between the two localities will open up an extremely potential tourism market.
The 2024 cruise season kicked off in October with many international super cruise ships bringing tourists from Asia, Europe, and America to Ha Long. With these positive movements and new international cruise routes, it is expected to contribute to realizing the goal of welcoming 3.5 million international visitors to Quang Ninh in 2024.
Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/chuyen-tau-bien-bac-hai-trung-quoc-cho-tren-1100-khach-dau-tien-den-tp-ha-long-19224111608063177.htm
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