How is China’s cruise industry developing now?

Zheng Weihang said that there are currently 7 cities in mainland China operating 8 cruise ports. Since 2014, the National Tourism Administration has approved the establishment of 6 China Cruise Tourism Development Experimental Zones, promoting many A cruise ship policy was introduced. The cruise fleet operating in China has grown from just one small cruise ship with less than 900 passengers 10 years ago to 22 domestic and foreign cruise ships with nearly 50,000 passengers this year. From January to August 2017, China received 3.12 million cruise passengers, an increase of 43% over the same period last year.

Zheng Weihang said that the development of China's cruise industry will usher in the second golden decade. He hopes that the entire cruise industry chain can develop, such as the upstream manufacturing industry, the procurement industry in the service field, etc., not just Cruise tourism. At the same time, the development of the cruise industry must not only focus on quantity, but also on quality. "In the past two years, the quality and experience of cruise tourism have declined, and some cruises have fallen below the 'cabbage price'. Cruise ships are a mid-to-high-end tourism industry and should be maintain the quality it deserves.”