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Early this morning, Royal Caribbean Cruises' "Melody of the Seas", a cruise ship carrying nearly 2,000 foreign tourists, docked at the Tianjin International Cruise Home Port, which sailed for 275 days around the world, making it the longest round-the-world route at present.
The Royal 275-Day Round the World is the longest circumnavigation journey in history. On December 10, 2023, the "Melody of the Seas" loaded nearly 2,000 tourists from all over the world set sail from Miami, the world's cruise capital, across four oceans, visited seven continents, visited the world's top ten scenic spots, and stopped at more than 150 colorful destinations in 60 countries, including Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Ushuaia, Los Angeles, Auckland, Sydney, Seoul, Tokyo, Rome, Barcelona, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and other world-renowned cities.
Tianjin is the 68th port of visit and the 119th day of the round-the-world itinerary, during the two-day stop, international tourists will take an in-depth tour of Beijing and Tianjin, visiting famous attractions such as Tiananmen Square, the Palace Museum, the Badaling Great Wall, and tasting authentic Chinese cuisine, and appreciating the unique cultural heritage of Beijing and Tianjin. Tomorrow (8th), more than 150 tourists on board will also visit landmark attractions such as Tianjin's Shijia Courtyard and Ancient Culture Street to feel the strong Jincheng style. Liu Yanan, head of the cruise department of Coastline International Travel Service, introduced.
As soon as they got off the boat, travelers from all over the world felt the warmth of Tianjin. In the boarding hall of Tianjin International Cruise Home Port, live performances such as folk music performances, lion dances, and Dagu dragon lanterns with traditional cultural characteristics attracted many tourists to stop and watch. In the hall, "Clay Man Zhang" and "Lao Meihua" also set up temporary booths with national style to show Tianjin culture to visitors. In the "Overseas Guest Payment Service Center" of Bank of China Tianjin Branch, there is also a guidance area for overseas guests to scan the QR code and an information area for domestic redemption hotels and outlets, so that foreign tourists can enjoy a worry-free exchange trip to Tianjin. "The facilities and services of Tianjin International Cruise Home Port are very in place, which has laid a good foundation for our trip to Beijing and Tianjin, and the live performance allows us to enter the Chinese culture at once, and we are full of expectations for the next trip. Han Mi, a tourist from Utah, told reporters.
"Royal Caribbean has been cultivating the Tianjin homeport cruise market for more than 10 years, and in 2010, we opened the first international route in Tianjin, constantly raising the benchmark of shipping, from the initial 70,000 gross tons of Ocean Myth, to the 140,000 gross tons of Ocean Mariner, and then to the 170,000 gross tons of Ocean Tribute, we continue to introduce the international flagship from Tianjin to the cruise market in northern China. "In terms of the cruise industry, Tianjin represents the second largest regional market in China, we attach great importance to Tianjin's cruise market, which has very good customer potential, and we have also received strong support from the Tianjin Municipal and Binhai New Area governments for many years. The improvement of quality and the upgrading of consumption scenarios have led the healthy growth of cruise inbound and outbound travel. ”
On the 7th, the arrival of the "Melody of the Seas" was warmly welcomed, and the relevant government departments, ports, and port departments welcomed the arrival of the round-the-world cruise ship with practical actions. The Dongjiang Maritime Safety Administration formulated the "one ship, one policy" safety guarantee plan for cruise ships in advance, established a three-level dynamic tracking mechanism for cruise ships "overseas-domestic (outside the jurisdiction of Tianjin)-Tianjin", and made full use of satellites, AIS and other effective means to dynamically track the whole process of the "Ocean Melody" and grasp the navigation dynamics of the ship in real time.
Liu Yang, captain of the second team on duty at the Dongjiang Border Inspection Station of Tianjin Border Inspection Station, introduced: "More than 800 passengers on this voyage applied for transit visa-free, setting a new high in the number of people handling a single voyage of transit visa-free at Tianjin Port, the number of people handled in a single day and the number of people handled at a single port. ”
This year, visiting cruise ships have arrived in Tianjin, witnessing the continuous and steady recovery of Tianjin's cruise market. On February 26, the Tianjin International Cruise Home Port ushered in the first cruise ship "Europa" after the resumption of cruise ships, and on March 11, the second "Cuidedan" cruise ship carried more than 1,100 foreign tourists to leave the port and embark on a two-day and one-night trip to Beijing and Tianjin. At the same time, on March 23, the "Dream" cruise ship returned to Tianjin to open a new season of home port routes.
It is understood that the "Melody of the Sea" is the 22nd international cruise ship welcomed by Tianjin Binhai New Area in 2024, and the number of inbound and outbound tourists has reached more than 68,000. This year, Binhai New Area will strive to receive 100 international cruise ships and 300,000 inbound and outbound tourists. With the docking of more cruise ships, Tianjin International Cruise Home Port will further activate the tourism market in Tianjin and the surrounding areas, and drive the development of multiple industries such as hotels, catering, shopping, and culture.
Source: Jinyun