17 international cruises to visit Hong Kong in March

17 international cruises will be visiting Hong Kong this month, with four international vessels docked at the same time at the two cruise terminals in the city on 9 March, bringing about 5,400 visitors from 31 countries or regions to the city.

This comes as the Tourism Commission and the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) strive to attract vessels from various international cruise lines to call in or be home-ported in Hong Kong.

Celebrity Millenium of Celebrity Cruises, Costa Serena of Costa Cruises, Silver Whisper of Silversea Cruises, and Seabourn Encore of Seabourn Cruises arrived in Hong Kong on 8 and 9 March respectively, docking at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal and the Ocean Terminal 2 in Tsim Sha Tsui. The cruises have brought to Hong Kong passengers from 31 countries and regions, including the Mainland, the US, Australia, the UK, Germany, Canada, the Philippines, Japan and Singapore.

According to HKTB, three large international cruise ships will visit the city for the first time from 18 to 19 March, including Queen Anne of Cunard Line and Norwegian Sky of Norwegian Cruise Line. Queen Elizabeth, a member of Cunard Line, will also return to Hong Kong. Each cruise ship has a capacity of over 2,000 passengers, with Cunard Line choosing Hong Kong as the destination for Queen Anne’s world cruise gala dinner, with more than 1,000 travellers attending a gala dinner hosted by the cruise line at a local hotel, further strengthening Hong Kong's position as a cruise hub in Asia.

HKTB will continue to promote Hong Kong’s cruise tourism and maintain close liaison with Mainland and international cruise companies to attract ship calls from their fleets to Hong Kong and bring more visitors to Hong Kong. HKTB will also encourage the travel trade to provide cruise travellers with more diversified on-shore travel experiences to showcase our unique tourism appeal.

Apart from international cruises, visitors are participating in local tours with unique Hong Kong characteristics. In addition to shore excursions to traditional tourist hotspots, such as the Peak and Tsim Sha Tsui, a group of cruise visitors added a city walk in Kowloon City to their on-shore itinerary to immerse themselves in authentic Hong Kong culture and heritage on a journey through neighbourhood’s past and present.

During the local tour, the cruise visitors visited Kai Tak Sports Park, Hong Kong’s largest, state-of-the-art sports and entertainment complex, followed by the visit of “Live out the Cinematic Charm of Hong Kong – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Exhibition” organised by HKTB in the AIRSIDE shopping mall. They enjoyed a lifelike experience of the blockbuster movie and learned about the history of the Walled City.

The group then checked out historical relics from the Walled City in Kowloon Walled City Park and enjoyed Hong Kong-style egg tarts, local delicacy which is crispy and rich in flavour. The visitors also visited the Chilin Nunnery, a Buddhist sanctuary, which has replicated traditional aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty, and Nan Lian Garden, a classical Chinese garden, to learn more about the city’s traditional religious culture amidst the vibrant urban surroundings.

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