Guideline gives fillip to cruise tourism

China will vigorously grow its cruise tourism market, push forward the building of Sanya in Hainan province as a home port of international cruises, and create a number of world-class cruise tourism destinations with distinguished features, a new guideline released on Wednesday stated.

The country will promote cruise tourism development in cities such as Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenzhen and Guangzhou in Guangdong province, Xiamen and Fuzhou in Fujian province, as well as Qingdao in Shandong province, and Dalian in Liaoning province, according to a guideline jointly released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and four other departments.

By 2025, China aims to preliminarily complete the building of an industrial system for the equipment of cruise ships and yachts, deliver domestically built large-sized cruise vessels, accelerate the manufacturing of mid-scale cruise vehicles, and achieve large-scale manufacturing of small-sized cruise boats and a wide range of yachts, the guideline stated.