With over 7,000 beautiful islands, it’s no wonder that the country attracts tourists to experience the Philippines.
With the improving China-Philippines relations, China is looking into the Philippines as a target cruise destination for Chinese tourists.
Aboard cruise ships from Tianjin International Cruise Home Port, Chinese tourists can explore the beauty of the country as well as contribute to the Philippines’ bid to increase Chinese tourist arrivals to one million.
According to Tianjin Cruise Port general manager Zhang Zhendong, the Philippines is one of the targt destinations being considered under future expansion plans and programs of the largest cruise port in northern China.
”We are considering to have more cruises in countries like Japan, Korea as well as in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries,” a Philippine News Agency (PNA) report quoted Tianjin Cruise Port general manager Zhang Zhendong as saying.
According to Zhang, China’s cruise industry has been increasing “very fast”, with about 110 million Chinese tourists cruise travelling to as much as 130 destinations in 2016.
(Report via PNA)
