Sanya Port Welcomes First International Cruise Call of 2018 Season

Sanya Phoenix Island International Cruise Terminal has welcomed the first cruise call of the 2018 season with the arrival of German-based cruise ship “MS Artania”.

MS Artania arrived at the Sanya Port on Monday 29th January, 2018. The vessel is operated on the 120-day around-the-world voyage. The ship departed from Seychelles in Africa on January 6th, 2018 and will finish its cruise at port of Bremen, Germany on May 6th. Sanya is the first stop port of its en route to China.

The ship brought 1,081 passengers from more than 20 countries and regions including Germany, Switzerland and Austria during its visit.

The cruise ship stayed at the Sanya port for 14 hours. Passengers visited tourist attractions in and around Sanya including the Nanshan Tourism Cultural Zone, Luhuitou Park, Dadonghai Scenic Spot, and Binglanggu Valley.

In recent years, the Phoenix Island International Cruise Terminal has been concentrating on innovation in order to expand the number of cruise liners, of different sizes, that use the port. This is further evidence that Sanya cruise homeport can rightfully be considered as one of Asia’s new state-of-the-art harbors providing world-leading serviced berths for cruise liners.

In 2017, Sanya Phoenix Island International Cruise Terminal has welcomed about 57,100 cruise passengers, including 28,300 inbound and28,800 outbound passengers.