{"id":12242,"date":"2020-11-30T21:40:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T21:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=12242"},"modified":"2020-12-01T11:26:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T11:26:39","slug":"china-ready-to-restart-cruises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-ready-to-restart-cruises","title":{"rendered":"China ready to restart cruises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Provided Covid-19 cases remain under control, China could allow local companies to operate within its borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
China.- Cruise lines could begin domestic operations in December provided that there is no spike in the number of Covid-19 cases. The measure would be for local operators only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For now, trips would be \u201ccruises to nowhere\u201d that start and end on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, with no stops in between. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Chinese government has awarded the first permit to Astro Ocean International Cruise, a joint venture between two state-owned firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first sailing from the Chinese city of Sanya will be carried out by Piano Land, the country’s first domestically operated luxury cruise ship and the only one operated by Astro Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Borders with Japan or Vietnam remain closed, ruling out those traditional cruise routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n