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Hong Kong based cruise line,
Star Cruises, will use Laem
Chabang as the home base for its
Superstar Gemini cruise liner for
a starting period of 5 months from
December 2017 until April 2018.
The arrival of the cruise ship is
expected to benefit Thai tourism
in the long term as the port will act
as both a source point and destination
point for cruises taking
place in the Asia Pacific region.
Star Cruises is a formidable cruise
company and stands in size as the
third largest in the world. Thailand
lags behind in the cruise market
with Hong Kong, Singapore, China
and Vietnam currently leaders in
the industry within the Asia Pacific
region. Therefore there is much
potential given that Thailand has
plenty of access to the sea, has
several well regarded sea ports
and is by no means a land locked
country.
Suparek Soorangura, President
of the Thai Travel Agents Association,
was quoted as saying,
“Thailand should make more of
an effort to improve its maritime
ports and entice more commercial
cruises to use their services.
This will support the government’s
scheme of enhancing Thailand’s
capacity to serve maritime tourism
this year”.
The move to start operations from
Laem Chabang follows a previously
successful deployment in
Thailand in Phuket in 1995.
Thailand is seen as one of the
fastest growing tourist markets in
the Asia Pacific region and is expected
to also be one of the fastest
growing cruise markets.
From the Laem Chabang port
the Superstar Gemini cruise liner
will initially commence with three
short cruise offerings, including a
two night cruise to Sihanoukville
and Koh Kong in Cambodia and
a three night package to Sihanoukville
and Koh Samui with
prices ranging from 8,900 baht to
12,900 baht.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand
expects that Thailand will
welcome just over 8 million tourists
this year, an increase of six
per cent on the previous year. If
Cruise ships can garner international
appeal, and if tourists can
arrive by ship using the cruise as
part of their holiday in Thailand,
then this will help to build tourists
numbers in the Kingdom.
Suparek Soorangura was further
quoted as saying “Thailand
should also implement a good
immigration process for cruise
tourists in order to compete with
other countries in the region”.
It was suggested that if Laem
Chabang can remain as a growing
home port of cruise liners, it will
encourage international travel to
the region, encourage tourists to
spend their money in Thailand
and at the same time expose the
deep sea port to regional communities
so that small business
operators in the area can tailor
their offerings to welcome cruise
ship tourists.
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