A positive signal at the beginning of 2024 is that many travel companies have registered to bring cruise travel tourists to Chan May port. The remaining challenge is how to attract more high-end tourists to visit, experience, and “spend money” in Hue City.

On December 10, the Provincial Department of Tourism coordinated with Hue Monuments Conservation Center and related units to welcome a group of international cruise passengers on the Diamond Princess high-grade cruise to visit Hue ancient capital.

Cruise ship tourists are high-end ones. In addition to spending heavily in the places they visit, cruise ship tourists also contribute to spreading the appeal of the destination. The thing is, however, how to attract this type of tourist, the solution of which lies in investing in creating attractive products right from the “gateway” of Chan May Port, all the way to Hue City.

On January 16, Silver Spirit cruise ship docked at Chan May port for the first time in 2023, bringing nearly 200 tourists to visit and experience tourism in Hue Ancient Capital.

After nearly 3 years, the first cruise ship has just returned to Hue, and cruise travel is expected to recover better from 2023.

The fact that emperor Thieu Tri composed the poem “Song Huong” (“Perfume River”) describing his morning on the river proves that the king cruised on a royal ship. Though he wrote “boat,” it was actually a luxurious ship. So what was the royal cruising ship like?

On the morning of October 10, the Tourism Department coordinated with Hue Monument Conservation Center to welcome a group of cruise tourists, bringing nearly 100 international tourists coming to visit Hue Ancient Capital.