Tagged: Taiwan (Taipei)

Six out of the 13 international cruise ships scheduled to dock at Hualien Port this year have canceled their planned visits to Taiwan following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake which devastated Hualien on April 3, the Hualien branch of Taiwan International Ports Corp. (TIPC) said on Friday. (more…)

The Transportation Ministry hopes a three-pronged plan will return the cruise industry to pre-pandemic numbers this year. (more…)

The harbors of Kaohsiung and Keelung saw 550,000 visitors disembark from 320 cruise ships last year, a return to 50% of pre-pandemic levels, the Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) said Wednesday (Jan. 3). (more…)

Arrivals of international tourists on cruise ships are expected to return to 90 percent of pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels by the end of this year thanks to new business models, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday. (more…)

Taiwan has further eased COVID-19 protocols for international cruises in an attempt to boost tourism, the Maritime and Port Bureau announced yesterday (Mar 04). (more…)

Ending a cruise ban that had been in place since 2020, Taiwan is welcoming the return of international ships to its ports. (more…)

Taiwan has lifted a ban on international cruises that was introduced in February 2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 into the country, the Maritime and Port Bureau said on Monday. (more…)

Since Taiwan’s domestic cruises have been suspended for half a year, Keelung Mayor Lin Yu-chang (林右昌) on Wednesday (Dec. 1) urged the country to find a balance between the economy and disease prevention and resume the cruises. (taiwannews.com.tw)

Taiwan is conveniently located between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, providing excellent itinerary options for cruises. The island offers cruise guests the opportunity to explore the natural environment, cultural history and other popular tourist attractions as sightseeing and transportation businesses have boomed in recent years, attracting many ships to the region. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

The Port of Keelung last year received 1.06 million passengers, with strong growth in the number of cruise ship travelers from the Philippines, Taiwan International Ports Corp. (taipeitimes.com)

Taiwan has its eyes on the future, racing to add more port space as it expects bigger ships in Asia in the near future. Keelung’s passenger terminal will see its renovation program complete by the end of 2018, while dredging will also be done to accommodate larger ships. Keelung is Taiwan’s leading port. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

After a 9-year break, the Tainan City Government announced earlier this week that cruise ships are once again going to be docking in the historic Port of Anping this year. Two large cruise liners are scheduled to arrive in March and May this year and the local government hopes that this will be the start of a new influx of cruise ship tourism into one of Taiwan’s oldest districts. (taiwannews.com.tw)

The number of cruise ships and cruise ship passengers visiting Taiwan in the first seven months of 2017 has shown strong year-on-year growth, transport officials said Friday, adding that the market prospects look good because more cruise liners have been including Taiwanese ports in their home-port operations. (focustaiwan.tw)

Among all international cruise lines, the route between Keelung and Japan in the first three months saw the highest number of passengers at 104,000, up 34 percent year-on-year, which accounted for 72 percent of the total. (focustaiwan.tw)

Eying bright prospects for the cruise business in Taiwan, with growing interest in Asia in the travel model, the central government is striving to provide tailored services for cruise passengers visiting ports in Taiwan, Deputy Transportation Minister Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said Tuesday. (focustaiwan.tw)

The Taiwan International Ports Corp. (TIPC), a state-run company that is tasked with handling port business, is hoping that Keelung and Kaohsiung can serve as home ports for foreign luxury cruise liners, TIPC President Lee Tai-hsin (李泰興) said Monday. (focustaiwan.tw)

The island of Taiwan is planning to improve its integrated cruise services facilities to meet growing market demands. (asiacruisenews.com)