The number of tourists who visited Incheon Port by cruise this year has exceeded 6,000.
According to the Incheon Port Authority (IPA) on the 23rd, the number of cruise passengers, which was only 275 until March last year, increased significantly to 6,147 from January to March this year. Additionally, the number of passengers who stayed overnight for 1 night and 2 days at Incheon Port and toured the metropolitan area and Incheon also increased greatly.
This morning at 7 a.m., the Silver Moon cruise, which arrived at Incheon Port Cruise Terminal, departed from Tokyo, Japan, stopping by Kagoshima, carrying 939 people including 528 passengers and 411 crew members. The passengers toured Chinatown, Wolmido, and Heungryunsa Temple in Incheon on a 1 night 2 day schedule, then headed to Jeju Island on the 24th.
On the 23rd, the Silver Moon docked at Incheon Port Cruise Terminal. [Photo by Incheon Port Authority]
IPA plans to promote Incheon Port as the optimal homeport for fly and cruise (FLY&CRUISE) to global cruise lines, successfully lead two homeport calls in the first half of the year, and establish a high value-added industrial base by developing tourism, ship supplies, and passenger transport services between airports and ports. Through this, it is expected to ride a new wave as the central homeport of Northeast Asia.
An IPA official stated, "To leap forward as a Northeast Asia cruise hub port, we will continue route attraction marketing targeting selected cruise lines."
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