On Thursday morning, 3 large cruise ships, carrying a total of over 3,000 foreign passengers, docked at Da Nang’s Tien Sa Port.

Cruise ship passengers taking immigration procedures at the port

In detail, Glory Sea and SuperStar Gemini, both arranged by the Saigontourist travel agency, brought 700 and 750 foreigners to the city respectively.  The remaining passgengers were carried by the MSC Lirica cruise ship arranged by the city-based Phu Huu Nghi company.  The majority of foreign passengers were chinese nationalities.

During their one-day stay in the seaside city, some of the passengers were taken on organised daily tours to local popular attractions, and went shopping at local markets and supermarkets.  Other passengers were taken on tours to Thua Thien-Hue Province and Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An City.

The 3 ships left the city for other destinations on the same day.