[Cross-Strait] China's domestically built cruise ship Adora Magic City to resume Japan routes in December
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Since the deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations, the Chinese government has urged its citizens to avoid traveling to Japan, leading to the cancellation of many flights and changes in cruise routes between the two countries. However, China's domestically built cruise ship Adora Magic City's booking system shows that in December, several voyages will dock at the Yaeyama Islands and Naha in Okinawa, Japan.
After Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's "Taiwan emergency" remarks last November, Beijing called on its citizens to avoid traveling to Japan. The Chinese cruise ship Adora Magic City, which sails on Japan-Korea routes, also changed its itinerary since last November, avoiding Japanese ports such as Fukuoka, Sasebo, and Nagasaki, and instead heading to Korean ports like Jeju and Busan.
However, according to the booking system on Adora Cruises' official WeChat public account, several Shanghai departures for Adora Magic City in December will change from their current stops in Jeju and Busan, South Korea, to the Yaeyama Islands and Naha in Okinawa, Japan.
Furthermore, an article published on the industry WeChat public account "Cruise News" on the 17th regarding this matter pointed out that half a year has passed since the cruise company changed its routes to South Korea. During this half-year, customers were dissatisfied, finding it not fun and unwilling to go, and the cruise line couldn't make money. Even with "cutthroat" prices, occupancy rates plummeted. "It's truly not easy for cruise companies to endure this long..."
The article stated that as several foreign cruise companies successively changed their Korean routes to domestic Japanese routes, Adora Cruises also modified the Adora Magic City's routes for December 2026 on the 16th. As for why it chose Okinawa instead of mainland Japan, it's because Chinese people have a higher recognition of Okinawa and it's also to accommodate the sentiments of some people. "The cruise line's route change is purely a commercial act."
Currently, the impact of Beijing's call for citizens to avoid traveling to Japan continues. The latest data from the Japan National Tourism Organization shows that in May, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Japan decreased by 60.4% year-on-year, to 313,000, marking the sixth consecutive month below the same period last year. Recently, mainland media quoted statistics from Flight Manager DAST, indicating that in May, a total of 31 China-Japan air routes canceled all flights. (Editor: Shen Zhenjiang)
Source Link: https://www.rti.org.tw/news?uid=3&pid=215351
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