The passenger flow of Qingdao cruise routes is on the rise

Recently, in the early morning mist of Qingdao International Cruise Terminal, the Chinese luxury cruise ship "China Merchants Yidun" slowly docked. Under the supervision of Qingdao Dagang Customs, 865 international tourists arrived in Qingdao for sightseeing and will return to the ship and depart in the afternoon of the same day.

It is reported that the "China Merchants Yidun" international cruise ship is known for its "mobile luxury living aesthetic space". With a total length of 228.2 meters and a total tonnage of 47800 tons, it is the most visited and frequently used cruise ship in the history of Qingdao cruise ships.

I am particularly interested in the mountain and sea scenery and cultural charm of Qingdao, and today I can finally experience it firsthand, "said a tourist from the United States.

With the continuous heating up of the cruise economy, Qingdao is accelerating the construction of an integrated development pattern of "port business district", and the cruise economy is gradually becoming a new engine for urban consumption upgrading and cultural tourism integration. The Qingdao International Cruise Home Port has already established a comprehensive service system of 'Cruise+'. Since the beginning of this year, the home port has successfully set four new records, including the berthing of domestic large-scale cruise ships, the maiden voyage of five-star red flag cruise ships, overnight docking of visiting port cruise ships, and dual cruise ships docking together. It uses its hard power to escort passengers every trip, "said Li Yueyan, Deputy General Manager of Qingdao International Cruise Co., Ltd.

In order to ensure efficient customs clearance during peak hours for passengers entering and leaving the country, Qingdao Dagang Customs actively communicates and collaborates with other port inspection units and port departments, conducts emergency drills for crowd diversion and port epidemic prevention and control in advance, builds a seamless connection and guarantee loop, and formulates a "one ship, one case" multi department collaborative guarantee plan. At the same time, by fully utilizing convenient measures such as smart telecommunications quarantine, remote interconnection and contactless quarantine between customs quarantine personnel and inbound vessels can be achieved, significantly reducing the clearance time for passengers.

We coordinate the customs supervision force, optimize the processes of health quarantine, luggage inspection, etc., dynamically increase the number of customs officers on duty, monitor the clearance flow in real time, and combine multiple measures of 'flexible opening' to create a safe and convenient clearance environment, "said Hu Xiao, head of the Travel Inspection Department of Qingdao Dagang Customs.

According to statistics, since the beginning of this year, Qingdao Dagang Customs has supervised a total of 39 cruise ships and 68000 passengers, an increase of 14.7% and 37.3% year-on-year, respectively. (Hu Xiao, Feng Ru/Wen)