Diamond Princess will make eight visits to Penang this season and Sapphire Princess will follow with another eight calls for the next. The pair will bring over 40,000 guests for two seasons.
Diamond Princess visited Penang March 13, arriving from Port Klang en-route to Phuket on a five-day Malaysian Peninsula voyage before returning to Singapore.
'Penang is proud and honoured to have Diamond Princess berthing at Port Swettenham,' said Y.B. Danny Law, Penang State EXCO for tourism development, who boarded the ship for a tour and lunch onboard.
He welcomed the guests and crew to Penang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
'Penang has become one of our guests’ favourite port of calls, with over 80% of guests disembarking the ship when they visit Penang to enjoy the wonderful local food, great shopping and charming sight-seeing attractions,' said Farriek Tawfik, director of Southeast Asia, Princess Cruises.
Guests from Penang and northern Malaysia will continue to have the option of boarding the ship from Port Swettenham on her Southeast Asian voyages.
Penang will welcome Majestic Princess on a maiden call in June, and the vessel's first stop in Southeast Asia.
Copyright © 2024. All rights reserved. Seatrade, a trading name of Informa Markets (UK) Limited. Add Seatrade Cruise News to your Google News feed.
