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Qingdao Cruise Terminal rounds up 2015 numbers

China’s Qingdao Cruise Terminal at Little Bay has received 38 cruise ships and 32,188 inbound and outbound passengers since the facility opened in May last year, according to the local tourism board.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

January 18, 2016

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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

Qingdao is located in the southeast part of northeastern Shandong province, and it is a short distance by sea from Korea and Japan. 'With its natural geographical location of being in close proximity to Korea and Japan, the port has the potential to become China’s northern cruise hub,' noted a local tourism board official.

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Mary Bond

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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