Costa markets two Asia ships to Europeans, Americans with new itinerariesCosta markets two Asia ships to Europeans, Americans with new itineraries

Starting in early January, Costa Victoria is going to sail from Singapore on weekly butterfly itineraries that can be combined. Those run until Feb. 24, when the ship departs on a 23-day cruise from Singapore to Savona, Italy.

One of Costa Victoria's seven-day Singapore routes will call at Koh Samui and Bangkok, Thailand, and Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The other will visit Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, Penang and Malacca, Malaysia, and Phuket, Thailand.

Costa Victoria's three-week cruise to Savona includes destinations in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Oman and Greece (Heraklion), and stops at Civitavecchia (Rome).

Costa Victoria will be staying in Europe after that, and not returning to Asia.

Starting in October, Costa neoRomantica will redeploy from Fukuoka to sail eight-day cruises from Tokyo, until late January 2018. The itinerary includes Japanese ports Nagoya, Okinawa and Miyakojima, and Keelung, Taiwan.

In October and November, this itinerary can be combined with a six-day cruise that calls at Kobe or Osaka, the South Korean island of Jeju and Kagoshima. For Christmas, a special 10-day cruise will visit Kobe, Amami Oshima, Ishigaki, Okinawa (overnight), Yokkaichi and Keelung.