Yesterday, the Ida Cruise's "Ida Mediterranean" cruise ship returned to the Tianjin International Cruise Home Port. As nearly 2,600 passengers boarded the ship one after another, the 2025 Tianjin new flight season of this international cruise ship officially started. According to the route deployment plan, the "Ida Mediterranean" will launch a 12-day and 11-night long route in Tianjin for the first time this summer.
"Ida Moduo" comes to Tianjin in 2027
Guo Jia, Director of Business Development of Ida Cruise, introduced that from June 8 to the end of August, the "Ida Mediterranean" will use Tianjin as its home port and launch more than 10 international cruise routes of 6 days and 5 nights. It is also worth mentioning that the 12-day and 11-night long route of "Summer Tour of Hokkaido" will be launched on August 7. During this period, the "Ida Mediterranean" will visit Hokkaido, Japan for the first time, and tourists can go to more popular tourist destinations.
At the departure ceremony held yesterday, Ida Cruise also released the Tianjin route deployment plan for 2026-2027. In addition to the Japanese and Korean international cruise ships of the "Ida Mediterranean", the first large domestic cruise ship "Ida Magic City" will also come to Tianjin, and the six-month flight season is expected to start in April 2027. At that time, the two cruise ships plan to operate more than 50 voyages in Tianjin throughout the year.
"This is the 'Ida Modu'For the first time, long-term route deployment was carried out in Chinese port cities outside Shanghai." Guojia said, "Tianjin is an important cruise port in the north and can radiate to many provinces and cities in the north. We hope to attract more tourists to Tianjin to take cruises through the long-term route deployment of the "Ida Mediterranean" and "Ida Magic City"."
Get discounts on traveling to Dongjiang with boat tickets
"My wife and I came from Benxi, Liaoning. Yesterday we went to Tianjin and went to several attractions. It felt very fun. This is our first time taking a cruise, so I am looking forward to it!" Ms. Xie, a tourist, told reporters.
As the location of Tianjin International Cruise Home Port, the Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone also took this opportunity to launch the "One Ticket to Visit Dongjiang" event. Tourists taking international cruises in Tianjin spend in catering companies, hotels, and scenic spots in the Dongjiang region, and can enjoy discounts with cruise tickets.
">"We hope to deeply integrate and bind the cruise ship with the Dongjiang Marine Cultural and Tourism scene, so that all tourists who take the cruise ship can have a wonderful experience whether on the ship or under the ship." said Su Di, deputy director of the Dongjiang Cultural and Tourism Bureau.
In recent years, Dongjiang has strengthened the layout of the entire cruise industry chain and achieved many outstanding results in the fields of finance, ship supply, etc. For example, relying on the policy advantages of the free trade pilot zone and the comprehensive bonded zone, many leasing companies have helped to carry out cruise rental services; innovate the "domestic procurement + bonded ship supply" model, complete more than 168 cruise supplies, and a total of more than 138 million yuan of food supply; the "circle of friends" of marine cultural tourism has also continued to expand, and consumption scenarios have continued to enrich.
Su De said that Dongjiang will continue to improve port service guarantee capabilities, strengthen the coordinated linkage of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and continue to bring tourists new business forms, new scenarios, and new experiences, and improve the level of cultural and tourism consumption.
Source: Tianjin Daily
