Kai Tak cruise terminal

Kai Tak cruise terminal, Hong Kong

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Kai Tak cruise terminal generally refers to Hong Kong Kai Tak cruise terminal

The construction of Kai Tak cruise terminal and its first berth in Hong Kong started in May 2010 and is expected to be completed and put into operation in mid-2013. By then, two of the world's largest cruise ships will be available. The second berth is expected to be completed and put into operation in 2015. It will become a landmark of Hong Kong with Victoria Harbour as the center, which can park the world's largest cruise ships. Kai Tak cruise terminal is built and designed by the Hong Kong government. The hardware of the terminal will be leased to the terminal operator for rent. The government will retain the ownership of the land and the terminal to ensure that the first berth is expected to be put into service.

Dock location

Located at the top platform of Kai Tak cruise terminal, 33 Shing Fung Road, Kai Tak, Kowloon, Hong Kong, the platform is managed by the leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The first trial berthing of Kai Tak cruise terminal in Hong Kong, which opened in June 2013, was conducted on June 16 to test its berthing, boarding and disembarking facilities, immigration procedures and transportation arrangements. The luxury cruise ship "Jingying Millennium", which starts from Singapore and arrives in Hong Kong via Vietnam, has become the first one to berth at Kai Tak.

Brief introduction of Wharf

The land leveling ceremony for Kai Tak cruise terminal was held in Hong Kong on the 23rd. The chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Donald Tsang, said the construction of the new cruise terminal marked an important step in the development of cruise tourism in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is an important port in the Asia Pacific region with its advantageous geographical location and natural deep-water port. With its diversified tourism facilities and professional tourism industry, Hong Kong has always played an important role in the cruise market in the Asia Pacific region. After the first berth of the new cruise terminal was opened in 2013, it can park the largest and most advanced cruise ships in the world. After the completion of the cruise terminal and the shipping terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong will have four cruise berths, which can accommodate different types and sizes of cruise ships, providing a favorable foundation for the long-term development of the cruise industry in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region.

Hong Kong has made breakthroughs in cruise tourism in the region. Since April, the central government has approved mainland tour groups to travel to Taiwan via Hong Kong on cruise ships with Hong Kong as their home port, opening a new page for the development of cruise tourism in the three places on both sides of the Straits. The first flight was successfully completed in August.

There will be about 20 flights from Hong Kong to Taiwan, which can take up to 30000 passengers. Hong Kong will further contact with the industry of the three places on both sides of the Taiwan Straits to encourage them to develop more cruise tourism products with "one journey, many stops".

Gorgeous turn

Severe tropical storm "dusuri" hit Hong Kong. Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Kai Tak new cruise terminal building in the rain on the 30th to experience the rise of East Kowloon core business district in the future. Hong Kong industry believes that the new cruise terminal can accelerate the formation of the entire high-end business district, and East Kowloon is more likely to replace Tsim Sha Tsui as a new business and tourism center.

President Hu Jintao drove to the new cruise terminal building in the Kai Tak Development Zone. The Secretary for development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mrs Carrie Lam, first explained to the chairman the history of Kai Tak Airport and the whole development area. When we came to the exhibition board of the East Kowloon core business district, the chairman asked the SAR officials with great interest and showed a satisfied smile.

After touring the development zone model, President Hu walked to the seaside site and shook hands with two site workers. President Hu waved three times to the staff present. At the request of the media, he responded on the spot that as one of the top ten infrastructure projects in Hong Kong, the new cruise terminal not only considers the needs of economic development, but also meets the needs of improving people's livelihood, and pays full attention to environmental protection in the construction process, which is of great significance. He sent a message to the staff to ensure the progress of the project, attach importance to the safety of the project, and express his sympathy to all the hard-working builders.

The new cruise terminal was built on the runway of the former Kai Tak Airport. It is expected that two berths will be completed in 2014, which will end the embarrassing history of Hong Kong's inability to park the world's giant cruise ships. As one of the important projects of the second core business district in East Kowloon, experts said that the wharf is expected to drive the whole region to achieve a "gorgeous turn".

The new cruise terminal and its tourism supporting facilities are expected to drive the transformation of the whole East Kowloon from a traditional industrial area to a high-grade tourism and leisure area. He predicted that luxury stores, Chinese and Western restaurants and high-end department stores will enter the area one after another after the opening of the new cruise terminal, driving the brand effect of the whole East Kowloon core business district.

The development of cruise terminal tourism area can refer to the business model of Tsim Sha Tsui to build a tourism distribution center integrating commercial shopping and leisure tourism. With the continuous increase of Grade A office buildings in Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay, it is expected to replace Tsim Sha Tsui as a new tourism and commercial landmark throughout Hong Kong and Kowloon.

According to the National Tourism Administration, Hong Kong's cruise tourism development started early and is relatively mature. It has inherent advantages in infrastructure construction, operation and management. To this end, the central government has specially relaxed exit restrictions, allowing mainland tour groups to continue to travel to Japan or South Korea on the cruise from Hong Kong to Taiwan, and then return to the mainland.

Address: Kai Tak cruise terminal, 33 Shing Fung Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Longitude: 114.21763

Latitude: 22.303836

Tel. + 852-34656888

Ticket information: no ticket required.