The Xuelong 2, China s first domestically built polar research icebreaker, arrived in Hong Kong on Monday morning for a five-day pit stop amid a warm welcome by local residents. This also marks the vessel s first visit to the city as well as the return of a Chinese polar research icebreaker to the city after nearly 20 years since the Xuelong docked in Hong Kong in 2004.
With the Silver Spirit’s port call the first of 82 lined up for this year, tourism and industry officials are speaking about wider cooperation to position Hong Kong as an ideal port for cruise lines in the Greater Bay Area.