1st int'l line with Pingtan as home port starts official operation

3月6日，旅客在“夢想”號國際郵輪上參觀（無人機(jī)照片）。當(dāng)日，從福建平潭國際郵輪中心始發(fā)的“夢想”號國際郵輪開啟3天2晚的日本之旅，標(biāo)志著首條以平潭國際旅游島為母港的國際航線運(yùn)營正式拉開帷幕。近年來，福建平潭大力發(fā)揮海島資源優(yōu)勢，此條國際郵輪航線的正式運(yùn)營，旨在充實福建的海上航線，為旅游市場注入新活力。[新華社記者 林善傳 攝]

An aerial drone photo taken on March 6, 2024 shows tourists visiting the cruise ship "Dream" near the international cruise center in Pingtan, southeast China's Fujian Province. The international cruise ship "Dream", which sailed for a three-day and two-night trip to Japan, departed from an international cruise center in Pingtan of southeast China's Fujian Province on Wednesday, marking the official operation of the first international line with Pingtan as its home port. In recent years, the island county of Pingtan has given full play to the advantages of island resources and accelerated the construction of Pingtan as an international tourist destination. The operation of international cruise lines aims to inject new vitality into the tourism market and promote the high-quality development of the local tourism industry. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)