Cruise Ships (and Tourists) Return to Cambodia's Shores
Re: Cruise Ships (and Tourists) Return to Cambodia's Shores
Perhaps hoping to see a live Chinese Mafia gun fights around the Golden Lions runabout.
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Re: Cruise Ships (and Tourists) Return to Cambodia's Shores
I think it was November 2021, one of those really big Norwegian cruise ships was docked for over one month in Sihanoukville. No passengers and not in the news. But I saw it lit up at night, riding by the port.
Cambodia was one of the first countries to relax immigration rules post-COVID, so the cruise company took advantage of that to stage their first Asia area cruise from Cambodia.
As I understand it, passengers were not embarking at Sihanoukville, but only the crew, who were mostly younger people flying in from Europe and the Philippines, etc... wherever, from all over.
The ship eventually left for somewhere nearby, probably somewhere like Guangzhou or Japan, to pick up the passengers...
Cambodia was one of the first countries to relax immigration rules post-COVID, so the cruise company took advantage of that to stage their first Asia area cruise from Cambodia.
As I understand it, passengers were not embarking at Sihanoukville, but only the crew, who were mostly younger people flying in from Europe and the Philippines, etc... wherever, from all over.
The ship eventually left for somewhere nearby, probably somewhere like Guangzhou or Japan, to pick up the passengers...
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Re: Cruise Ships (and Tourists) Return to Cambodia's Shores
Cruise ship passengers are probably strictly off limits to the Chinese Mafia. They aren’t there for Chinese girly bars and drugs. Maybe light gambling, but they have that on the cruise ships already.cabron wrote:Perhaps hoping to see a live Chinese Mafia gun fights around the Golden Lions runabout.
Of course if any gangster is stupid enough to highjack an entire cruise ship bus tour and try to ransom off the tourists would incur the wrath of both the Cambodian and Chinese authorities.
Narco terrorists drove in and started shooting up Acapulco a while back. Mexican army troops surrounded the city and fortified the cruise ship tourist areas to ensure peace and tranquility.
Re: Cruise Ships (and Tourists) Return to Cambodia's Shores
They are not stupid. It's more profitable to overcharge them for Made-in-China "I ♥ Cambodia" t-shirts and food & drinks.newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:42 pm Of course if any gangster is stupid enough to highjack an entire cruise ship bus tour and try to ransom off the tourists would incur the wrath of both the Cambodian and Chinese authorities.
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