Cruise visits and routes to grow

According to the Tourism Bureau of Shanghai, cruise travel has been one of the fastest-growing sectors in Shanghai’s tourism market in 2010. It is up 100% on last year in terms of cruise passengers passing through the city’s ports.
By the end of 2015 it is predicted the city will be the third-largest port for cruises in Asia after Hong Kong and Singapore, although the figures will remain much lower than for the leading two ports.
The number of cruise passengers passing through Shanghai this year will reach 150,000 from around 120 cruises. The number of cruises that stopped in Shanghai last year was 80.
Yang Yimu, an officer from the cruise travel department of the Tourism Bureau of Shanghai, said "Shanghai is a hub for cruise travel along the country’s eastern coastline."
China.org.cn quoted Yang as saying that over 60% of cruise package buyers from the Chinese mainland are from Shanghai.