Transport Minister Anthony Loke on Friday (Jan 19) said that his ministry and the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac) would work together to promote Malaysia as a homeport for international cruises.
He said efforts to establish Malaysia as a homeport had been talked about for many years, but there was "no real effort” to make this a reality.
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00:30 The establishment of Costa Serena as Malaysia's first
00:33 international cruise home port, regular home port,
00:38 is a game changer, elevating Malaysia
00:42 to a premier international cruise destination.
00:45 Port Clarence's destination as an international cruise home
00:47 port opens doors for cooperative ventures
00:50 with other regional ports, laying
00:52 the foundation for a network of interesting intersecting cruise
00:56 itineraries.
00:57 As we eagerly anticipate the maiden voyage of the Costa
01:00 Serena from Port Clarence to Penang,
01:02 we hope today's collaboration will
01:04 be a catalyst for Malaysian ports
01:07 to become a favorite destination for more international cruises.
01:12 Costa is a European cruise.
01:14 They are from Italy.
01:16 So when they come here to make Port Clarence as their home
01:20 port, together in collaboration with a local tour company,
01:24 Wajing Travel, of course, that make Malaysia not as only a port
01:30 of call, but as a home port.
01:32 The difference between a port of call and home port
01:36 is quite big, because when you're a port of call,
01:39 the cruise will come from elsewhere.
01:40 They just stop here for a few hours.
01:43 So the passengers will not embark or disembark
01:46 from our ports.
01:48 But when the cruise make our port as their home port,
01:52 then all passengers have to embark and disembark,
01:57 or check in or check out on the cruise from our port.
02:01 Why that is important from a tourism point of view
02:03 is that when you're a home port, you also
02:06 attract foreign tourists to come to Malaysia to take the cruise.
02:10 So they have to fly in.
02:11 And usually when they fly in, they
02:13 will probably stay a few days before and a few days after.
02:16 So they will take the opportunities
02:18 to come to the country and visit other places.
02:20 So that will, of course, a lot of spin-off
02:22 in terms of tourism.
02:24 They will spend more on hotels, spend more on restaurants,
02:27 spend more on retail, besides the cruise.
02:29 So that is the big advantage when
02:31 our ports become a home port.
02:33 So this is something that, of course,
02:36 is something that we have been talking about for many years.
02:39 But there was no real effort to make Malaysia as a home port
02:43 choice for the cruise liners.
02:45 So beginning now, and with this collaboration,
02:49 the Ministry of Transport will work together
02:51 with the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, MOTEC,
02:54 to further promote Malaysia as a home port destination.
02:59 And what I meant is that what I've mentioned just now,
03:02 I will also attend the World Cruise Conference in Miami
03:06 in April to promote our ports as a home port.
03:10 Maybe it's because the cruise is halal, maybe?
03:13 Yeah.
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