Costa Crociere has programmed the first turn of the world in dedicated cruise at the market Chinese



. On March 22, 2014 Costa Atlantica will leave from Shanghai in order to offer to the Chinese customers a travel around the globe of 83 days, crossing three oceans and five continents and visiting 23 destinations in 16 nations. After the departure from China Costa Atlantica it will make the first ports of call in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh and Vung Tau) in order then to visit tropical paradises as the island of Phuket in Thailand, Columbus in Sri Lanka and Malé in the Maldives, and to make therefore broken to north towards the heart of the ancient civilizations of Salalah in Oman and Sokhna in Egypt; then the cruise ship will be to Heraklion, Santorini and Athens in Greece; the tour of Europe will continue making broken to Catania, Marseilles, Barcelona, Lisbon and Funchal; therefore Costa Atlantica will sail towards the New World reaching New York, continuing towards Miami, Ocho Rios in Jamaica, and will cross the channel of Panama hat touching therefore Manzanillo in Mexico, Kahului and Honolulu in Hawaii and at last Guam, in order then to return to Shanghai.

The new initiative is launch by Costa Crociere in partnership with Shanghai Airlines Tours (SAT), the airline pertaining to China Eastern Airlines Limited. Emphasizing that draft of an absolute innovation for the market of the cruises, Costa Crociere has been evidenced that this cruise around the world is an ulterior confirmation of the engagement of the company in China own in the year in which the Country celebrates the Year of Marine Tourism.

The exceptional cruise of Costa Atlantica is introduced today to Shanghai in the course of a press conference in occasion of the subscription of the contract of partnership between Costa Crociere and SAT to which they have participated Xu Baoan, assistant general manager of the Office of Tourism of Singapore, Pier Luigi Foschi, president of Costa Crociere and president and managing director of Carnival Corporation Asia, Buhdy Bok, vice president Pacific Asia and China di Costa Crociere, Dong Bo, director marketing of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Ltd. and Shen Dayi, general manager of Shanghai Airlines Tours.

"By virtue of our pioneering role in the crocieristico field in China and as first international company of cruises to operate from Shanghai as port of departure already from 2006 - Pier Luigi Foschi has explained - we are always to the search of new challenges in order to carry in this market ulterior and innovative offers of vacation. The first "Turn of the World" is a perfect example of all this and represents the key of time of our strategy in Asia of the next years. It is a new milestone in the development of the market of the cruises in China. With our partner Shanghai Airlines Tours, we will offer to our Chinese hosts the opportunity to discover the world as they have not never been able to make before".

Rimarcando the engagement of its company in the produced development of this absolutely innovative for the Chinese market, Shen Dayi has been said trusting that "partnership between Shanghai Airlines Tours and a company of world-wide level as Costa Crociere it will be much fort and - has added - we believe firmly that in 2014 the "Turn of the World" of 83 days will be smash hit".

The general manager of Costa Crociere, Gianni Onorato, has restated that "China remains one of the markets key of Costa Crociere and today - has concluded - partnership with Shanghai Airlines Tours and the announcement of our "Turn of the World" they confirm our engagement in the region".