More voyages to Penang this year

A DreamWorks cartoon character parading along Royal Promenade on Voyager of the Seas and (right pic) passengers having fun at a nine-hole miniature golf course on the cruise liner.

ROYAL Caribbean International (RCI), an award-winning global cruise brand, has slated 43 port calls to Penang compared with 15 last year.

Its Asia-Pacific managing director Sean Treacy said they were expecting to bring in 140,000 passengers to Penang this year compared with about 45,000 last year.