Cruise ships to be a regular sight in Penang

Brighter days: Penang is confident of a tourism rebound with the arrival of ‘Genting Dream’. It is the second cruise ship to dock in three days. — Filepic

GEORGE TOWN: Penang is primed for a tourism rebound with the arrival of a second cruise ship at the Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal (SPCT) today, a sight not seen for more than two years.Penang Port Commission chairman Datuk Tan Teik Cheng said Resorts World Cruises’ Genting Dream, carrying 3,325 tourists and 1,700 crew members, would call at Penang at 8am.

Last Saturday, Royal Caribbean’s Spectrum of the Seas docked at SPCT after two years of Covid-19 restrictions that prevented the arrival of large cruise ships to Malaysia.