Travel
Cruises Boom as Millions of Chinese Take to the Seas
- Passengers from China set to double to 4.5 million by 2020
- Chinese shipyard to build cruise ships for local lines
A passenger looks out from the balcony of a room onboard the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Ovation of the Seas Quantum-class cruise ship docked at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal as residential buildings stand in the background in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, April 21, 2017.
Photographer: Justin Chin/BloombergLiu Jing wakes at 7, feeds her 84-year-old mother and two-year-old grandson and then spends the day watching the boy play in the playground, with breaks for meals and his afternoon nap and perhaps a little TV in the evening.
That’s not unusual for a Chinese retiree, many of whom play an instrumental role in raising grandkids, but Liu, 57, is on board the Costa Atlantica, a luxury cruise ship packed with activities and events that she largely ignores.