Luxury cruise sets new trend for Filipino travelers

While most Filipinos are often seen posting photos from “staycations”—vacations within the city’s hotels—or three-day sojourns to neighboring Asian countries, a new adventure for this travel-savvy citizenry is steadily growing via cruise ships.

“The business is growing,” Star Cruise Pte. Ltd’s assitant vice president for sales Andrea Solis Manzano confirmed with The Manila Times in an interview. “I’ve been in the industry for 14 years already so [I see] our market is growing. With the entry of our luxury brand, we see that the cruise industry for the Philippine market is slowly growing. We’re amazed to see that there’s a segment already for cruising.”