Radio Taiwan International 
Date: 11 March, 2019
By: Natalie Tso

Tourists and aborigine dancers at Hualien Port on Monday (Picture from Port of Hualien International Ports Corporation_

Hualien port in eastern Taiwan welcomed its first international cruise liner of the year on Monday morning. Indigenous dancers from local tribes performed for the visitors as the boat arrived from Okinawa.

The ship is the Westerdam of the Holland American Line. It’s an 11-story ship that can hold nearly 2,000 people. The tourists will tour Hualien on Monday before heading to the port cities of Keelung and Kaohsiung.

Hualien is expecting ten cruise liners to grace its port this year. Last year, the city saw over 10,000 tourists arriving on six cruise liners.    [FULL  STORY]