PHNOM PENH: “Crystal Symphony” cruise ship with 313 tourists of 25 different nationalities on board, 154 of whom are women, has paid a day-long visit to Preah Sihanouk province.

The 238.01-metre-long, 30.20-metre-wide cruise ship sailing under the flag of Bahamas docked at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Feb. 18.

According to Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, most of the tourists are American (193) and British (24). 25 of the tourists continued their trip to Siem Reap cultural province to visit Angkor temples, while the rest visited cultural resorts, beaches, and other tourist attractions in the Preah Sihanouk coastal province.

Coming from Thailand, the cruise ship with 443 crewmembers of 49 different nationalities, of them 96 are women, departed Sihanoukville for Vietnam in the evening of the same day, said the same source.

Since early this year, more and more vessels bringing along thousands of multinational tourists and crewmembers visited Cambodia via the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port.