Costa Cruises welcomed its fifth year-round ship to the Asia market as the neoRomantica arrived to Hong Kong earlier this week. 

The deployment move was first reported by Cruise Industry News in April 2016.

The ship is fresh off a refurbishment to tailor her to the market, and she joins the Costa Victoria, Atlantica, Serena and Fortuna in Asia.

“The deployment of the fifth Costa ship in Asia, will reinforce our leading position in Asia and allow us to continue significantly grow the Asian cruise market in the next decade, and further boost Asia market to become one of the most prominent markets in the world.” said Costa Group Asia President Buhdy Bok.

The ship will be based in Japan this summer, sailing to Sokcho and Busan in Korea, Vladivostok in Russia and Hakodate, Aomori, Sakata, Niigata, Kanazawa, Maizuru and Sakaiminato in Japan