Xiamen in East China's Fujian province came in second on the recent list of 10 of the World's Best Places to Visit for 2019 launched by the Austrian daily Oesterreich.
A total of 13,018 vessel trips were made between Xiamen and Kinmen, an islet in Taiwan in 2018, transporting 1.745 million passengers in total, up 8.1 percent year-on-year, the latest statistics from the Xiamen port authorities show.
Masaaki Nakamura, director of the Japanese city Kumamoto's office in Shanghai, visited Xiamen, Fujian province from Jan 5 to 7 to learn from the Chinese city's advanced experience in marathon organization.
A total of 36 trips have been run by ships of Silk Road Maritime Co in 15 days after the new logistics facilitation platform was launched in Xiamen, Fujian province on Dec 24, local media reported.
