Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV), the UK based destinational cruise line, has decided to scrap a 110 night cruise to Asia in early 2021, citing the political situation in Hong Kong as the reason, and it will introduce three other cruises instead of the cancelled one, the company said in a statement.

“The current situation in Hong Kong has adversely affected sales of the 110 night Oriental Odyssey Cruise and two shorter Hong Kong fly cruise sectors where we had planned to fill half of the ship’s capacity. We do not know what the situation will be in Hong Kong next year so we have decided to amend the programme now, “ CMV said

Instead of the planned cruise that would have included a call in Hong Kong, Marco Polo will now sail on three other itineraries.

The first one is a 42-night cruise to the Amazon departing from Bristol Avonmouth 5 January 2021. There will be a free pre-cruise coach transfer from London Tilbury or London Victoria to Bristol Avonmouth on 5th January and passengers can stay on board for an extra two nights and disembark at London Tilbury.

Two winter cruises to Norway will follow this. “Cruising from London Tilbury either 18 February or 5 March Marco Polo spends 15 nights cruising along Norway’s remarkable coastline. These similar itineraries include visits to Tromsø and Alta, two ports with the highest records of sightings of the Northern Lights,” CMV said.

Another alternative to search for the Northern Lights is on 20 March sailing from London Tilbury for 12 nights to Iceland staying on board overnight in Reykjavik while also visiting the Faroes, Orkneys and Shetland Islands.