China's Adora Cruise announced on Friday that it will jointly roll out a film-themed sailing season with the Changchun Film Studio Group Company Limited from late March to late June.
The first "Maritime Film Festival" sailing season will open on March 29 at Adora Magic City, China's first domestically built large cruise ship, while will also be held at two other large cruise ships -- Adora Mediterranea and Piano Land.
During the themed sailing season, some 100 classic films and popular new releases will be screened in theaters on the cruise ships and on their in-cabin TV channels.
And a wide variety of film-related cultural activities will also be held on the vessels.
The new sailing season marks the cruise giant's effort to take advantage of China's booming culture-tourism market.
The company said it has been improving its services by diversifying cultural offerings to give the customers more interactive and immersive experience.
China's cruise giant to launch film-themed sailing season
Thousands of Lebanese displaced by Israeli attacks have been stranded in public shelters with harsh living conditions, with the Lebanese government worrying that it will be unable to shelter such a huge number of evacuees as the conflict continues.
Lebanese health authorities report on Friday that 217 people have been killed since Israel's expanded attacks on Monday, with other 798 being injured. More than 95,000 people have been displaced.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Friday warned of unprecedented humanitarian consequences. The UN human rights office has condemned Israel's ground incursions, displacement orders, and continued airstrikes across Lebanon.
A public building in Beirut that has opened its doors to receive Lebanese people fleeing the fighting in southern Lebanon, and Beirut's southern district is accommodating about 3,000 people of 500 families.
They all arrived in the same brief time period, creating shock for a government that doesn't have enough supplies, in part because the U.S.-Israel war on Iran is locking down the entire region, so Lebanese people don't have any other place to go, stranded with no food or money and with very little time to evacuate from their homes.
There is almost no privacy at the shelter, with men and women all sleeping together on the floor or on the tiles, without a bed sheet or a pillow in the winter.
Saida, a city to the south of Beirut, is one of the main cities to which displaced people have run. Suspending education, the city has opened all its schools to receive scores of displaced citizens, with numbers far exceeding those in Beirut.
The Lebanese government is worried that an extended conflict will result in more displaced people than the government can handle.
Meanwhile, casualties have been rising since the Israeli military launched a new wave of attacks against targets of Lebanon's Hezbollah group on Monday. This week's escalating conflict comes after Israel and the United States launched joint military actions against Iran on Feb 28.
Evacuees in Lebanon stranded as displacements soar
