The cruise ship Villa Vie Odyssey has left the port of the Cambodian city of Sihanoukville without passengers, Euronews reports.
We reported earlier that the ship's operator had unexpectedly cut short its round-the-world voyage because of a sharp rise in fuel prices and asked all passengers to vacate their cabins.
According to Taing Sochitkrishna, head of the local tourism authority, only around 50 crew members remained on board. About 100 passengers are still in Cambodia, while the rest have flown to other countries in the region.
The ship arrived in Sihanoukville on 23 October for a scheduled five-day stopover. It was then due to sail on to Vietnam, but the Florida-based company Villa Vie Residences decided to end the cruise. All passengers were forced to leave the ship against their will and take their personal belongings with them.
In total, there were 203 people on board.
The Villa Vie Odyssey concept was based on long-term voyages, with a permanent cabin costing from 100 thousand to 400 thousand euros. Now the round-the-world journey has ended early for the passengers, and many of them no longer expect to return to the ship.
