RESEARCH ON PASSENGER SHIP FORM IN THE UPPER MEKONG RIVER BASIN

Yang Yanhua, Liu Xiaoqiang

ABSTRACT: With very rich tourism resources, bright and colorful exotic and subtropical scenery in the Upper Mekong River Basin, at present, the age of passenger ships in the Upper Mekong River is elder, with spotty quality, which have not yet developed serial passenger ship forms with international tourism and shipping characteristics in the Upper Mekong River. In view of this, this paper analyzes the development direction of passenger ship, and according to the characteristics of international waterway in the Upper Mekong River, on the basis of full reference for excellent ship forms of domestic and overseas similar rivers, the comprehensive evaluation indexes with multiple aspects including ship technology, economy, society and environmental protection are established, and the main dimensions of passenger ship form for high-grade foreign-related tourism are developed through studying the conformity of the waterway and market demand and meeting the tourism and comfort demands of international passenger transport in the Upper Mekong River.

Keywords: Upper Mekong River, passenger ship, ship form, main dimensions, international waterway