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A cruise ship<\/a> that disembarked over 200 passengers<\/a> who had paid tens of thousands of dollars to live on the vessel for three years left a Cambodian port this week, with only staff on board.<\/p>\n

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The Villa Vie Odyssey cruise ship docked in the Cambodian town of Sihanoukville last week and suspended operations after its Florida-based operator said the rising costs of fuel from the Iran war made its journey financially untenable, leaving those living on board stranded.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tCambodia\u2019s Minister of Tourism Huot Hak (R) and Captain Emanuele Giudice (C) disembark from the Villa Vie Residences\u2019 cruise ship Odyssey at Sihanoukville port in Preah Sihanouk province on October 29, 2026.\t\t\t\t<\/span>
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The ship \u200bleft with no passengers and around 50 crew members on Tuesday, according to \u2060Taing Sochitkrishna, head of the Sihanoukville tourism department, Reuters reported. He told the U.K. news agency that around 100 \u200bpassengers were still in Cambodia, and that others had mostly flown to other destinations \u200bin the region.<\/p>\n

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Passengers were able to unload their remaining belongings from the vessel on Tuesday; many said they did not expect to come back to the ship.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are still many things \u200bon the ship that I wish I could take with me,\u201d \u200bShirine Thomas, of Wilmington, North Carolina, told Reuters shortly after collecting her final possessions.<\/p>\n

The cruise, which is operated by Villa Vie Residences<\/a>, had been at sea for 755 days with 203 passengers on board when it decided to halt its journey.<\/p>\n

The ship allowed passengers to rent or even buy long-term and permanent residences on board. The operator wrote in a press release last week that the cost of operating a single cabin had increased significantly since the cruise first set sail over two years ago and that it could not rely on passengers to shoulder rate hikes.<\/p>\n

\u201cFuel costs have risen sharply in the regions where the company has been operating,\u201d it said last week, noting that monthly costs per cabin had skyrocketed from USD $1,800 to an estimated $6,000 to $8,000. It attributed the problem to the war in the Iran.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tA woman walks onboard the Villa Vie Residences\u2019 cruise ship Odyssey docked at Sihanoukville port in Preah Sihanouk province on October 29, 2026. Around 200 passengers who paid to live on a cruise ship while travelling the world were abruptly left in a Cambodian port after the company ran out of money, an official said on October 28.\t\t\t\t<\/span>
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