Nine cruise ports will collectively welcome 1.1 million visitors, and six destinations will hit all-time highs
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Rebecca Gibson |
Denmark’s nine cruise ports will welcome more than 1.1 million cruise passengers in 2018, a record for the country.
The 2018 season, which started on 30 March with a call from Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ Astoria in Copenhagen, will generate more than €200 million (US$247 million) in revenue for Denmark.
“This cruise season will be Denmark’s best season so far,” said Claus Bødker, director of Cruise Copenhagen. “This means, that we will see many positive effects coming from cruise tourism, like 2,100 full time jobs and our expected turnaround reaching €200 million.”
Six of Denmark’s ports will also set their own records this year. Capital city Copenhagen will handle more than 875,000 cruise visitors for the first time, while Aarhus will hit an all-time high of 100,000 people. Passenger numbers will double in Skagen and also rise in both Helsingør and the Danish island of Bornholm. Meanwhile, Hundested will welcome four cruise ships for the first time, bringing more people than ever before to North Zealand.
“We are happy to see that the positive development in the cruising industry effects all corners of Denmark, seeing that more cruise guests than ever before are visiting cities around the country,” said Bødker.