Tourism: Passenger Ships
(asked on 17th April 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many tourists visit England each year (1) on a cruise ship, and (2) to go on a cruise holiday; and what percentage of all tourists these numbers represent.
Answered by
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 1st May 2024
Our data on cruise passengers do not include a breakdown of passengers by nationality. The table below shows the total number of passengers arriving in the UK on international cruises between 2018 and 2022.
Total Passenger Arrivals on International Cruises:
Year | Total Passengers (in thousands) |
2018 | 2,208 |
2019 | 2,171 |
2020 | 107 |
2021 | 181 |
2022 | 1,994 |