“The port of Heraklion is a key pillar for the development of cruise in the country. The doubling of cruise ships and passengers for 2022 is another vote of confidence in Crete by travelers and companies in the industry “, pointed out the Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, during his meeting with the Managing Director of the Port of Heraklion, Heraklion.
As it became known, the first cruise ships will arrive in the port of Heraklion in March, while on Sunday, April 3, the first cruise for this year starts with a home port in Heraklion. It is indicative that, according to the official data so far, both the cruise ship approaches in the port of Heraklion and the number of their passengers in 2022 are expected to increase by more than 100% compared to 2021. More specifically, Heraklion expects this year 240 cruise routes, while the passenger-visitors are estimated to exceed 240,000, when the corresponding figures for 2021 were 118 cruise ships with almost 120,000 passengers.
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