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Nordkapp in Northern Norway received the most passengers in 2014 in the Nordic Arctic. Norrkapp received 122 000 passengers from 109 ports of call. In Iceland the largest cruise ports in 2014 in terms of passengers were Reykjavík (105 000 passengers from 91 ports of call), Akureyri (73 000 passengers), and Ísafjörður (40 000 passengers). An upward trend can be observed for all three destinations in the period 2011-2014. In the Faroe Islands, Torshavn is the primary destination for cruise ships with the highest number of the 35 calls in 2014. The Faroe Islands have seen an average increase of more than 10% in passenger numbers during the period 2011-2014. Cruise ships visited almost 20 cruise destinations across Greenland in 2015. In the Baltic Sea region, in terms of passenger numbers, Copenhagen was the largest port in 2014 receiving a total of 740 000 cruise tourists (from 313 ports of call), followed by Hamburg and St. Petersburg. Stockholm with 470 000 passengers and Helsinki with 420 000 passengers were also popular cruise tourism ports in 2014. Overall, the highest passenger numbers in the Baltic Sea region are to be found in the capitals and other urban areas. Most places have seen an upward trend in the period 2011-2014.
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Linus Rispling
Cruise Baltic, Cruise Europe, Cruise Norway, HELCOM, NSI’s, Rannís (IS), Transportøkonomisk institutt (NO), port authorities
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The number of cruise ship passengers in 2014 and annual average change in passengers from 2011 to 2014 in percentage
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