The number of passengers boarding a cruise ship at a British port is forecast to rise above the one million mark for the first time this year, Passenger Shipping Association (PSA) forecasts.
“The fourth double-digit increase in cruise passenger embarkations in just seven years puts British ports on course to hit the million mark in 2013,’ PSA said in a statement. The year 2012 was a record year for UK cruise ports as passenger embarkations increased 10% to 962,000.
“We feel 2012’s record results for British ports are particularly remarkable and we very much look forward to seeing UK ports achieve the million mark in 2013, and the associated economic benefits that this will bring to the country,’ PSA director Bill Gibbons said in the statement.
