Cruise Norway, the organisation that promotes Norway as a cruise destination, expects the number of both cruise calls and passenger numbers to fall slightly next year after an increase in both this year on 2012.
A total of 2098 cruise calls have been reported in the country’s ports for next year, while the number of guests is estimated at 2,740,693.
“This corresponds to a 4% decline in the number of calls and 8% fewer guests. Most Norwegian ports are operating with a forecast ship occupancy rate of 85%,’ Cruse Norway said in a statement.
This year there have been 2187 cruise calls at Cruise Norway`s 41 member ports, representing a total of 2,982,594 day visits. This is 6% up on 2012 measured by the number of cruise calls and an 18% increase in the number of visits.