Escale Gaspesie reports outstanding results for its 2016 cruise ship season, which ended on 20 October. “With 30 calls, and a total of 20,674 passengers and 12,020 crew members, the corporation is pleased with its positive performance in 2016,” said the organisation bringing together the towns of Gaspé, Percé and Chandler in Canada in their efforts to develop the cruise industry in the Gaspe peninsula.
Stéphane Sainte-Croix, executive director said in a statement: “The numbers speak for themselves: increase in the number of calls from 2015 to 2016 is 15% while increase in volume of passengers is 18%. The total number of visitors to set foot ashore is 17,808, which corresponds to 86% of the total number of passengers.”
“Tour excursion sales vs maximum sales capacity is 89% which translates to 8007 passengers. There was also an increase in the amount of time the ships were in port for an average of 9.2 hours compared to 8.5 in 2015. Altogether, the numbers are very positive,” he said. Escale Gaspésie estimates that revenue, directly attributable to the cruise industry, was more than CAD 2 million this year.
