Cruise passengers at Mediterranean ports 2023

The combined number of cruise passengers at the selected Mediterranean ports rose significantly in 2023 over the previous year, recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, the port of Barcelona in Spain reported the highest cruise passenger volume among the selected ports in 2023, with roughly 3.6 million passengers. That year, the port of Marseille in France reported the second-highest volume, with around 2.6 million cruise passenger movements.

Number of cruise passengers at selected Mediterranean ports from 2019 to 2023 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Barcelona	3,138	199	520	2,329	3,569
Marseille	1,866	124	352	1,475	2,600
Genoa, Savona	2,019	207	591	1,572	2,560
Balearic Islands	2,658	157	345	1,727	2,519
Naples, Salerno, Castellammare di Stabia	1,454	28	263	1,261	1,744
Piraeus¹	1,098	17	304	633	1,485
Tenerife ports	1,067	345	304	760	1,105

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April 2024

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Europe

Survey time period

2019 to 2023

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total cruise passenger movements; MedCruise port members

Supplementary notes

¹ 2022 data for Piraeus is until September 30, 2022.

Figures have been rounded. The selected cruise ports were the ones recording the highest number of total cruise passenger movements in 2023. Figures prior to 2023 were previously published by the source.

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