Number of cruiser passengers increases in 2019
During 2019, there were a total of 46,633 passengers visiting Greenland aboard cruise ships. It saw a 2% increase as compared to the cruiser passengers from 2018.
Figure 1. Number of cruise passengers by month, 2018-2019
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The season of cruises was from May to October where August shows the larger number of passengers.
Table 1. Number of cruises by passenger capacity and month, 2019
|
Total |
Jan. |
Feb. |
Mar. |
Apr. |
May |
Jun. |
Jul. |
Aug. |
Sep. |
Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec. |
Total... |
125 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
4 |
17 |
57 |
40 |
2 |
- |
- |
0-250... |
66 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
4 |
5 |
26 |
27 |
2 |
- |
- |
251-500. |
23 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
13 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
501-1,200 |
18 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
11 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
1,200+.. |
13 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2 |
7 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
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Of the 125 cruises in 2019 and 332 calls, ships of 0-250 capacity were most frequent. However, it was the cruises of over 1,200 capacity which contributes the higher number of passenger.
Table 2. Number of cruises by capacity and total passenger, 2018-2019
|
2018 |
2019 |
||
|
Passengers |
Cruises |
Passengers |
Cruises |
Total........... |
45.739 |
119 |
46.633 |
125 |
0-250........... |
6.395 |
62 |
7.462 |
69 |
251-500......... |
7.111 |
27 |
6.239 |
24 |
501-1200........ |
9.567 |
16 |
10.649 |
19 |
1200+.......... |
22.666 |
14 |
22.283 |
13 |
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The visitor that arrived at the harbours in Greenland summed up to a total of 122,314 visits, which is a 11 % increase as compared to 2018.
Table 3. Number of cruise passengers by harbour in 2018-2019.
2018 |
2019 |
Difference 2018-2019 |
|
Total .................................... |
110,567 |
122,314 |
11,747 |
Aasiaat.................................. |
1,133 |
536 |
-597 |
Ilulissat.................................. |
12,914 |
14,762 |
1,848 |
Ittoqqortoormiit............................ |
1,754 |
2,860 |
1,106 |
Kangerlussuaq............................ |
8,904 |
7,953 |
-951 |
Maniitsoq................................ |
717 |
1,736 |
1,019 |
Nanortalik................................ |
7,719 |
11,666 |
3,947 |
Narsaq.................................. |
550 |
2705 |
2,155 |
Narsarsuaq............................... |
2,281 |
2968 |
687 |
Nuuk.................................... |
14,683 |
18,172 |
3,489 |
Paamiut................................. |
2,255 |
5,853 |
3,598 |
Qaqortoq................................ |
28,025 |
28,214 |
189 |
Qasigiannguit............................. |
693 |
529 |
-164 |
Qassiarsuk*............................... |
597 |
630 |
33 |
Qeqertarsuaq............................. |
4,336 |
4,895 |
559 |
Qaanaaq................................ |
713 |
795 |
82 |
Sisimiut.................................. |
13,660 |
11,629 |
-2,031 |
Tasiilaq.................................. |
4,074 |
3,099 |
-975 |
Upernavik................................ |
812 |
595 |
-217 |
Uummannaq.............................. |
4,747 |
2,717 |
-2,030 |
Note: This statistic bases on the Tax Office register.
Note: Calls in Qassiarsuk are tax-free, which is why the Tax Office does not receive reports from all ships calling at the port.
See the figures in http://bank.stat.gl/TUEKRH
You are most likely to meet passengers from Germany, USA, and United Kingdom off the cruise ship. However the visitors from USA show the largest increase ending in 13,235 visitors in 2019.
Figure 2. Cruise passengers by nationality, 2018-2019.
Note: Cruises and passengers were accounted for the Tax Office registry.
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Remarks
The basis of the cruise statistics are the reports from the Tax Office. In 2019, 3 calls have not been reported and therefor those were estimated.
On June 2015, there was a reorganization of the taxes for cruises, where the cruises pay taxes based on number of passenger before June 2015, and after that, the taxes were paid base on the gross tonnage of the ship.
Since the reorganization, the Tax Office has experienced problems at receive some of the call reports from the port authorities, and therefore no port fee has been register for those calls.
A revision of the figures for the years 2015 and 2016 is still ongoing and is expected that, the figures for these years will be include in future releases.
In the tables in our statistical bank, a note has been included in order to inform the users of an upcoming revision for 2015 and 2016.