More cruise calls with fewer passengers aboard cruise ships in 2016

In 2016 there has been a total of 24.244 passengers visiting Greenland, aboard this season’s cruise ships, which is a -3,2 pct. Decrease compared to the total amount in 2015.

 

Figure 1. Number of cruise passengers by month, 2014-2016

Source: http://bank.stat.gl/tuekrp

 

Of the 104 cruise calls in 2016 it has frequently been the ships of 0-250 passenger capacity.

 

Table 1. Number of cruises by a ship’s passenger capacity, 2016

	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Maj	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total	104	-	-	-	2	8	9	20	37	27	1	-	-
0-250	69	-	-	-	2	8	6	10	23	19	1	-	-
251-500	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	3	-	-	-
501-1200	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	4	-	-	-
1200+	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-

Kilde: http://bank.stat.gl/tuekrk

 

As seen in table 2 the guests have arrived at more harbours than last year and amounted to a total of 83.605 visits. This is an 18,0 pct. Increase compared to 2015. This statistic is affected by there being more ships in the 501-1200 passenger capacity category, than the same category last year.

 

Table 2. Number of cruise passengers by harbour, 2015-2016

	2015	2016
Total ..................................	71.029	83.605
Aasiaat ................................	618	963
Ilulissat ................................	8.250	12.577
Ittoqqortoormiit ...........................	1.273	1.916
Kangerlussuaq ..........................	8.603	5.939
Maniitsoq ...............................	381	1.460
Nanortalik ..............................	3.024	5.879
Narsaq .................................	1.336	2.601
Narsarsuaq .............................	664	2.205
Nuuk ..................................	7.309	10.849
Paamiut ................................	2.609	2.961
Qaqortoq ...............................	13.652	12.086
Qasigiannguit ...........................	456	449
Qeqertarsuaq ...........................	4.061	3.117
Qaanaaq ...............................	1.184	396
Sisimiut ................................	7.973	10.657
Tasiilaq ................................	1.963	3.971
Upernavik ..............................	1.719	2.000
Uummannaq ............................	3.163	3.579

Note.: This statistic has been made based on a register from the Tax Office and the harbor Log from Royal Arctic Line.

Source: http://bank.stat.gl/tuekrh

 

You’re more likely to meet a German passenger off the cruise ship. The passengers are distributed by nation as seen in figure 2. A more detailed statistic can be acquired in the statistics bank.

 

Figure 2. Nationality of cruise passengers, by percentage 2015-2016

Note.: A number of ships are observed through other sources than the Tax Office’s registry. Therefore some ships and cruise calls are without registration of nationality and number of passengers. Where the passengers were unregistered there has been an estimate based on an average occupancy rate of ships in 2010-2014 and the passenger capacity of the ship. This group is in the category “Unregistered” and is a bigger part of the total in 2016 than in 2015

Source: http://bank.stat.gl/tuekrl