Cruise Tourism shrinks this year in Turkey

Directorate General of Merchant Marine announced the total number of cruise ships and passengers using Turkish ports. According to the statistics, a total of 307 cruise ships and 306.887 thousand travelers used Turkish ports between January and November. During the same period last year, a total of 537 cruise ships docked to Turkish ports, while 628.033 passengers used ports.

The busiest cruise port is Kuşadasi, where a total of 126 cruise ships docked in the first 11 months of the year. However, only 8 cruise ships visited the port in November. Following Kuşadasi port, second busiest port was Izmir Çeşme with 61 cruise ships, and Marmaris port is the third busiest with 23 cruise ships.

See tables below for the first 11 months of 2017 and whole year of 2016.

Cruise Ship and Passenger Statistics by Ports (January - November 2017)
Ports	Cruise Ship			Cruise Passenger
	Cruise Type Passenger Ship	Passenger Ship	Total	Arrivals	Departures	Transit	Total
ALANYA	22	0	22	9	5	12.176	12.190
ANTALYA	11	0	11	19.286	18.986	2.029	40.301
BARTIN	1	0	1	0	0	103	103
BODRUM	21	1	22	83	114	31.620	31.817
ÇANAKKALE	5	0	5	0	0	848	848
ÇEŞME	61	1	62	27.689	28.311	10.021	66.021
DİKİLİ	1	0	1	0	0	99	99
GÖCEK	4	0	4	0	0	538	538
GÜLLÜK	7	0	7	0	0	640	640
İSTANBUL	4	0	4	331	347	654	1.332
İZMİR	18	0	18	1.675	1.250	6.247	9.172
KUŞADASI	126	0	126	8.626	11.652	99.606	119.884
MARMARİS	23	1	24	18	3	23.715	23.736
SİNOP	1	0	1	0	0	103	103
TRABZON	1	0	1	0	0	103	103
TUZLA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	307	3	310	57.717	60.668	188.502	306.887
Directorate General of Merchant Marine - December 2017
Cruise Ship and Passenger Statistics by Months (January - November 2017)
Month	Cruise Ship			Cruise Passenger
	Cruise Type Passenger Ship	Passenger Ship	Total	Arrivals	Departures	Transit	Total
March	9	0	9	109	169	5.078	5.356
April	30	0	30	5.829	6.351	25.249	37.429
May	46	0	46	9.025	9.151	29.507	47.683
June	43	2	45	2.660	3.889	21.070	27.619
July	46	0	46	9.390	10.145	23.733	43.268
August	46	1	47	14.312	14.551	23.398	52.261
September	55	0	55	9.642	9.864	34.364	53.870
October	24	0	24	4.077	4.079	19.101	27.257
November	8	0	8	2.673	2.469	7.002	12.144
TOTAL	307	3	310	57.717	60.668	188.502	306.887
Directorate General of Merchant Marine - December 2017
Cruise Ship and Passenger Statistics by Ports (2016)
Ports	Cruise Ship			Cruise Passenger
	Cruise Type Passenger Ship	Passenger Ship	Total	Arrivals	Departures	Transit	Total
ALANYA	11	2	13	11	5	9.255	9.271
ANTALYA	13	3	16	22.746	22.294	939	45.979
BARTIN	2	0	2	0	0	171	171
BODRUM	45	1	46	50	84	61.181	61.315
BOZCAADA	3	0	3	0	0	1.336	1.336
ÇANAKKALE	28	0	28	2	12	6.380	6.394
ÇEŞME	63	5	68	19.978	20.860	17.149	57.987
DİKİLİ	15	2	17	4	1	3.993	3.998
FETHİYE	1	1	2	0	0	338	338
GÖCEK	2	0	2	0	0	162	162
GÜLLÜK	1	2	3	0	0	323	323
İSTANBUL	46	10	56	9.353	10.238	23.952	43.543
İZMİR	24	0	24	12.419	12.719	2.481	27.619
KAŞ	3	1	4	0	0	1.057	1.057
KUŞADASI	247	24	271	7.952	10.425	331.404	349.781
MARMARİS	21	1	22	20	1.290	14.318	15.628
MERSİN	3	0	3	0	0	2.505	2.505
SAMSUN	1	0	1	0	0	54	54
SİNOP	2	0	2	0	0	171	171
TAŞUCU	2	0	2	0	0	174	174
TRABZON	3	0	3	0	0	226	226
YALOVA	2	0	2	0	0	1	1
TOTAL	538	52	590	72.535	77.928	477.570	628.033
Directorate General of Merchant Marine - January 2017
Cruise Ship and Passenger Statistics by Months 2016 (2016 YIL SONU)
Months	Cruise Ship			Cruise Passenger
	Cruise Type Passenger Ship	Passenger Ship	Total	Arrival	Departure	Transit	Total
August	59	1	60	8.987	9.726	63.914	82.627
December	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
October	69	6	75	10.922	10.984	59.246	81.152
September	83	4	87	11.506	11.248	61.193	83.947
June	92	11	103	9.082	10.787	90.700	110.569
November	8	8	16	2.639	2.438	12.237	17.314
March	25	0	25	1.000	1.138	18.519	20.657
May	87	9	96	5.463	6.525	81.361	93.349
April	50	8	58	11.942	13.608	35.906	61.456
February	2	0	2	0	0	1	1
July	62	5	67	10.994	11.474	54.493	76.961
TOTAL	538	52	590	72.535	77.928	477.570	628.033
Directorate General of Merchant Marine - January 2017 Tags:Turkish ports, Cruise Tourism