Cruise passenger movements by month UK 2022

International cruise passenger movements in the United Kingdom bounced back in 2022, after shrinking with the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. That year, cruise passenger arrivals and departures at UK ports peaked in August at 316 thousand. Despite the rebound in 2022, this figure remained slightly below the cruise traffic reported in August 2019.

Number of international cruise passenger arrivals and departures at ports in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2019 to 2022, by month (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	2019	2020	2021	2022
Jan	47	40	0	38
Feb	32	40	0	48
Mar	87	24	0	68
Apr	170	3	0	148
May	285	0	0	186
Jun	301	0	0	198
Jul	279	0	1	271
Aug	339	0	3	316
Sep	242	0	26	269
Oct	200	0	62	229
Nov	107	0	45	116
Dec	82	0	44	106

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Release date

July 2023

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2019 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Figures refer to all cruise passengers departing from and arriving at UK ports. Data exclude passengers temporarily disembarking at UK ports.

This statistic uses original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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