The number of cruise passengers at MedCruise member ports in the Mediterranean sea rose in 2021 over the previous year, following a sharp drop in 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Overall, Italy recorded the highest figure in 2021, with roughly 2.2 million passengers. While this number shows a significant increase compared to the first year of the health crisis, it remained way below pre-pandemic levels. In 2021, Spain and Greece followed on the ranking, with around 1.6 million and 726 thousand cruise passengers, respectively.
Number of cruise passengers at Mediterranean ports from 2019 to 2021, by country
(in 1,000s)
MedCruise member ports; ports are ranked based on the highest number of cruise passengers in 2021
Supplementary notes
*2019 and 2020 data for Saudi Arabia were not available.
The analysis is based on data collected from MedCruise member ports. As of 2021, the association had 75 members representing more than 145 ports in the Mediterranean region, including the West Med, Adriatic, East Med, and Black Sea.
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