It's Plain Sailing!... Cruise Holidays Worth €200m to Economy

4th September 2013

#CruiseSector - The best Irish cruise liner season in 60 years has reached a 50% hike in passenger numbers at some ports.

More than 100 major cruise liners have visited Dublin, Cork, Waterford and Belfast this summer, with the trade now worth almost €200m to the economy.

Cork has topped the cruise earnings list with more than €40m in spending as 135,000 visitors on 61 giant ships visited the port. This represents a 50pc hike in passenger numbers, compared to 2012 when 88,000 passengers disembarked.

For more on this the Independent.ie has a report.

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Jehan Ashmore

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Jehan Ashmore is a marine correspondent, researcher and photographer, specialising in Irish ports, shipping and the ferry sector serving the UK and directly to mainland Europe. Jehan also occasionally writes a column, 'Maritime' Dalkey for the (Dalkey Community Council Newsletter) in addition to contributing to UK marine periodicals.

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