The cruise season for this year in Manx waters concluded with the final visitor, which took place this morning in Douglas, as the small ship’s sixth call this season!
It involved the 90 m Corinthian of the Grand Circle Line, which generally carries around 100 guests and 70 crew members.
Corinthian is the 37th cruise stop in Manx waters between those anchoring and in port this year, which saw the overall visitor total reach 16,818 and the crew total to 10,239.
It is hoped that many of the cruise passengers will be able to come ashore today and spend money to contribute to the economy of the Isle of Man.
ManxRadio posed the question as to what this summer has been like overall and what goes into the scheduling process of handling so many visitors to the island’s shores.
The station asked Visit Isle of Man’s Peter Bashforth, in charge of operations at Cruise Isle of Man, about the season.
In addition, more questions were asked, which can be heard via the audio links.
