Total cruise passenger traf?c during the ?rst quarter amounted to 38,138, an increase of 68.4 %over the corresponding period last year.

There were 23 cruise liner calls during the ?rst quarter – 10 more than last year. Transit passengers accounted for the vast majority of total traf?c, reaching 38,088.

Visitors from EU Member States accounted for 92.8 % of the total, with the major markets being the Germany, France and Italy. On the other hand, the total number of passengers from Non-EU countries stood at 2,760, of which 15.0 % came from the United States.

On a gender basis, female passengers made up 52.5 % of the total. The largest share of passengers fell within the 60-79 age bracket and were followed by those aged between 40 and 59.