Passenger Ships
(asked on 12th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to take steps to support Passenger Cruise Ships to increase embarkation, disembarkation and visits at UK ports.
This question was answered on 20th September 2023
Pre-pandemic cruising was one of the fastest growing tourism sectors worldwide and the industry is confident that cruise visits to the UK in 2023 will surpass the record levels seen in 2019.
In 2022, as the industry recovered from the pandemic, the Department set up the Cruise Industry and Government Forum to discuss longer-term strategic issues and priority areas, including the growth of the cruise market in the UK.