The Massachusetts Port Authority noticed cruise enterprise bounce again this 12 months with 310,767 passengers and 128 cruise ships visiting Flynn Cruiseport Boston in 2022.
The port hosted a report 5 homeported ships from 4 cruise traces this 12 months, and had extra passengers and ships go to in October than throughout the identical month in 2019. Boston’s cruise trade generated greater than $135 million in annual financial impression and supported over 2,200 jobs. Prior to the pandemic, Flynn Cruiseport Boston served a report 402,346 passengers on 138 ships in 2019.
“We were thrilled to see that the demand for cruising continues to be strong as we work to support the recovery of travel and tourism in New England,” stated Massport Port Director Joseph Morris. “Boston has grown as both a homeport and destination port of call for multiple cruise lines, and we look forward to expanding our itineraries for customers in the future.”
Boston’s 2022 cruise season began in April and ended earlier than Thanksgiving. The metropolis celebrated 12 maiden voyages to Boston, together with Norwegian Pearl, Nieuw Statendam, Carnival Legend, Enchanted Princess, and Sky Princess.
The port supported itineraries to the Caribbean, Bahamas, Greenland and Iceland, and Denmark from 19 completely different cruise manufacturers. The facility additionally welcomed its first hybrid cruise ship, Hurtigruten’s MSC Roald Amundsen.
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Boston is understood within the cruise trade for having one of many closest airports to its cruise port. This season, the port served a number of new itineraries that both began or led to Boston. In October, Celebrity Summit provided a 12-day, one-way cruise from Boston to the Caribbean, ending in Miami. Vantage Cruise Line’s Ocean Explorer departed Boston in October for a 10-day cruise alongside the east coast to Nassau, Bahamas. In September, Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the Seas provided a 14-day Arctic Crossing cruise that began in Copenhagen and led to Boston.
“Our first season homeporting in Boston was a great success and we can’t wait to build on it for the 2023 season,” stated Celebrity Cruises President and CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo. “As a native of the Boston area, I’m thrilled to see the region thrive and congratulate all of the teams within the Massachusetts Port Authority on a truly stellar year.”
Boston’s 2023 cruise season is predicted to be simply as profitable as 2022, scheduled to start on March 31 with Norwegian Pearl crusing to Bermuda.
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