Stockholm close to half million mark with cruise visitors
Stockholm is predicting as many as 470,000 passengers will visit the city as 274 cruise ships visit it in 2014.
Stockholm Cruise Network project manager Claudia Quas said 36 ships will use the city as a turnaround port throughout the season.
And having focused on the facilities it offers, she said it is developing a reputation as a luxury embarkation port with cruise lines including Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Silversea Cruises and Windstar Cruises all using the port.
She added the Swedish capital’s popularity with customers is also backed up by figures which show 97% of cruise passengers go ashore in Stockholm spending an average of 5.9 hours ashore, compared with a European average of 87% and 4.8 hours.
Quas said: “Cruise passengers choose Stockholm for all it has to offer as Scandinavia’s premier travel destination, whether it be food, museums, design, shopping or music.
“Thanks to its compact size, the city is the perfect cruise destination for day trippers as well as turnarounds.
“Stockholm’s hotels and attractions are generally considered ‘high class’, and the city itself gets very high customer satisfaction ratings on shore excursions.
“This year, we are also expecting more UK passengers than ever before, thanks to the exceptional prices on Baltic cruises currently in the market.”
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