The Busiest Cruise Ports - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News
The cruise ports with the most passenger traffic continue to be Miami, Port Canaveral and Port Everglades, but other ports are also posting increased passenger numbers, according to the 2017-2018 Cruise Industry News Annual Report.
The top 21 ports reporting their 2016 traffic numbers are:
Miami: 4,898,000 passengers
Canaveral: 3,951,127 passengers
Everglades: 3,680,549 passengers
Cozumel: 3,637,321 passengers
Shanghai: 2,847,000 passengers
Barcelona: 2,683,594 passengers
Civitavecchia: 2,339,676 passengers
Nassau: 2,034,685 passengers
Canary Islands: 1,981,489 passengers
Balearic Islands: 1,957,429 passengers
U.S.V.I: 1,776,685 passengers
Galveston: 1,730,289 passengers
Grand Cayman: 1,711,565 passengers
Southampton: 1,700,000 passengers
St. Maarten: 1,668,863 passengers
Jamaica: 1,655,565 passengers
Venice: 1,605,660 passengers
Marseille: 1,597,213 passengers
Sydney (Australia): 1,309,000 passengers
Naples: 1,306,151 passengers
New Orleans: 1,070,323 passengers
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Note: A previous version of this list incorrectly included same-day cruise passengers for Port Everglades while omitting transit passengers for Port Canaveral. It has since been amended.
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