Record number of cruise passengers ‘encouraging’ – Isle of Man

Growth in the number of cruise passengers visiting the Isle of Man is encouraging for tourism firms and the broader local economy, the agency that looks after the sector has said.

Visit Isle of Man said the cruise sector continued to play “an important role in the island’s tourism trade” by helping to extend the visitor season.

Earlier this month the record for the overall annual number of passengers visiting was broken when Holland America Line’s Rotterdam stopped in Douglas, taking the season’s total to 19,292.

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