The cruises statistics for 2017 are under revision due to late arrival of harbor data reporting.

 

Fewer cruises and higher numbers of passengers in 2017

During year 2017, there were a total of 27,425 passengers visiting Greenland, aboard cruise ships. It represents an 11.6 % increase as compared to the total number from 2016.

 

Figure 1. Number of cruise passengers by month, 2015-2017

Source: http://bank.stat.gl/tuekrp

 

Of the 84 cruises in 2017, ships of 1-250 passenger capacity were most frequent. However, it was the 1200+ capacity cruises which brought the higher passenger numbers (Table 2).

 

Table 1. Number of cruises by passenger capacity, 2017

	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Maj	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total	84	-	-	-		2	4	11	36	29	2	-	-
0-250	47	-	-	-		2	2	5	17	19	2	-	-
251-500	16	-	-	-	-	-	2		9	5	-	-	-
501-1200	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	2	-	-	-
1200+	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	-	-	-

Kilde: http://bank.stat.gl/tuekrk

 

 

Table 2. Number of cruises by passenger capacity and total passenger, 2017

	2015		2016		2017
	Passangers	Cruises	Passangers	Cruises	Passangers	Cruises
Total	22.534	90	25.405	104	27.425	84
0-250	6.019	62	5.302	69	5.551	47
251-500	3.887	16	2.699	14	4.292	16
501-1200	3.989	6	10.938	17	8.456	15
1200+	8.639	6	6.466	4	9.126	6

 

The guests who arrived at the harbours in Greenland summed up to a total of 74,701 visits. This is a 10.7 % decrease as compared to year 2016 (Table 3.)

 

Table 3. Number of cruise passengers by harbor for years 2016-2017.

	2016	2017
Total..................................	83.605	74.701
Nanortalik ..............................	5.879	1.204
Qaqortoq ...............................	12.086	10.956
Narsarsuaq .............................	2.205	2.183
Qassiarsuk ..............................	-	506
Narsaq .................................	2.601	464
Paamiut ................................	2.961	818
Nuuk ..................................	10.849	14.343
Maniitsoq ...............................	1.460	80
Kangerlussuaq ..........................	5.939	7.126
Sisimiut ................................	10.657	8.147
Aasiaat ................................	963	1.072
Qasigiannguit ...........................	449	739
Ilulissat ................................	12.577	12.873
Qeqertarsuaq ...........................	3.117	4.095
Uummannaq ............................	3.579	2.618
Upernavik ..............................	2.000	903
Qaanaaq ...............................	396	507
Tasiilaq ................................	3.971	4.418
Ittoqqortoormiit ...........................	1.916	1.649

Note: This statistic has been made based on a register from the Tax Office.

Source: http://bank.stat.gl/tuekrh

 

You are more likely to meet a German passenger off the cruise ship as they represented a 47.8% of the total. The passengers were distributed by nation as seen in figure 2. A more detailed statistic can be acquired from the statistics bank.

 

Figure 2. Cruise passengers (% of totals) by nationality for years 2017.

Note: Cruises and passengers were accounted for through the registry of the Tax Office in 2017. One cruise has not registration of nationality.

Source: http://bank.stat.gl/tuekrl