2022
Number of cruiser passengers
During 2022, there were a total of 43,999 passengers visiting Greenland aboard cruise ships. The result show 5 per cent decrease as compared to the cruiser passengers from 2019.
Figure 1. Number of cruise passengers by month, 2019 and 2022
See the figures in https://bank.stat.gl/TUEKRP
123 cruises have been completed in 2022 with 376 calls.
Most cruise frequent were with ships with a passenger capacity of 0-250.
However, it was cruises with a passenger capacity of over 1,200 that contributed the higher number of passengers with a total of 22,953 passengers.
Table 1. Number of cruises by passenger capacity and month, 2022
|
Total |
Jan. |
Feb. |
Mar. |
Apr. |
May |
Jun. |
Jul. |
Aug. |
Sep. |
Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec. |
Total .... |
123 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
2 |
5 |
29 |
51 |
35 |
- |
- |
- |
0-250 ... |
69 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
3 |
15 |
25 |
24 |
- |
- |
- |
251-500 .. |
25 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
4 |
12 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
501-1,200 |
14 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
1,200+ .. |
15 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
See the figures in https://bank.stat.gl/TUEKRK
Table 2. Number of cruises by capacity and total passenger, 2019 and 2022
|
2019 |
2022 |
||
|
Passangers |
Cruises |
Passangers |
Cruises |
Total ............ |
125 |
43,999 |
123 |
|
0-250 ........... |
7,462 |
69 |
7,925 |
69 |
251-500 .......... |
6,239 |
24 |
5,372 |
25 |
501-1200 ......... |
10,649 |
19 |
7,749 |
14 |
1200+ ........... |
22,283 |
13 |
22,953 |
15 |
See the figures in https://bank.stat.gl/TUEKRK
The visitor that arrived at the harbours in Greenland summed up to a total of 112,273 visits, which is an 8 % decrease as compared to 2019.
Table 3. Number of cruise passengers by harbour in 2019 and 2022.
|
2019 |
2022 |
Difference 2019-2022 |
Total |
122.314 |
112.273 |
-10.041 |
Aasiaat ................................... |
536 |
193 |
-343 |
Ilulissat ................................... |
14.762 |
14.730 |
-32 |
Ittoqqortoormiit ............................. |
2.860 |
3.255 |
395 |
Kangerlussuaq ............................. |
7.953 |
7.309 |
-644 |
Maniitsoq ................................. |
1.736 |
1.925 |
189 |
Nanortalik ................................. |
11.666 |
14.486 |
2.820 |
Narsaq ................................... |
2.705 |
2.190 |
-515 |
Narsarsuaq ................................ |
2.968 |
1.891 |
-1.077 |
Nuuk .................................... |
18.172 |
15.560 |
-2.612 |
Paamiut .................................. |
5.853 |
1.547 |
-4.306 |
Qaqortoq ................................. |
28.214 |
27.732 |
-482 |
Qasigiannguit .............................. |
529 |
0 |
-529 |
Qassiarsuk* ............................... |
630 |
104 |
-526 |
Qeqertarsuaq .............................. |
4.895 |
3.154 |
-1.741 |
Qaanaaq ................................. |
795 |
1.082 |
287 |
Sisimiut .................................. |
11.629 |
12.575 |
946 |
Tasiilaq .................................. |
3.099 |
877 |
-2.222 |
Upernavik ................................. |
595 |
706 |
111 |
Uummannaq ............................... |
2.717 |
2.805 |
88 |
Note: This statistic bases on the Tax Office register.
Note: Calls in Qassiarsuk are tax-free, which is why the Tax Office does not receive reports from all ships calling at the port.
See the figures in https://bank.stat.gl/TUEKRH
You are most likely to meet passengers from USA, Germany and United Kingdom off the cruise ship.
Figure 2. Cruise passengers by nationality, 2019 and 2022.
Note: Cruises and passengers were accounted for the Tax Office registry.
See the figures in https://bank.stat.gl/TUEKRL
Remarks
The basis of the cruise statistics are the reports from the Tax Office. For 22 calls have not been received passenger lists reports and therefore those were estimated.
On June 2015, there was a reorganization of the taxes for cruises, where the cruises pay taxes based on number of passenger before June 2015, and after that, the taxes were paid base on the gross tonnage of the ship.
Since the reorganization, the Tax Office has experienced problems at receive some of the call reports from the port authorities, and therefore no port fee has been registered for those calls.