Belfast enjoyed a record cruise season in 2023, with 158 calls reported by Cruise Belfast
The Borealis is the last cruise to dock in Belfast for the 2023 seasonThe Borelis by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is stylish, spacious and comfortable with a capacity for fewer than 1,400 guests - keeping with the company's commitment to offering a more traditional style of cruising.
This year’s cruise season saw 57 ships from 32 different cruise lines dock in the port, carrying 320,000 passengers and crew, who received a customary warm welcome. Among them were 14 ships who made their inaugural calls to Belfast. With increased passenger numbers, and more visitors arriving into Belfast to experience the tourism offerings across Northern Ireland, Cruise Belfast estimates that more than £20m was injected into the local economy through passenger spend alone.
"We continue to receive a lot of positive feedback from passengers, crew and cruise line management on the quality of Northern Ireland’s tourism offering and the service the industry provides.