About 145 000 two-way passengers visited the Cape Town Cruise Terminal over the past few months, representing the biggest cruise season the passenger terminal has experienced to date.
According to a new economic impact study, the terminal welcomed 70 cruise ship calls carrying 145 000 two-way passengers and 42 000 crew members between November 2022 and May this year,
Cruise Cape Town, a public-private partnership responsible for growing the local cruise economy, says these figures are double the number of ship calls seen between 2016 and 2019, when each season averaged between 35 and 40 ships. The latest figures also revealed an estimated economic boost of more than R1.2 billion into the Western Cape’s economy.
In addition, the Western Cape cruise industry created one full-time job for every 30 arriving cruise passengers, resulting in 1 800 local jobs created during the 2022/23 season.reports that the Port of Mossel Bay welcomed 14 ship visits – nearly double the number achieved during the 2019 season.
‘As the research now shows, cruise tourism makes an impressive contribution to the provincial economy, supporting many jobs. We are only scratching the surface of the immense potential of cruise tourism to spread benefits across the province, especially in smaller port towns, like Mossel Bay. At the end of the day, more tourists mean more jobs.’
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