Sea passenger statistics, all routes: 2022 - GOV.UK

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For the 2023 release, we are moving the publication date to August and we would welcome any comments on the proposed change. If you have any feedback, please email sea passenger statistics.


Annual statistics on the number of sea passengers which include all vehicle drivers, their passengers and foot passengers on ferries and cruise ships.


international sea passenger numbers more than doubled to 14.3 million compared to 2021, but remains 31% below 2019 levels


domestic sea passenger numbers increased by 26% to 37.4 million, but remains 11% below 2019 levels


the total number of international short sea passengers (ferry routes) more than doubled to 12.2 million in 2022 compared to 2021


cruise passenger numbers increased from 181,000 in 2021 to 2.0 million in 2022 due to the restart of international cruises in August 2021 after being paused at the start of the coronavirus


pandemic in March 2020


Guidance on current and previous sea passenger statistics are available.


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