The number of cruise ships that arrived in Türkiye in the first two months of the year was recorded at the highest level in the last 13 years, local media reported recently, adding to the momentum observed last year when the ports within the country welcomed record 1.5 million passengers.
Some 23 ships docked at eight Turkish ports in January-February, accommodating 23,047 passengers, according to the data compiled by Demirören News Agency (DHA) from the Transport and Infrastructure Ministry.
For the first time, 23 ships arrived at the ports in the stated period, compared to 14 cruisers that visited in the same period last year and only five in 2022 in the wake of the pandemic.
Accordingly, the cruise ships docked at eight different ports in the first two months of the year, with Kuşadası port emerging as the busiest in terms of cruise ship traffic.
Istanbul and Samsun, on the Black Sea coast, welcomed four cruise ships each, while two other northern…
