ANKARA
Turkish ports saw a record number of cruise ships and passengers last year, with the number of cruise ship passengers surpassing 1.5 million, according to the statistics shared by the Transport and Infrastructure Ministry.
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The figures released by the ministry’s General Directorate of Maritime Affairs on Feb. 1 show that 1,192 cruise ships visited the country’s ports, with October witnessing the busiest traffic last year.
The number of cruise ship passengers surged by nearly 50 percent compared to 2022, reaching from approximately 1 million to 1.5 million.
Last year, 531 cruise ships and nearly 779,000 cruise passengers arrived at the Kuşadası Port. With this number, the Aegean resort town was the most visited port and hosted the highest number of cruise passengers.
It was followed by Istanbul’s ports, which were preferred by 225 cruise ships and 402,729 cruise passengers, while the Bodrum Port in the eponymous resort town in…
