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Sea passenger statistics: all routes 2018 (final)

Sea passenger statistics on movements to and from the UK on international and domestic journeys in 2018.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 6 November 2019

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Sea passenger statistics: all routes 2018 final report

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Sea passenger statistics: all routes 2018 data tables

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Details

Final statistics on the number of sea passengers which include all vehicle drivers, their passengers and foot passengers on ferries and cruise ships. This is an update of the provisional data published in February.

In 2018:

• international sea passenger numbers have increased for the first time in 3 years in 2018, increasing by 2% to 21.8 million
• domestic sea passenger numbers decreased by 3% to 42.7 million
• the total number of international short sea passengers (ferry routes) stayed relatively stable at 19.6 million
• cruise passenger numbers increased by 15% to 2.2 million

Changes to these statistics

The department carried out a review of the content of the annual sea passenger statistics including the data tables published as part of the release. See our summary of user feedback which sets out the changes made.

We welcome any feedback on the changes to the tables, by contacting us.

Provisional figures for short sea routes for 2019 will be published in February 2020.

Guidance on current and previous sea passenger statistics are available on the maritime statistics guidance page.

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Published 6 November 2019