Sea passenger statistics, all routes: 2019
Sea passenger statistics for movements to and from the UK on international and domestic journeys in 2019.
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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 2020.
In 2019:
- international sea passenger numbers have decreased by 5% to 20.7 million
- domestic sea passenger numbers decreased by 2% to 42.0 million
- the total number of international short sea passengers (ferry routes) decreased by 6% to 18.4 million
- cruise passenger numbers remained broadly stable at 2.2 million, an increase of 63% compared to 2009
Provisional figures for short sea routes for 2020 will be published in February 2021.
Guidance on current and previous sea passenger statistics are available on the maritime statistics guidance page.
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.
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