Ports of Stockholm to welcome 650000 cruise tourists from April to October

There were about 94 passengers arrived in the Skeppsbron dock on April 22 on a maiden call which kick started Stockholm’s 2019 season. Another five cruise ships are due to visit Ports of Stockholm in the first week of the season with some 287 more cruise ships expected, bringing an anticipated 650,000 passengers between April – October. Last year, the ports of Stockholm saw 619,000 passengers visited the region.Stefan Scheja, Ports of Stockholm’s cruise and ferry manager said that this cruise arrival marks the arrival of spring and will be great to welcome both the returning passengers and a good deal of new comers to Stockholm during the season.On April 24, Stockholm saw the arrival of AID Adiva at Stadsgården, one of the 56 planned visits by the AIDA fleet, this year. Over the course of the season Norwegian Getaway will bring some 4,941 passengers to Stockholm.