List of busiest cruise ports by passengers

For other uses, see Lists of the world's busiest ports.

This is a list of busiest cruise ports by passengers. Some Asian ports are not included due to lack of information. This list is not a direct reference to true statistics due to fairly outdated information.

Annual cruise passengers

Rank	Port	2022 / 2023	Country
1	Port of Miami	7,299,294[1]	United States
2	Port Canaveral	6,924,865[1]	United States
3	Port of Cozumel	4,098,491[2]	Mexico
4	Port of Nassau	3,521,178	Bahamas
5	Port of Civitavecchia	3,316,442[3]	Italy
6	Port of Barcelona	3,137,918[4]	Spain
7	Port Everglades	3,007,358[1]	United States
8	Port of Shanghai	2,847,000[5]	China
9	Ports of Out Islands	2,549,803[6]	Bahamas
10	Port of Palma de Mallorca	2,220,132[7]	Spain
11	Port of Galveston	2,207,852	United States
12	Port of Southampton	1,899,654[8]	United Kingdom
13	Port of George Town, Grand Cayman	1,711,853[6]	Cayman Islands
14	Port of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands/St. John	1,694,008[6]	United States
15	Port of Philipsburg, Sint Maarten	1,668,863[6]	Sint Maarten
16	Ports of Jamaica	1,655,565[5]	Jamaica
17	Port of New York and New Jersey	1,537,695[6]	United States
18	Port of Marseille	1,487,313[9]	France
19	Port of Venice	1,427,812[9]	Italy
20	Port of Singapore	1,379,753[10]	Singapore
21	Port of San Juan	1,379,367[6]	United States
22	Port of Jeju	1,200,000[11]	South Korea
23	Port of Grand Turk Island	1,111,818 (2019)[12]	Turks and Caicos Islands
24	Port of Piraeus	1,055,559[9]	Greece
25	Port of New Orleans	1,048,112[6]	United States
26	Port of Roatan	1,037,647[13]	Honduras
27	Penang, Swettenham Pier	1,020,000[14]	Malaysia
28	Port of Juneau, Alaska	1,004,774[6]	United States
29	Port of Mahahual	1,000,818[2]	Mexico
30	Port of Tampa	1,000,000[6]	United States
31	Port of Los Angeles	995,819[15]	United States
32	Port of Seattle	983,539[6]	United States
33	Port Zante, Basseterre	951,021[6]	Saint Kitts and Nevis
34	Port of Hakata, Fukuoka	950,000 (2017)[16]	Japan
35	Port of Ketchikan	947,972[17]	United States
36	Port of Keelung	946,372 (2019)[18]	Taiwan
37	Port of Naples	927,458[9]	Italy
38	Port of Genoa	925,118[9]	Italy
39	Port of Vancouver	895,000 (2018)[19]	Canada
40	Port of Rostock, Warnemünde	892,000 (2017)[20]	Germany
41	Port of Naha	888,300 (2017)[21]	Japan
42	Port of Hong Kong	875,212 (2018)[22]	China
44	Port of Savona	854,443[9]	Italy
45	Port of Bridgetown	853,200 (2019)[23]	Barbados
46	Port of Copenhagen	840,000 (2013)[24]	Denmark
47	Port of Valletta	778,596[9]	Malta
48	Port of Dubrovnik	748,918[9]	Croatia
48	Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife	739,101[25]	Spain
49	Port of Las Palmas	721,938[26]	Spain
50	Port of Victoria	709,042 (2019)[6]	Canada
51	Port of Corfu	679,681[9]	Greece
52	Port of Ensenada, Baja California	647,757[2]	Mexico
53	Port of Tallinn	635,068 (2018)[27]	Estonia
54	Port of Dubai	625,000 (2017)[28]	United Arab Emirates
55	Port of Bergen	599,964 (2018)[29]	Norway
56	Port of Kiel	598,672 (2018)[30]	Germany
57	Port of Tunis	560,000[31]	Tunisia
58	Port of Hamburg	552,459 (2013)[24]	Germany
59	Port of Kotor	541,017[9]	Montenegro
60	Port of Madeira	540,593[9]	Portugal
61	Port of Saint Petersburg	523,525 (2013)[24]	Russia
62	Port of Lisbon	521,042[9]	Portugal
63	Port of Arrecife	520,192[26]	Spain
64	Port of Tianjin	500,000 (2016)	China
65	Port of Palm Beach, Florida	480,000[6]	United States
66	Port of Cadiz Bay	477,392[4]	Spain
67	Port of Malaga	476,973[4]	Spain
68	Port of Palermo	459,229[9]	Italy
69	Port of La Spezia	454,954[9]	Italy
70	Port of Valencia	435,616[4]	Spain
71	Port of Cagliari	424,305[9]	Italy
72	Port of Progreso, Yucatán	413,474[2]	Mexico
73	Port of Gibraltar	404,995[9]	Gibraltar
74	Port of Boston	402,346 (2019)[32]	United States
75	Port of Bari	397,558[9]	Italy
76	Cabo San Lucas	390,987[2]	Mexico
77	Port of Messina	390,196[9]	Italy
78	Port of Quebec	387,678 (2017)[33]	Canada
79	Port of Buenos Aires	374,106 (2019)[34]	Argentina
80	Port of Nouméa	351,400[35]	France
81	Port of Puerto Vallarta	338,153[2]	Mexico
82	Port of Amsterdam	332,999 (2017)[36]	Netherlands
83	Port of Halifax	323,709 (2019)[37]	Canada
84	Port of Ajaccio	302,700[35]	France
85	Port of Qingdao	300,000[38]	China
86	Port of Villefranche-sur-Mer	296,100[35]	France
87	Port of Oslo	266,000[39]	Norway
88	Port of Cartagena	250,058[4]	Spain
89	Port of Toulon - Var, Provence	239,023[9][35]	France
90	Port of Split	232,244[9]	Croatia
91	Port of Saint John, New Brunswick	208,818 (2017)[40]	Canada
92	Port of Mazatlan	203,227[2]	Mexico
93	Port of Casablanca	198,140 (2013)[41]	Morocco
94	Port of Heraklion	181,693[9]	Greece
95	Port of Portland, Maine	172,184 (2018)[42]	United States
96	Port of Jacksonville	170,000 (2017)[43]	United States
97	Port of Monaco	168,017[9]	Monaco
98	Port of Liverpool	122,964	United Kingdom
99	Port of Gdynia	90,000[44]	Poland

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