{"id":36839,"date":"2017-07-26T07:29:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T07:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=36839"},"modified":"2017-07-26T07:29:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T07:29:42","slug":"worlds-busiest-cruise-ports-are-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/travel\/worlds-busiest-cruise-ports-are-in-florida.html","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s busiest cruise ports are in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #000000\">World&#8217;s busiest cruise ports are in Florida<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">World&#8217;s busiest cruise ports are in Florida:-If you are one of the 25 million passengers expected to take a cruise this year, chances are your travels may take you to Florida. Port Miami welcomed 4.8 million passengers last year, making it the busiest port in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale and Port Canaveral in Cape Canaveral were the second and third busiest, with combined traffic of more than 7.5 million passengers. It\u2019s no surprise, given that the Caribbean is the top cruise destination in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Numbers may grow, too, as more lines schedule more cruises to Cuba. Norwegian Cruise Line, for example, began cruises from Miami to Cuba in May. It plans to send a second cruise ship to Port Canaveral next year for trips to the island nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">After Florida, Cruise Industry News identified these as the world\u2019s busiest cruise ports, based on 2016 figures:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Puerta Maya, Cozumel, Mexico; 3.6 million passengers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Shanghai International Port, Shanghai; 2.8 million passengers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Port Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain; 2.6 million passengers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Civitavecchia Port near Rome; 2.3 million passengers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Nassau, the Bahamas, 2 million passengers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Canary Islands (multiple ports); 1.9 million passengers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Port of Balearic Islands in Spain (multiple ports); 1.9 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">U.S. Virgin Islands (multiple ports); 1.7 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Port of Galveston, Texas; 1.7 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 1.7 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Port of Southampton, England; 1.7 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">St. Maarten; 1.6 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Jamaica (multiple ports); 1.6 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Port of Venice, Venice, Italy; 1.6 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Marseille, France; 1.5 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Sydney, Australia; 1.3 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Naples, Italy; 1.3 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Port of New Orleans; 1 million<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 8pt;color: #000000\">Source:-http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/travel\/cruises\/la-tr-cruises-worlds-busiest-cruise-ports-20170721-story.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/travel\/worlds-busiest-cruise-ports-are-in-florida.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World&#8217;s busiest cruise ports are in Florida World&#8217;s busiest cruise ports are in Florida:-If you are one of the 25 million passengers expected to take a cruise this year, chances are your travels may take you to Florida. 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