Port of Cromarty Firth expecting record 2019
It said more than 180,000 passengers will come into the port this year, on 109 cruise ships, and this year’s new record equates to a 5 per cent and almost 15 per cent respectively. The first cruise ship arrives this month and the last in late September – altogether also bringing in crew numbering 68,000.
Bob Buskie, chief executive of the Port of Cromarty Firth, said: “These ships will bring more than 180,000 tourists to the Highlands this year, playing a crucial role in supporting the creation of local jobs in a number of areas including: tour guides, shipping agents, ground handling staff, transport providers, pipers, and the employees of local distilleries, golf clubs and the hospitality industry.”