Cruise Passenger traffic tops 1 million, setting new record
A total of 1.07 million cruise passengers traveled through Türkiye’s ports in the January-July period this year, with 656 cruise ships calling at 18 ports, setting a record for the highest passenger volume ever recorded for the first seven months of a year since data collection began in 2011.
Türkiye welcomed 1,375 cruise ships and recorded 2.14 million passengers across 19 ports in 2025, the highest annual figure in the past 12 years.
In the first seven months of this year, 656 cruise vessels docked at 18 Turkish ports. Kuşadası remained the country’s busiest cruise destination during the period.
In July alone, 168 cruise ships called at Turkish ports, bringing total passenger traffic to 314,026.
