Cruise Ships Love Nova Scotia
The year 2008 will not go down in history as a banner year for nova Scotia tourism activity. Record-high gas prices , a strong Canadian dollar and the introduction of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), an American program that requires everyone entering into the U.S. to have a passport. Many operators were left in the red.
However, this was not true of those who benefit from the cruise ship industry. In fact Nova Scotia enjoyed a record year in this capacity as more than 125 cruise ships including the Queen Mary 2 docked in Halifax and another 50 in Sydney – and that’s a lot of people taking in the sights on tours and buying merchandise. The total came to over 228,000 visitors in Halifax and almost 77,000 in the Cape Breton port.
The tourism authorities announced that the total was over $25 million not including what the crew spent with another $8 million going to Sydney. Three other ports – Louisbourg, Baddeck and North Sydney – also had a total of 5 ships.
The season starts in mid-April and goes until the leaves are gone in the fall. The starting points are usually new York and Boston and the ships will visit Quebec City, Montreal and St. John’s, Newfoundland as well as Charlottetown, PEI
For 2009 the prospect is rosy as well. Predictions are that this year will top last year in terms of ships site explorations and dollars spent.
I just found the link to cruises coming to Halifax using your site.
Using the Halifax Web Cam link
http://www.portofhalifax.ca/english/port-at-a-glance/cruise-schedule/index.html This year -
2009 – 4 in May, 10 in June, 10 in July, 12 in Aug, 42 in Sept, 48 in October, 2 in Nov. I wonder if the tour operators know that their busy season is in Sept and Oct. That would be by 70% in Sept & Oct of the season (May-Nov).
This is becoming a great site that ties everything together – kind of a one-stop-shop for information. Looking forward to checking in again.
I just found the link to cruises coming to Halifax using your site.
Using the Halifax Web Cam link
http://www.portofhalifax.ca/english/port-at-a-glance/cruise-schedule/index.html
This year -
2009 – 4 in May, 10 in June, 10 in July, 12 in Aug, 42 in Sept, 48 in October, 2 in Nov.
I wonder if the tour operators know that their busy season is in Sept and Oct. That would be by 70% in Sept & Oct of the season (May-Nov).
This is becoming a great site that ties everything together – kind of a one-stop-shop for information. Looking forward to checking in again.
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