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 This list is not a direct reference to true statistics due to fairly outdated information.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
|