List of busiest cruise ports by passengers

This is a list of busiest cruise ports by passengers. Some Asian ports are not included due to lack of information.

Annual cruise passengers

Rank	Port	Country	2016 / 2017	Date
1	Port of Miami		4,980,490[1]
2	Port Canaveral		4,248,296[1]
3	Port Everglades		3,826,415[1]
4	Port of Cozumel		3,636,649[1]
5	Port of Nassau		3,521,178[2]
6	Port of Shanghai		2,847,000[3]
7	Port of Barcelona		2,712,247[4]
8	Ports of Out Islands		2,549,803[2]
9	Port of Civitavecchia		2,204,336[4]
10	Port of The Balearic Islands		2,110,663[4]
11	Port of Galveston		1,730,289[1]
12	Port of George Town		1,711,853[2]
13	Ports of St. Thomas/St. John		1,694,008[2]
14	Port of Philipsburg		1,668,863[2]
15	Ports of Jamaica		1,655,565[3]
16	Port of New York and New Jersey		1,537,695[1]
17	Port of Southampton		1,529,000 (2013)[5]
18	Port of Marseille		1,487,313[4]
19	Port of Venice		1,427,812[4]
20	Port of Singapore		1,379,753[6]
21	Port of San Juan		1,379,367[1]
22	Port of Jeju		1,200,000[7]
23	Port of Keelung		1,064,174[8]
24	Port of Piraeus		1,055,559[4]
25	Port of New Orleans		1,048,112[1]
26	Port of Roatan		1,037,647[9]
27	Penang, Swettenham Pier		1,020,000[10]
28	Port of Juneau		1,004,774[1]
29	Port of Tampa		1,000,000[1]
30	Port of Costa Maya		1,000,000[11]
31	Port of Seattle		983,539[1]
32	Port of Tenerife		964,337 [4]
33	Port of Basseterre		951,021[2]
34	Port of Hakata, Fukuoka		950,000(2017)[12]
35	Port of Ketchikan		947,972[13]
36	Port of Naples		927,458[4]
37	Port of Genoa		925,118[4]
38	Port of Hong Kong		903,084 (2017)[14]
39	Port of Grand Turk Island		901,300[15]
40	Port of Naha		888,300(2017)[16]
41	Port of Savona		854,443[4]
42	Port of Copenhagen		840,000(2013)[5]
43	Port of Barbados		818,752[17]
44	Port of Vancouver		895,000 (2018)[18]
45	Port of Valletta		778,596[4]
46	Port of Rostock-Warnemünde		766,000 (2016)[19]
47	Port of Dubrovnik		748,918[4]
48	Port of Corfu		679,681[4]
49	Port of Mahahual		673,661[1]
50	Port of Ensenada		650,225[1]
51	Port of Dubai		625,000 (2017)[20]
52	Port of Bergen		599,964 (2018)[21]
53	Port of Kiel		598,672 (2018)[22]
54	Port of Los Angeles		578,668[23]
55	Port of Victoria		709,042 (2019)[1]
56	Port of Tunis		560,000 [24]
57	Port of Hamburg		552,459 (2013)[5]
58	Port of Kotor		541,017[4]
59	Port of Madeira		540,593[4]
60	Port of Saint Petersburg		523,525 (2013)[5]
61	Port of Lisbon		521,042[4]
62	Port of Tallinn		519,319 (2013)
63	Port of Malaga		510,607 [4]
64	Port of Tianjin		500,000 (2016)
65	Port of Palm Beach		480,000[1]
66	Port of Helsinki		478,000[25]
67	Port of Palermo		459,229 [4]
68	Port of La Spezia		454,954 [4]
69	Port of Cagliari		424,305 [4]
70	Port of Valencia		411,317[4]
71	Port of Gibraltar		404,995[4]
72	Port of Bari		397,558[4]
73	Port of Messina		390,196[4]
74	Port of Boston		388,222 (2017)[26]
75	Port of Quebec		387,678 (2017)[27]
76	Cabo San Lucas		383,381[1]
77	Port of Nouméa		351,400[28]
78	Port of Progreso		347,345[1]
79	Port of Puerto Vallarta		337,031[1]
80	Port of Ajaccio		302,700[28]
81	Port of Qingdao		300,000[29]
82	Port of Halifax		300,000 (2018)[30]
83	Port of Oslo		298,000 [31]
84	Port of Villefranche-sur-Mer		296,100 [28]
85	Port of Amsterdam		281,907 [32]
86	Port of Toulon - Var Provence		239,023[4][28]
87	Port of Cartagena		236,412[4]
88	Port of Split		232,244[4]
89	Port of Mazatlan		212,518[1]
90	Port of Saint John, New Brunswick		208,818 (2017)[33]
91	Port of Casablanca		198,140 (2013)[34]
92	Port of Heraklion		181,693[4]
93	Port of Portland, Maine		172,184 (2018)[35]
94	Port of Jacksonville		170,000 (2017)[36]
95	Port of Monaco		168,017[4]
96	Port of Liverpool		122,964

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