July 17th, 2007
Hawaii Cruise Passenger Capacity to Decline in 2008
According to the latest Honolulu Harbor passenger and cruise vessel schedules posted on the state Department of Transportation Harbors Division website, annual passenger capacity aboard NCL America’s home-ported ships is expected to decline 32.1 percent in 2008, as NCL America suspends service aboard the Pride of Hawai‘i.However, as home-ported capacity downsizes, capacity aboard foreign flagged ships is expected to rise +19.5 percent next year. Nonetheless, total cruise passenger capacity into Honolulu is presently estimated to decrease 16.3 percent in 2008.
Year-to-date through May, statewide cruise visitor arrivals to Hawai‘i have surged 43.5 percent (to 219,710 visitors), outpacing the growth in overall arrivals to the state (-0.5%), according to DBEDT
We discuss the impact this news will have on consumers in our podcast yesterday, #157 HAWAII VISITOR TRENDS