Victoria welcomed 239 cruise ship calls in 2017, the largest number ever recorded in the city.
In a season that stretches from April through October, close to 600,000 passengers and more than 239,000 crew visited the city on cruise ships.
During the 2017 season, GVHA greeted the seven millionth cruise ship passenger to visit the city since the Ogden Point cruise terminal began as a cruise destination in 1978. The passenger arrived on Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas in June. A month earlier, Seabourn cruise line's Sojourn berthed at Ogden Point, the first Seabourn visit to Victoria in 15 years.
The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority says smaller, boutique and "pocket" cruise lines, including National Geographic's Lindblad Expeditions, have been making more frequent visits to Victoria over the past few years, a trend that's expected to continue as Pacific Northwest and Alaska itineraries grow in popularity.