Passenger traffic for the port of Heraklion has increased compared to 2020, but decreased compared to 2019, according to published June statistics.
“The year is catching up with 2019. If you look at the data for June, you will see that compared to 2019, there are fewer routes and passengers. Now we have 122,000 passengers through 193 voyages, while in June 2019 we had 173,000 passengers through 348 voyages,” said Heraklion port master Efthymis Doubis, speaking to cretapost.
At the same time, Mr. Douvis mentioned that June 2022 has twice the traffic of June 2020. “This is more than double the traffic. Last year, of course, we had stricter measures for the coronavirus, something that does not exist this year,” he said.
Data
JUNE 2022
Ship itineraries (passenger and car ferries): 193 (97 arrivals, 96 departures).
Passenger traffic: 122,244 passengers (58,537 boarded and 63,707 disembarked).
JUNE 2021
Ferry routes (passenger and car ferries): 210 (105 arrivals, 105 departures).
Passenger traffic: 88,966 passengers (42,342 boarded and 46,624 disembarked).
JUNE 2020
Ferry routes (passenger and car ferries): 136 (68 arrivals, 68 departures).
Passenger traffic: 46,022 passengers (21,161 boarded and 24,861 disembarked).
JUNE 2019
Ship itineraries (passenger and car ferries): 348 (174 arrivals, 174 departures).
Passenger traffic: 173,069 passengers (83,466 boarded and 89,603 disembarked).
