DULUTH — More than 4,000 cruise passengers will visit Duluth in 2023, generating $600,000 in economic impact for the city, according to officials with the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, which has an on-site customs facility. It is said that he was exposed to
“The majority of these guests would not otherwise have visited our community, and now they are visiting this community we call Duluth,” DECC Director Dan Hartman said in a news release. I know a great place.”
Four ships passed through the Duluth port, including the Ocean Navigator, Octantis, Polaris, and Hansa Inspiration. Florida-based American Queen Voyages, which owns Ocean Navigator, announced earlier this year that it would end its Great Lakes tours in favor of river cruises.
More than 25,000 passengers visited Great Lakes ports in the past year, according to regional marketing effort Cruise the Great Lakes. This is a 20% increase from 2022.
Cruises through this area of Lake Superior resumed in May 2022. By then, it had been nearly 10 years since he last saw a cruise ship dock in Duluth.