Cruise

Cruise Passengers

Cruise passenger information is sourced from the Ports of Halifax and Sydney.

2025 saw 357,000 cruise ship passengers arrive to the Port of Halifax (down 1% from 2024), and 201,000 passengers arrive to the Port of Sydney (down 6% from 2024).

Graphic indicating visitation from cruise passengers.

Tourism Indicators:

Tourism Revenue
Accommodations
Visitor Movement
Tourism Employment
Enplanements
Nova Scotians' Contribution to Tourism

Tourism Nova Scotia

Tourism Nova Scotia works with communities and industry to attract visitors to the province and increase tourism revenues through experience and sector development, business coaching, marketing, and visitor servicing.

As a division of the Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage, Tourism Nova Scotia is committed to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility across Nova Scotia and we support partners who share in this commitment.

Tourism Nova Scotia is located in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq. We are all Treaty people.