Oslo Enters A New Year With Marketing Spirit

This year will see a decrease of 21 cruise calls to Oslo after witnessing an annual growth since 1995. “That means that Port of Oslo, Visit Oslo and Oslo Cruise Network will have to join forces for

marketing work in the years to come,” commented Margrethe Austad, marketing manager cruise Port of Oslo.

 
“We have to make sure that every cruise line does know that the city of Oslo can offer many interesting experiences, that the Port of Oslo gives reasonable discounts to cruise vessels and that the Oslo fjord with its interesting sights all along the 60nm is worth sailing.”

 
In 2013 159 cruise vessels called Oslo with 298,403 passengers from 144 different nationalities. Most of the passengers (93,000) came from Germany with 43,000 from USA and the same again from Great Britain. There were 22,000 Italians and 10,000 Spaniards amongst the visitors as well as those from Canada and from France.

 
There were three turnaround calls and nine interporting calls included in the total numbers of calls. Overnights numbered 33 which seems to be becoming more and more popular, said Austad. “Oslo by night has a huge variety to offer when it comes to music and entertainment.”

Source:- Cruise Europe