# Cape Town’s 2024/2025 cruise season has closed on a high, with 83 ship calls, eleven of them inaugural visits. Passenger and crew numbers rose by 16-percent. The season contributed 1.32-billion-rand to the local economy and supported two-thousand jobs. In March alone, Cruise Cape Town recorded a historic 22 ship visits, the highest number seen in a single month this season. Other highlights include Cunard’s Queen Anne’s first visit to South African shores in April. Officials say the cruise sector is key to Cape Town’s tourism growth and job creation goals.
Cape Town cruise season breaks records with R1.3-billion boost