Tagged: Great Lakes

A pair of resolutions passed Wednesday could help open the way for Duluth to become a more attractive cruise ship destination come 2022. Both the Duluth Seaway Port Authority and the Duluth Economic Development Authority approved resolutions that could provide up to a combined $40,000 to cover the cost of designing a facility that could one day welcome waterborne international travelers. (duluthnewstribune.com)

Cruising on the Great Lakes is an industry that has been on the rise in Michigan. “Great Lakes cruising has brought more than 100,000 port visits a year,” says Dave Lorenz, Vice President of Travel Michigan. “And we’ve been growing for a while as well.” But not in 2020. The industry took a blow at the beginning of the pandemic when Canada closed its port visits. (wzzm13.com)

A new “Inside Passage” cruise route has been identified by the Great Lakes Cruising Coalition (GLCC) with the assistance of Parks Canada, Destination Northern Ontario (DNO) and several of Lake Superior’s North Shore communities. (boreal.org)

Port Milwaukee ended its 2019 cruise ship season this week, welcoming a 300-passenger ship from Hamburg, Germany. Milwaukee hosted 10 cruise ships this season, more than double the number from 2018. The port estimates cruise ships brought more than 3,200 passengers to the city this year. (wpr.org)

Ports abound throughout the Great Lakes, welcoming vacationers from the United States and further abroad. To meet the demand from cruisegoers, several cruise lines have been increasing their presence in the region, with upwards of 20 to 30 stops each season at individual ports around the lakes. (greatlakesnow.org)

Learning that small passenger ships were again sailing the Great Lakes from Toronto to Chicago was, for me, akin to discovering a new American coastline had been found. “Last year there were 30 voyages through the Great Lakes carrying 6,000 passengers, and that is expected to double in 2019,” says Heidi Allison, president of CruiseComplete.com which publishes information on the cruise industry. (ocregister.com)

The Great Lakes may not have the shoreline views of Alaska, the warmth of the Bahamas or the history of Europe, but they are quickly becoming a destination for cruising. These are not the mega ships found in the Caribbean with casinos and waterslides. The experience on the Great Lakes is quieter. The clientele is older. The boats are smaller. (eu.jsonline.com)