| UK. Department of Transport releases Q4 2005 sea passenger statistics |
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| Friday, 24 March 2006 | |
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Government news: The Department for Transport has published National Statistics on sea passengers travelling on short-sea routes, for the fourth quarter of 2005, and also an annual bulletin showing trends over the last ten years. During the fourth quarter there were: 4.8 million international sea passenger journeys to and from the UK, seven per cent lower than the corresponding quarter last year. 2.9 million international passenger journeys through Dover (62 per cent of all international passenger journeys), four per cent lower than the corresponding quarter last year; 0.4 million international journeys through Holyhead, the next largest port for international sea passenger traffic (7 per cent lower than the same quarter last year; 0.6 million domestic sea passenger journeys between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, 8 per cent lower than the corresponding quarter last year. For comparison, during the same period there were 3.7 million passenger journeys through the Channel Tunnel (7 per cent lower than the corresponding quarter last year). During 2005 there were: 23.7 million international sea passenger journeys to and from the UK (eight per cent lower than in 2004). Of these, 13.4 million journeys were through Dover (six per cent lower than 2004); 3.2 million domestic passenger journeys (11 per cent lower than 2004); 15.5 million passenger journeys through the Channel Tunnel (3 per cent higher than 2004). Over the period 1995-2005: International sea passenger journeys to and from the UK fell by 10.6 million (31 per cent) and journeys through Dover fell by 4.5 million journeys (25 per cent); Domestic sea passenger journeys fell by 0.05 million journeys (2 per cent); Channel Tunnel passenger journeys increased by 8.4 million journeys (from 7.1 million in 1995, the year after the Tunnel opened, to 15.5 million in 2005, an increase of 119 per cent). |
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