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Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands Annual Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands Annual Tourism and Visitor Report 2016 – 2017 Version 1.0 June 2017 Government Officer South Georgia Steve Waugh 2017 Government of South Georgia Government Officer King Edward Point & the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia Tel: +44 1223 22 1781 Telex (Sat C): 580 492 348018 email: [email protected] (30 June 2017) SUMMARY ANNUAL TOURISM REPORT – SEASON 2016-17 INTRODUCTION 1. This report covers the period from July 2016 to June 20171. This year proved to be another record year for passengers with a total of 8,946 tourists arriving on 68 cruise ships (also 68 last year - the record of 70 cruise ship visits was 2008-09). This year there was an increase of 159 passengers. 5 visits were cancelled –2 of the planned visits by NG Orion due to engine failure and dry-dock repair and 1 by Ocean Diamond due to poor weather, and 2 of the Akademik (OneOcean) vessels at the start of the season. 2. Over this season 15,377 individuals visited South Georgia, this figure includes cruise ship passengers, crew and expedition staff and yachts. There was a total of 8,946 cruise ship passengers, 890 expedition staff (average ratio 1:10), 5,459 crew and 11 others (observers etc). Part 1: CRUISE SHIPS Cruise Ship Visit Summary. A total of 23 (equal to 2016-17) different cruise ships made 68 (also 68 in 2015-16) separate visits to South Georgia during the 2016 - 2017 season. The Polar Pioneer made the most trips with 5. Most other ships visited on 2 to 4 separate occasions. Seabourn Quest was (as per 2016-17) the largest passenger carrying ship this season with 435 passengers. Table 1 summarises the cruise ship activity since 1999. Table 1. Summary of cruise ship voyages 1998/99 to 2016/17 Season Voyages Passengers Staff Crew Others Total 1999/2000 34 2,704 (53.1%) 353 (6.9%) 2,014 (39.6%) 18 (0.4%) 5,089 2000/2001 27 2,100 (54.7%) 309 (8.0%) 1,428 (37.2%) 3 (0.1%) 3,840 2001/2002 33 2,385 (52.3%) 302 (6.6%) 1,858 (40.7%) 16 (0.4%) 4,561 2002/2003 45 3,606 (53.2%) 441 (6.5%) 2,718 (40.1%) 18 (0.3%) 6,783 2003/2004 42 3,584 (53.6%) 402 (6.0%) 2,685 (40.1%) 20 (0.3%) 6,691 2004/2005 40 3,765 (57.6%) 377 (5.8%) 2,374 (36.3%) 17 (0.3%) 6,533 2005/2006 49 5,463 (56.9%) 490 (5.1%) 3,608 (37.6%) 35 (0.4%) 9,596 2006/2007 51 5,214 (58.2%) 472 (5.3%) 3,261 (36.4%) 16 (0.2%) 8,963 2007/2008 62 8,068 (57.1%) 693 (4.9%) 5,346 (37.8%) 30 (0.2%) 14,137 2008/2009 70 7,700 (56.1%) 792 (5.8%) 5,181 (37.8%) 45 (0.3%) 13,718 2009/2010 63 7,214 (57.8%) 711 (5.7%) 4,535 (36.4%) 13 (0.1%) 12,473 2010/2011 46 5,354 (59.4%) 493 (5.5%) 3,164 (35.1%) 3 (0.0%) 9,014 2011/2012 51 5,831 (58.4%) 578 (5.8%) 3,569 (35.7%) 6 (0.1%) 9,984 2012/2013 51 5,792 (58.0%) 612 (6.1%) 3,552 (35.6%) 24 (0.2%) 9,980 2013/2014 55 7,024 (59.6%) 667 (5.7%) 4,080 (34.6%) 21 (0.2%) 11,792 2014/2015 65 8,142 (58.9%) 827 (6.0%) 4,837 (35.0%) 23 (0.2%) 13,829 1 Data from TRAFISH covers the period up to 27 March however, the tourist season is due to finish 01 April with Plancius. 4 PVR’s are outstanding so numbers of pax, staff, crew and nationalities will change in the final report. Page 1 2015/2016 68 8,787 (57.6%) 915 (6.0%) 5,549 (36.4%) 13 (0.1%) 15,264 2016/2017 68 8,946 (58.5%) 890 (5.9%) 5,459 (36%) 11 (0.1%) 15,303 Cruise Ship Voyage and Passenger Number Trends. There were no new vessels this season. Sea Explorer 1 arrived with a new name - Hebridean Sky. There was one new tourist operator Antarctic XXI who chartered Ocean Nova for their trip. A summary of vessel visits and passenger numbers is at Figure 1. Figure 1. Cruise ship Visit and Passenger Numbers 1998 to 2017. Cruise Ship Visit and Passenger Numbers Trends South Georgia 1998/99 to 2016/17 80 10,000 8,787 8,946 9,000 70 8,068 8,142 7,700 8,000 60 7,214 7,024 5,831 7,000 50 5,463 6,000 5,792 40 5,214 5,354 5,000 3,606 4,000 30 Cruise Ship Visit 2,704 3,584 3,765 3,000 Numbers Passenger 20 2,180 2,385 2,000 2,100 10 1,000 0 0 Tourist Season Voyages Passengers Linear (Passengers) Passengers and Cruise Ship Visit. The breakdown of total passengers numbers by cruise ship visits is shown at Figure 2, with Le Lyrial and the Fram both totalling the most passengers over the season. The number of separate visits by each cruise ship is shown at Figure 3, Polar Pioneer with the most separate visits at 5. Figure 2. Total Passenger Numbers by Cruise Ship Season 2016-17 Total Passenger Numbers By Cruise Ship For Season 2016-17 1000 881 820 642 717 800 555 576 600 422 419 435 349 393 346 373 393 336 297 243 400 155 156 224 200 80 64 70 0 … … … … … Passenger Numbers Passenger FRAM SILVER SILVER OCEAN OCEAN BREMEN USHUAIA LE LYRIAL LE ORTELIUS PLANCIUS LE SOLEAL SEA SPIRIT SEA NG ORION LE BOREAL AKADEMIK AKADEMIK SEABOURN HANSEATIC EXPEDITION OCEAN NOVA NG EXPLORER BARK EUROPA HEBRIDEAN SKY HEBRIDEAN POLAR PIONEER AKADEMIK IOFFE AKADEMIK Cruise Ships Page 2 Figure 3. Total Cruise Ship Visits Season 2016-17 Cruise Ship Visits For Season 2016-17 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 Number of Visits 1 0 … FRAM BREMEN USHUAIA LE LYRIAL LE ORTELIUS PLANCIUS LE SOLEAL SEA SPIRIT SEA NG ORION LE BOREAL HANSEATIC EXPEDITION OCEAN NOVA NG EXPLORER BARK EUROPA HEBRIDEAN SKY HEBRIDEAN POLAR PIONEER AKADEMIK IOFFE AKADEMIK SILVER EXPLORER OCEAN DIAMOND SEABOURN QUEST AKADEMIK SERGEY SERGEY AKADEMIK OCEAN ENDEAVOUR Cruies Ships Passengers. For this reporting period there were a total of 62 passenger nationalities. The top ten nationalities represent approximately 89% of the overall passenger numbers as shown in Figure 4 below with all remaining nationalities adding to 11% of the total. The majority of passengers came from English speaking countries. A Comparison of 2016-17 season passengers by nationality to 2015-16 season is show below. (The passenger nationality figures presented below do not include the data from the final 4 PVRs NG Explorer x 2, Hebridean Sky x 2 and Plancius). Figure 4. Cruise ship passengers Other, 997, 11% by nationality 2016-17 New Zealand, 119, 1% Netherlands, 153, 2% United States, Canada, 300, 3% 2,279, 26% China, 511, 6% Switzerland, 586, 7% Germany, 1,113, 13% France, 673, 8% United Kingdom, Australia, 921, 11% 1,049, 12% Figure 4. Cruise Ship Passenger Nationality Composition Season 2016-17 Page 3 Austria, 134, 1% Figure 5. Cruise Ship Passenger Netherlands, 176, other, 998, 11% Nationality 2015-16 2% Canada, 243, 3% United States, 1,886, France, 500, 6% 21% Switzerland, 716, 8% Germany, 1,494, 17% China, 797, 9% Australia, 844, 9% United Kingdom, 1,211, 13% Figure 5. Cruise Ship Passenger Nationality Composition Season 2015-16. Expedition Staff. There was a total of 906 expedition staff (915 in year 15/16) from a total of 42 countries (41 in year 15/16) with an overall ratio of approximately one staff member to each ten passengers. The nationality breakdown was broadly the same as last year. The majority of staff were American with 188 staff (21%), followed by Canada with 124 staff (14%), Germany with 108 staff (12%), United Kingdom with 103 staff (11%), Australia with 60 staff (7%) and France with 50 members of staff (5%). Cruise ship Crew. There were 5,598 members of crew from 73 nationalities. As in the previous years of the crew composition the majority were from the Philippines with 2,908 (52%). Cruise ship landing sites prior to Arrival in South Georgia. Of the 68 cruise ship visits, 52 landed in the Falkland Islands prior to coming to South Georgia (previous season 50). 11 came directly from the Antarctic, either the Antarctic Peninsula or associated islands. The remainder from Montevideo and Ushuaia. Cruise ship landing sites Post South Georgia. - Of the 68 cruise ship visits 47 went on for their next landing within Antarctica or associated islands, 14 ships went on to land in the Falklands, 3 vessels went to Tristan da Cunha, 1 to Ushuaia, 2 to Montevideo, and one to Capetown. Passenger numbers on visiting vessels. Those ships visiting with between 50 and 200 passengers on-board represents 91% of the total over the season, cruise ships with a greater number of passengers than 200 was 9%. Table 2 shows the breakdown for season 2016-17. Table 2. Vessel Characteristics According to Passenger Numbers 2016-2017 Cruise Ship Visit Number of Ship Total number of Comments Passenger Numbers Visits Pax over the season < 50 6 262 Polar Pioneer, Bark Europa and Plancius 50 - 100 15 1,157 101 - 150 24 2,867 151 - 200 17 3,111 201-300 5 1,118 3 by Fram, 2 by Le Soleal 301-400 >401 1 435 Seabourn Quest Total 68 8,950 Page 4 Activities Undertaken.
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