Due to Guernsey’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and quarantine regulations on arrival, some 169,559 people who would have been brought to Guernsey will not be coming via a cruise.
August should have seen 11 cruise ships bringing passengers, with 12 in September and nine in October.
These have now also been cancelled, meaning no cruises will visit Guernsey this year.
A spokesperson from Economic Development said there was no doubt the Covid-19 pandemic was having a major impact on tourism in Guernsey.
The cruise season in a normal year would see about 100,000 passengers coming ashore. ‘Going forward there remains a great deal of uncertainty on the situation internationally,’ the spokesperson said.
‘The cruise industry is dealing with challenges at all of its normal ports of call, as infection rates and lockdown measures change constantly.
‘Whilst we hope at some point to be able to welcome large numbers of cruise passengers to Guernsey again, the reality is it’s not yet possible to say with any certainty what next year’s cruise season will look like.’
Ships that usually spend the summer cruising the Mediterranean and Caribbean islands have instead been anchoring off the UK coast from Portsmouth to Plymouth.