Passengers liner up to spend €18m in Cork

Nearly €18m will be spent in the Cork region by cruise liner passengers and crew when a record 94 ships dock in the harbour this season.

The projected cash windfall is based on a survey conducted by the Port of Cork into the spending habits of those who visited last year.

When MV Astoria arrives in Cobh on March 21, it will be the first of 94 cruise liners to arrive in the Port of Cork in 2018, a 30% increase on last year. The ships will have 188,844 passengers and some 80,000 crew.