Posted Jan 10, 2018, 5:52 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Greater Victoria
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Another great cruise season for Victoria in 2017 
Victoria sees record number of cruise ship calls in 2017
CTV - Nov 16, 2017 - https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/v...2017-1.3681372
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Victoria welcomed a record number of cruise ship calls to the city in 2017, the same year the port saw its seven-millionth passenger arrive.
The city welcomed 239 cruise ship calls and 600,000 passengers this year, up from 224 calls and 536,000 passengers in 2016.
The cruise ship season, which stretches from April through October, also saw more than 239,000 crew members visit the city as ewll.
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Cool little side story: Every million passengers, the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority celebrates by awarding one lucky passenger some goodies, and this year the honour went to Reshme Balramsingh from Trinidad and Tobago. June 22, 2017.
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