In 2023, cruise traffic in the port of Heraklion is grew by +50% having arrived last year in the Greek airport the record number of 382,981 cruise passengers. With the arrival of Friday of the Silver Moon, there were a total of 253 cruise ship landings in 2023 in the port of capital of the island of Crete. The largest share of cruise passengers who arrived in Heraklion last year were that of U.S. domestic passengers with 97,245 Americans in total, followed by Italians with 54,629 passengers, the Germans with 45,187 passengers and the British with 42,416 passengers.

Announcing the results of the 2023 cruise season, the CEO of the Port Authority of Heraklion, Minas Papadakis, has announced that in 2024 it will be A new record of cruise traffic is expected as it is expected 300 stopovers, including 38 of ships that have Heraklion as their home port.