Ships set sail for the 2023 cruise season on Saturday. It’s a return to normalcy for the cruise industry: Port of Seattle estimates 700,000 people will travel through the area starting this weekend until the end of the cruise season in October.
“It’s like every year, it sort of builds a little and a little more after the pandemic,” Erik Elvejord with Holland America Line, said. “This year, we’re starting from the beginning here in April.”
Elvejord says the cruise industry brings a lot of money to the region.
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