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List of calls, industry insight and guidelines

Here you will find information about the travel trade in Longyearbyen with focus on the sea-based tourism segments including expedition and conventional cruises. These visitor segments traditionally count for approximately 50% of the tourism to Svalbard, and are visiting from mid-April to mid-October. The expedition cruise segment use Longyearbyen as a turn around port and their guests fly in. The conventional cruise segment use Longyearbyen as a transit port.

On this page you will find references and links to relevant information and insight for cruise operations in Svalbard, such as an updated list of calls to Longyearbyen, information from Svalbard Cruise Forum, guidelines and more.