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Ensenada Cruise Port Tops 1 Million Passengers YTD, Surpassing 2023 Benchmark

State officials credit coordinated work across tourism, port, and municipal authorities for the surge.

Overview

  • Ensenada has tallied 1,009,128 cruise passengers so far in 2025 across 270 ship calls, according to the Baja California governor’s office.
  • The year-to-date figure already exceeds the port’s full 2023 total, when it first passed one million passengers with 320 arrivals.
  • Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas was among this year’s callers, underscoring participation by major cruise lines.
  • Leaders characterize cruise tourism as a key economic driver for Baja California, noting this is the second time in the current administration the million-passenger mark has been cleared.
  • Officials say collaboration among the state tourism ministry, ASIPONA Ensenada, and the city has helped position the port as one of Mexico’s leading cruise destinations.