Kallaveti had a better than expected cruise summer

Ship entrepreneurs from Kuopio are quite satisfied with the cruise summer. Especially business and charter cruises cheered up the season.

Kuopio Roll Cruises company's Oueen R ship in Kuopio Passenger Port. — At the end of the last public cruise of the summer, the Queen R ship made a lap of honor in the port of Kuopio.

The regular local cruise season has ended at Kuopio’s Kallavedi. The last public cruise was run on Monday evening.

There were surprisingly few foreign tourists cruising on Kallavedi. Noori Kivi is happy with the warm August.

– The August heat was a wonderful bonus. There were still a good number of passengers and there was a kind of unbudgeted income, says Noora Kivi.

For the summer of 2023, Roll Risteilyt is thinking about possible cruises to Pohjois Kallaveti. The plan is to continue cooperation with Kuopio Oppaat association.

Seppo Pirinen, entrepreneur of Koski-Laiva Oy from Kuopio, on the bridge of Koski. — Seppo Pirinen, entrepreneur of Kuopio’s Koski-Laiva Oy, characterizes the cruise summer as mediocre.

– You have to be satisfied with the summer, because Finns went abroad a lot and there were few tourists in Kuopio. The order runs saved this season, says Pirinen.

Charter cruises continue until October. According to Pirinen, who has been running a cruise company in Kallavede for 25 years, the archipelago city still holds its ground as a cruise destination. For example, groups like to see the scenery of Saaristokaupunki.