Ferry travel has continued to prove an increasingly popular travel option for holidaymakers, according to new figures from the Passenger Shipping Association (PSA).
The PSA have revealed that the number of people travelling by ferry for their holiday in 2007 increased by 419,000 on the previous year.
The PSA reported that a total of 43 million passengers boarded a ferry between British ports and the continent last year.
The rise in passenger numbers for 2007 was the second successive year that growth in the ferry travel sector has been recorded, following falls at the start of the century.
Routes from UK to Ireland showed strong growth, with passenger numbers up from 5.3m to 5.5m, and there was a 3.8 per cent rise in the number of cars taken on board passenger ferries .
Director of the Passenger Shipping Association Bill Gibbons said the increase in ferry holidays was being driven by continuing "airport misery" suffered by holidaymakers.
"Travellers who vote with their feet and switch to ferry travel are finding a radically different experience," he said.
"This is a very exciting time for ferry travel, particularly in the year of the PSA's 50th anniversary."
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