Ten countries in the Baltic Sea region have combined to promote Baltic cruises.

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden have formed the Cruise Baltic Alliance to promote cruises in the region with 19 ports of call.

Baltic cruises are thought to be one of the fastest growing cruise markets in the world with a growth of 13% in visitors over the last 12 months.

Visit Denmark UK & Ireland director Henrik Kahn, spokesman for Cruise Baltic project’s UK representatives, said: “The project, which started in 2004, is now ready to go out to the UK market and the first thing we have done is to make it easy for consumers to choose the Baltic Sea region as a destination.”

Cruise Baltic’s newly-appointed project director Bo Nylandsted Larsen said: “The Baltic Sea region ranks high on the lists of the world’s cruise passengers when choosing a destination for their holiday. Within just five years it has become the world’s fastest growing cruise region.