Port of Seattle officials say the 2008 cruise season was the busiest ever, surpassing Vancouver, British Columbia, for the first time in passenger numbers. Seattle welcomed 210 cruise ships and 886,039 passengers, while Vancouver reported 854,453 passengers. The cruise business in Seattle generates $274 million in annual business revenue, $8 million in annual state and local taxes, and 2,380 jobs. Current projections for 2009 estimate 211 cruise ship visits and 801,080 passengers, in which the port will serve 11 homeport vessels including the Pacific Princess, a new homeport ship for that port's harbor.