SCOTTISH ports are expecting a record number of calls from cruise liners this summer, and some of the smallest coastal communities may soon get their own visitors.
The economy will benefit from some 400 calls by cruise ships in 2012, bringing a record 346,500 passengers compared to 318,932 last year and just 64,902 in 1998.
In 2010, the cruise industry was said to be worth £32 million to the Scottish economy and it grew again last year.
