MADRID .- More than 7.1 million cruise passengers calling at English ports during 2010, a figure that represents a record for the sector and highlights the strength of the English ports in the world context , according to the Ministry of Development in a statement.
So, Barcelona, \u200b\u200bMalaga, Valencia, Vigo, together with Canary and Balearic Islands are "a benchmark" for major cruise companies, which give the English tourism sector about 12.5 percent of the 52.6 million international tourists who visited the year past.
President of Puertos del Estado, Fernando González Laxe, said that forecasts of English port authorities themselves indicate that in 2011 will exceed seven million passengers, a figure which by 2013 will to 7.5 million, and in 2014 will be close to eight million. Under
the slogan "Port of Spain" and sponsored by Puertos del Estado, Spain participated in the international conference "Seatrade Cruise Shipping ', held in Miami between 14 and 17 March, with 25 English ports and more than 70 institutions and companies participation, according to Public Works, served to confirm the strong presence of English ports in this activity.
In this sense, was the third largest pavilion at the fair, where they made the cultural alternatives and made the first contacts for future operating routes. Fruit of the business meetings conducted during the fair, several authorities Port of Alicante, Baleares, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas, Malaga, have been able to finalize new agreements with major companies (Royal Caribbean, Carnival, MSC, etc.), Or adjust routes and schedules in search of a greater efficiency in their routes.
English Mediterranean ports are the destination for cruise passengers and that 70 percent of passengers, ie, 5 million people, called at its ports, with the Barcelona and the Balearic Islands which account for 77 percent of cruise tourism in the English ports of the Mediterranean and 54 percent of the total English.
addition, both ports are among the top 15 destinations worldwide and are the first in Europe in this type of tourism.
However, other destinations have also highlighted for its spectacular growth in recent years as Málaga (35 percent) to 659,000 passengers, and Valencia (37 percent) to 253,000 passengers.
On the Atlantic coast peninsula and the Bay of Biscay, the growth in recent years has been spectacular (23 percent), from 589,688 passengers in 2009 to near 725,000 in 2010. Highlights include the Bay of Cadiz (+42%) with more than 334,000 passengers and Vigo (five percent) with 233,000 passengers.
island destinations in the Canary Islands (Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife), maintaining the supply of this type of tourism for the whole year, with high demand during the autumn season winter, are the third most active market in Europe with a total of 1.3 million passengers, an increase of 13.7 percent over 2009.
The recent data on European and global level (2009) reflect the vantage occupied Spain as a recipient of cruisers, both in Europe and worldwide.
Thus, among the top 30 European destinations, which totaled slightly more than 24 million passengers, the English ports reached about 5 million passengers, representing a 21 per cent of total cruisers played some English port city on the tour.
With this data, Spain is in third position behind Italy, which accounts for 31.8 percent (7.6 million passengers) and Greece accounted for 25 percent of tourism cruise with some more than 6 million cruise passengers.
So, Barcelona is still the European leader and the Balearic Islands occupy the fifth position. In the global context, American ports and the Caribbean account for the top positions, while Barcelona consolidates his fifth position in the world and the Balearic Islands occupied the thirteenth position.
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