Cruisers that more Americans embark on the cruise port of Barcelona
As identified in the Study of Nationalities in Cruisers made by the Port of Barcelona, that analyzes from which the 2,6 million passengers arriving during the 2013, U.S., Spanish and English are, this order, more cruise passengers made with Barcelona in your itinerary .
So , a 17 % of passengers or scalable as homeport Barcelona have come from the United States; a 16,5% , of Spain ; and 13,5% , UK . The Italians are search ( 11% ) , French ( 7,5% ) -which in recent years have increased their presence in the Port and German ( 6,5% ) . Moreover it has also detected an increase in passengers from the rest of Europe, especially Scandinavia .
Cruise tourism in Barcelona is also attracting new nationalities such as the Latin American ( 2,5% ) and passengers from the Far East ( 2% ) . Moreover, the increase of Russian tourists in the city has also been reflected in the cruise, that already have a 1,5% Russian passengers between, a figure that has increased in recent 5 years old .
The influx of passengers as diverse nationalities also helps break the seasonality of the cruise industry, in the Mediterranean often concentrated activity during the warmer months of the year ( between April and October ) . For example, American tourists often distribute their holidays during the year, allowing them to travel during off-season . De facto, are increasingly offering shipping routes from the Catalan capital during the 12 months of the year, allowing cruises throughout the year . In this, the company has already announced that NCL Norwegian Epic will be all year 2015 making Mediterranean itineraries taking Barcelona as homeport.
Barcelona is the first cruise port in Europe and the Mediterranean and 4 No port in the world based, preceded only by 3 major ports in the State of Florida, U.S. . In 2011 reached its record high with a total of 2,65 million cruise passengers and 2013 has equaled this achievement . This year the port has two major challenges : on the one hand, of 16 to the 18 September, Barcelona will host Seatrade Med Cruise Convention , the most important sector in the Mediterranean region and, on the other hand, Also in September will host the Oasis of the Seas ( Royal Caribbean ) which is the largest ship world. So, The Barcelona next September will be the home port of the ship, that until now had only operated in the Caribbean.
News Source: http://www.viajaratope.com
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