Barcelona cruises represent the winter season 35% of total

The Port of Barcelona has found the key to further growth in number of cruise the coming years and surpass the record 2,6 million passengers. It is a formula that combines sandals and shorts coats and scarves. For several years, the Port Authority has emphasized break the seasonality of this sector and attract passengers the low season months. This year, winter traffic will represent 35% of total. Those responsible for the main cruise port in Europe, and fourth in the world, are satisfied with the progress harvested. Forecasts indicate that passengers disembarking in the cold months in the spring of the Catalan capital account for 35% of total traffic. The figure is higher than 24% four years ago. Only in the first two months of the year, 151.000 passengers have come to town, a 18% rather than 2013, and the number of calls has increased by 51%, until 53.

The strategy of focusing on the cold months is a reason: structure is underutilized. "We work with the idea that the port is profitable all year", these sources say.

In return, summer, six springs cruise port working at full capacity. De facto, speculates that may already be at the limit. "There's always room to grow more. You can use of nonspecific embarkation for cruises, Grimaldi as terminal or Maremagnum, where appropriate ", explained from the Port Authority. Also, Port of Barcelona extends terminals for this type of product.

Barcelona? Outgrow its visitor record harvested 2011? The forecasts are at a similar figure. Weights in the Catalan capital is optimistic, if it is true that shippingface the season with more caution and, therefore, fewer boats. A fall in this sector can be a painful blow to the economy of the city. Barcelona Tourism estimated that the cruise injected near the municipality 300 million per year.

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