The turnover generated from the crocieristico traffic to Barcelona in 2010 is piled to 260 million euros



Barcelona intends to ulteriorly consolidate own leadership in the field of the cruises, that first port in Europe and the Mediterranean and fourth world-wide home sees the Catalan port which port, and to already increase therefore consisting the economic contribution that crocieristico tourism guarantees to the city and the Catalan region.

For this year the Harbour Authority of Barcelona previews to record a total of 900 ports of call of cruise ships for a traffic of beyond 2,5 million passengers (of which beyond 55% it will begin and/or finish own cruise to Barcelona) regarding 2.347.976 crocieristi in 2010 (+9% regarding 2009) and this will increase the important volume of transactions that this traffic generates in the Catalan city.

A study of the consortium Turisme de Barcelona, that it has the task to promote the vital Catalan which tourist destination - the authority has announced port - has estimated in 260 million euros the expense in tourist activities, catering, hotels, services and transports totaled to Barcelona from the crocieristi that last year are landed to the Catalan city. Such figure - it has specified the harbour agency - meaningfully more is elevated if account of the fact holds that the ships that call at Barcelona need of important auxiliary services, between which supplies, activity of maintenance, staff of service, fuel, etc

In the last decade the investments realized private publics and in crocieristiche infrastructures in the port of Barcelona are piled to 102 million euros. In particular, the Harbour Authority has invested 14,3 million euros for the urbanization of the terminals and the areas dedicated to the cruises, for the restructure of terminal C and the Adossat pier and the strengthening of the Barcelona pier; the private investments have been pairs to 88,2 million euros subdivided between the two Creuers societies of the Port de Barcelona, than work the marine station Norte y Sur of the Muelle Barcelona situated in presses of the World Trade Center, and the terminals To, B and C of the Muelle Adossat and that it has invested 74 million euros, and Costa Crociere, that manages the terminal D of the Muelle called Adossat Palacruceros and that has invested 14,2 million euros.

The Catalan Harbour Authority has remembered that the port has guaranteed the possibility to on hand increase the structures of the crocieristico traffic reserving an area of the Adossat pier in order to construct the terminal in future to you and.