The contribution of the crocieristica industry to the European economy grows



In the 2010 European crocieristica industry it has generated a volume of transactions record of 35,2 billion euros, a figure that corresponds to beyond 30% of the entire world-wide crocieristico market and that it represents an increase of 3% regarding 34,1 billion euros total of 2009. It emphasizes last relationship 2011/12 on the state of the field of the cruises in Europe published from the European Cruise Council (ETC), organization that represents the main crocieristiche companies that operate in the European market.

"It is indeed remarkable encouraging and - Manfredi Lefebvre has commented D' Ovid, president of the association and president of the company Silversea Cruises - than in these times of extreme continuous uncertainty the crocieristica industry to grow constantly and to supply real a social and economic contribution to the European economy".

Last year the European crocieristico market has totaled 5,54 million passengers regarding 5,00 million in 2009. "The number of European and not European that has chosen a crocieristica vacation in Europe - has evidenced the president of ETC - are more than doubled in the past decade more than five million. The relationship exhibition that the field has generated 35,2 billion euros of goods and services and that the reservations in Europe are increased of 9.3%". "The section - it has added - generates occupation for beyond 300.000 people in all Europe, with an increment of 55% regarding 2005 (and of +4% on 2009, ndr)".

Moreover Manfredi Lefebvre D' Ovid has found that "currently 99% of the cruise ships of the entire world-wide fleet are constructed by European ship yards, than to they time acquires 99% of their supplies from European producers. The investment of 10,3 billion dollars in new ships announced until 2014 - it has observed - demonstrates the fact that the crocieristica industry constitutes an essential factor for the maintenance of the field of the European shipbuilding".

Last year the single Italian market has recorded a total of 889 thousand crocieristi regarding 799 thousand in the year precedence. For that it concerns to Italy, the relationship of the European crocieristica association explains that the development of "interporting", system of programming of the crocieristici routes that affords to the passengers to embark itself on the ship in various ports in the within of the same crocieristico route rather than to submit to the offer of a single home port of boarding, has carried out an important role in doing so as that the Italian market is more than doubled in six years much to approximate itself to the quota a million passengers.

The model of the interporting, initially developed by the leader of the Costa Crociere market - the relationship explains - then is followed by according to brand of market - MSC the Cruises - and now the international brand Royal Caribbean International is following the same road. Even if l'interporting it complicates the operations on board - ETC specifies - anticipate remarkable advantages as it carries the cruises to approach itself to a greater number of passengers. Moreover it widens to a greater number of ports, E regions local economies the benefits of fiscal character of homeporting the respect this that happens with the transit ports of call: for example, in the course of this year the ships of Coast have visited 22 ports in Italy for a total of 9.000 ports of call and four million passengers enlivened, with an increase of 50% on 2010.

The port of Venice, that he has been the greater beneficiary of the increase of the activity in Italy of crocieristici marks as Coast, MSC and Royal Caribbean International, this year has reached quota two million passengers for the first time and its terminalisti have recorded increments of the revenues and the profits until +9-10%. This volume of transactions - the relationship finds - is ten times advanced regarding ten years ago and the next year the last ship of new construction of MSC, the MSC Divina, will have home port to Venice. New landings place of the type home port will be programmed also in other Italian ports of call, between which Trieste and Ravenna.

Moreover the relationship emphasizes as in Italy the cruises are sold mainly through the net of the travel agencies, model that explains the recent decision of Costa Crociere to acquire 50% of the capital of agency Welcome Travel di Alpitour World ( on 14 February 2011).