The fallen back one of the cruises on the Italian economic system is still much limiting



. It supports National the Bilateral Agency of Tourism (EBNT), that this year to the third edition has introduced today the results of an appropriate joined Observatory.

In these days, also in coincidence with the Seatrade di Miami - the agency explains - the world of the cruises is producing an avalanche of figures whose fundamental sense is always the same one: the increase. In 2011 Italy it has been the more important European and Mediterranean Country regarding the traffic of ships, the number of berthings, transported passengers (+17% regarding 2010). The forecasts for the year in course suffer obviously of the tragedy of the Lily and, in tone smaller, of the fire of the Maldives, but at the end the damages would have to be limited beneath of 1%.

But these data - the EBNT emphasizes - do not have to make an impression more than a lot. Until that the cruises remain a fact of ships, companies and ports, the fallen back one on the Italian economic system is still much limiting: on the economy in general terms they count the long rows that they involve from the shipbuilding one, to the local transport, the refuelings, the boarded staff; and, on local scale, what it imports indeed is the positive impact on the harbour cities and their territory, than otherwise they risk to only know the problems deriving from a so imposing traffic.

"What indeed it counts for tourism of our Country - the president of National the Bilateral Agency of Tourism specifies, Alfredo Zini - is the turnover that is generated to earth: they are the hosts of the receptive enterprises, shopping that is made in the stores around the ports, the customers of the publics exercises, the business quota that the cruises generate in the travel agencies and the tour operator Italian. And this given is still ridottissimo".

"Al center of our interest, than very to see is national a strategic interest - of the EBNT, Lucia Anile finds vice-president - is the ability to the crocieristica industry to generate yield in Italy, being made to grow the occupation in all the involved branches of the economy, and producing a model of stable development and characterizing for the workers, the enterprises, the territories. To this we are working with our Observatory, without to stop itself to the appearances, more or less thrilling".