South America is earth of conquest for MSC Cruises



The crocieristiche companies are to the continuous search of opportunity in order to expand the activity in markets do not saturate. One of these is South America where the Seatrade South America Cruise Convention is on, the exhibition event on the cruises accommodated to the crocieristico terminal Quinquela Martín of Buenos Aires. The importance of the Latin America for the development of the cruises is confirmed by the MSC managing director Cruises: "the market of the cruises - it has emphasized Pierfrancesco Vago taking part to the manifestation - is in full expansion in South America much to make to record in the last decade an increase almost the 3,000%, passing from less than 50.000 passengers in season 2000-2001 almost 1,5 million passengers the slid season".

"On the whole - it has continued the manager of the crocieristica company - the market of the cruises in the region is flourishing, mature and, above all, not still I saturate. New opportunities could therefore rise extending to all the year the duration of the commercial season and through a more dynamic approach to the cruise".

Brazil is the market of the region in more fast expansion in total terms of tourism from cruise, with a number of crocieristi that is gone up by 8.000 in 2002 to 200.000 units, with an increment of the +2,500%. MSC Cruises, leader of local market from 2008, has remembered that this year will for the first time carry in Brazil a flagship gives beyond 4.000 passengers and the forecast of the company is to enliven in 2012 about 260.000 passengers. The company has moreover evidenced that Brazil is destined to record an ulterior increase of tourism with the world-wide ones of soccer in 2014 and the olympics in 2016.

MSC has found that also the Argentine market has been able to reach indeed interesting numbers: almost 300,000 passengers have made a cruise in Argentina in 2011-12 with a handling in increase from 54.700 in 2006-07 to 144.200 in 2011-12. And, still more meaningful, passengers embark it are passed by almost 40,000 in 2006-07 almost 145,000 in 2011-12. At last, the ports of call realized to Buenos Aires almost are tripled passing from 54 to 142.

"Draft - it has found Pierfrancesco Vago - of promising figures for a field that it is being developed on two guiding main ones: on one side tourism from cruise expanding along all the coast oriental of South America, from the Earth of the Fire to Colombia and Venezuela, carrying the tourists towards areas and regions that would be difficult to reach not by sea if. On the other hand the arrival of an always greater number of European and North American tourists, that they choose to explore South America in ship. According to the Observatory Tourism, the cruises have veicolato in a 2010-2011 in the single city of Buenos Aires medium expense for passenger of 195 dollars".

The crocieristica activity is in increase also in the remainder of the continent, above all in nations as Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela and Colombia. On all Colombia, to the first place with 270.000 passengers in more than 160 ports of call between 2011 and 2012, and beyond 310.000 passengers is previewed in the 2012-2013 with an increment of 16% regarding the year precedence. "Much good - it has observed the MSC managing director Cruises - also the pull-up of reservations recorded in Uruguay, where on about 120 ports of call between Tip de Este and Montevideo they have travelled, between 2011 and 2012 almost 200,000 people. And all this in spite of the rigid series of norms that orders the field in the Country".