the Calabria Region heads to widen own presence in the crocieristico market



with the objective to reach a annual traffic of 50-80mila fleeting within next the three years. Antonella Stasi has explained yesterday the vice president of the regional agency having illustrated crocieristico calendar 2013 and remembering that currently they are the four harbour truths, characterized in the within of the "Harbour Plan Master", that fleeting disembarkation and transit act as points for the boarding/: the ports of Reggio Calabria, of Vibo Valentia, of Crotone and Corigliano.

Antonella Stasi has specified that the traffic type to which tip in order to develop the crocieristica activity it is mainly that of the so-called ships "of niche", that they offer various travels from those of the habitual cruises, with thematic tours. This segment - it has evidenced - is composed of individuals that, to earth, have an ability to very advanced expense to that of the crocieristi of the mass ships.

While for 2013 in the port of Corigliano three ports of call (13 are programmed and 29 March and 5 May) of the Costa Voyager ship di Costa Crociere, than - with its thousand passengers and 550 members of the crew - it is largest than all the ships berthed up to now to the port of call calabro.

Antonella Stasi has remembered moreover that the Calabria Region has intended to promote a protocol of understanding with the Harbour Authority of Gioia Tauro, the Harbour office of Reggio Calabria, the Harbour office of Vibo Valentia, in order to create a net of collaboration with Municipalities, Provinces and Chambers of Commerce in order to ulteriorly increase the image and the riconoscibilità of the Region, throwing again on the national and international tourist markets "Producing Calabria", and to develop important commercial agreements with cruise companies, that they preview the berthing of ships in harbour infrastructures of the territory.

"We are engaged, with the local authorities - it has emphasized the vice president of the Region - to for example support the conoscibilità and the image of the territory with initiatives of communication in the specialized channels which the important participation sector exhibition manifestations and initiatives of incoming in favour of the opinion maker of the navigation companies. The objective is that to stimulate the local truths in order to increase the tourist culture between the citizens and the traders, to put in synergy the territory".