This year is attended a decrease of the -7% of the traffic of the crocieristi in the Italian ports



In the 2013 they have been the 5,059 ports of call of cruise ships in the Italian ports for a total traffic of 11,3 million enlivened passengers. These data, that they represent respective increments of +3.2% and +4.1% on 2012, are found by Answers Tourism, society of search and advising to service of the tourist macroindustry, than them 2014", publication dedicated to the course of the field in Italy and cured anticipates in the "Special Cruises for the third consecutive year for the National Observatory of Tourism.

Last year the port of Civitavecchia, with beyond 2,5 million enlivened crocieristi (+5.8%) and 959 touched ship (+5.2%), has turned out to the first place for volume of traffic followed from Venice with beyond 1,8 million passengers (+3.3%) and 548 touched ship (- 3.7%) and from Naples, with about 1,2 million passengers (- 4.4%) and 440 touched ship (- 10.6%).

To regional level the "Special Cruises" realized from Answers Tourism evidence, for 2013, the leadership of the Latium obtained by virtue of beyond 2,5 million enlivened passengers (22.4% of national total crocieristico traffic) and 969 touched ship (19.2% of the total touched ship recorded in Italy). To follow, regarding the traffic fleeting, the Liguria (2,2 million enlivened, pairs to 20.1% of the national total) and Veneto (1,8 million enlivened, 16% of the national total). Regarding touched the ship, after the Liguria still to according to place (827 in 2013), the Campania and the Sicily, with 778 approach anniversaries each (both in light bending regarding 2012). To signal - it has observed Answers Tourism - as the Liguria has turned out to be in the 2013 region grown mainly in absolute value regarding 2012 is in terms of enlivened passengers (+33.1%) of is touched ship (+39.2%), turned out obtained thanks to the performances recorded from the ports of call of Genoa, La Spezia and Savona where the increase of the enlivened crocieristi has been respective of +32%, of +385% and +16%.

The study finds also as in the 2013 they have been the only three Italian regions (Abruzzi, Basilicata and Molise) not to have recorded crocieristico traffic between the fifteen that appear on the sea.

Moreover the study emphasizes as last year Venice has been confirmed also in the 2013 crocieristico port with the greater number of embarks and disembarks thanks to beyond 1,5 million enlivened crocieristi, continuation from Civitavecchia and Savona (respective with 990 thousand and 670 thousand). Regarding instead the crocieristi in transit it is Civitavecchia to lead classifies it (1,5 million), continuation from Naples and Livorno (respective about million and 730 thousand enlivened passengers).

From the analysis of the data it emerges as the first five Italian ports have concentrated in the 2013 quotas many elevating of traffic, that is to say 73% of touched the enlivened passengers and 57% of the ship.

In 2013, at last, they have been the four national ports to have old million passengers enlivened (Civitavecchia, Venice, Naples and Genoa) and 15 those to have exceeded the threshold of the one hundred thousand crocieristi.

The "Special Cruises" anticipate also a forecast of the attended crocieristico traffic in Italy in the 2014 that is elaborated on data supplied from 30 crocieristici ports of call, truth in the 2013 representative ones of 89% of the touched traffic fleeting and 93% of the ship. From the analysis - it has explained Answers Tourism - a substantial confirmation of the contraction announced to October in occasion of the third edition of Italian Cruise Day, the event realized from the same company emerges, and, if such forecast is respected, to end the 2014 total of the enlivened passengers will be attested around 10,5 million (- 7%), while touched the ship will be about 4.500 (- 11.3%), returning to values similar to those recorded in 2009.

"The course of the crocieristico traffic in Italy - president of Answers Turismo has confirmed, Francesco di Cesar - seems to set off towards a new phase in which alternating itself from year to year of positive and negative variations could be the rule, which reached typical evidences of producing and of a market in their phase of maturity. There are but certainly new the bases in order to go to the search of and constant increments of traffic and results in general terms. They will serve a careful programming on a national level, new investments, a more hard engagement by the government and of the public administrations, and a franker and constructive dialogue with the companies".