the port of Palermo heads at the improvement of the services and the control of the rates for the development of the cruises



Today inside a common stand to the Cruise Shipping di Miami, the more important world-wide appointment of the crocieristico field, the Harbour Authority of Palermo with the Harbour Authorities of Messina-Milazzo, Catania and Augusta it has illustrated the offer of the system of the Sicilian ports and the respective territories. In particular, in occasion of the American manifestation the port of Palermo has introduced new cruise the terminal that will have a new look and new services in order to return the more comfortable pause to the crocierista: its modernization will above all touch the internal atmospheres that the restyling will equip, through a redefinition of the spaces, of modern centers services and shopping. Moreover the Palermo port will improve the offered harbour services and will head for the control of the rates, two elements essential - it has emphasized the harbour agency - in order to increase the increase of the number of landings place. This Palermo year will be able to count on about 200 ports of call of cruise ships for a traffic almost means million passengers regarding 411 thousand enlivened in 2013, of which 43 thousand as home port and 368 thousand in transit.

"The increment of the traffics, in controtendenza with how much it happens elsewhere - has emphasized the extraordinary commissioner of the Harbour Authority of Palermo, Vincenzo Cannatella - us it is profitable proud, but the competition is strong. We aim a lot at the cruises as element of development of the harbour traffics and as opportunity of economic increase of the territories of reference: the advantages that the crocieristico traffic can offer to the territories interested from the ports of call and the excursions to earth do not go only estimated in terms of economic impact but also of visibility and promotion. At last we are satisfied for the started collaboration, as well as with the regional councillorships to Tourism and Arts and the Sicilian Identity, also with the Municipality of Palermo". "The key for the future - it has added Cannatella - is in the connubio between historical, archaeological and landscaped beauties, that we have in abundance and that they represent the main factor of attraction and success of the crocieristico field, and in the ability to our port to transfer to the city and the territories tourists and wealth. To Miami we are meeting the tour operator that manages the excursions to earth for the more important crocieristiche companies that they scale the port of Palermo, and general the shipping agents and port operations the managers in order to illustrate they our plan of scontistica on the current rates classified to the cruise ships, than the Harbour Authority it promotes with the operators who manage the technical-nautical services and other services of general interest, between which the withdrawal of the refusals. Here the challenge: pleasant structures, contained costs, efficient attention to the atmosphere, connections, but also various opportunities for the crocieristi with the creation of new routes. Tourism and economy of the sea can contribute to put again our economy standing".

The Harbour Authority of Palermo has remembered to have recently under way of the collaborations with the Maximum Theatre of Palermo so that the crocieristi can visit the place and listen of the purposely organized undermine-concerts, with Rice, Museum of contemporary art of the Sicily so that the passengers can know also the contemporary city; with the Gam - Gallery of Arte Moderna in order to afford to who it in the city disembarks to admire the sculptures and the ancient views of Palermo, with Castello Utveggio and acquattato its liberty on Monte Pellegrino with panoramic sight on the city, and with the Supervising of the Sea that will propose simple but intriguers underwater archaeological routes.