This year in the adriatic ports is previewed a decrease of -13% of the crocieristico traffic and increase of +2.1% of the passengers of the ferries



If in the 2013 traffic of crocieristi in the ports of the Adriatic it has recorded an increase while that of the passengers of the ferries is diminished, in 2014 is attended a turnover of the scene. The edition 2014 of Adriatic Sea Tourism Report, the relationship of search realized from the search society and advising Answers Tourism that is dedicated to the analysis of the tourist movements via sea (cruises, ferries and nautical) that they interest the seven Countries that they appear on Mare Adriatico, indicates that last year they have been beyond 5,2 million the crocieristi enlivened in the ports of Adriatic (+4.6% on 2012) and approximately 17 million the passengers on ferry (- 0.9% on 2012), while for 2014 is attended a contraction of -13% of the crocieristico traffic and increase of +2.1% of the passengers ofthe regular lines.

In particular, regarding the enlivened crocieristico traffic in beyond 20 active ports in the adriatic area, in the 2013 Venice guide classify it with approximately beyond 1,8 million passengers (pairs to 34.8% of the total of area) and 548 touched ship (17.2% of the total), followed by Dubrovnik with little more than million than fleeting ones enlivened (20.8% the total) and 692 touched ship (21.7% of the total) and Corfù, with approximately 744 thousand fleeting enlivened and 480 touched ship, pairs, respective, to 14.3% and 15% of the recorded total total. The concentration of the crocieristico traffic in the adriatic area sees the first three ports in classifies to enliven approximately 70% of the total, percentage that salt to 87.6% increasing the horizon to the first five ports of call and 97.7% taking in consideration the top ten of the ports.

Examinee the crocieristico traffic for Country, Italy in the 2013 has been placed to the first place with 2,7 million crocieristi enlivened (51.8%), continuation from Croatia (approximately 1,3 million, pairs to 26.5% of the total) and from Greece (approximately 750 thousand fleeting enlivened, pairs to 14.4% of the total).

the first forecasts on the 2014 elaborated by Answers Tourism on the data received from 11 ports (Ancona, Brindisi, Corfù, Dubrovnik, Koper, Opatija, Husks, Ravenna, Trieste, Venice and Zadar), representative of 77.3% of the enlivened crocieristico traffic in 2013, show a contraction estimated in the order of -13%. Such forecast - it has found Answers Tourism - is online with the waited for contraction for the entire basin of the Mediterranean due, in the first instance, to the displacement of some ships towards other areas of world-wide the crocieristica map.

Regarding instead the field of the ferries, the study contains the analysis of fleeting handlings and the touched ships of beyond 40 ports of the Adriatic. In the 2013 passengers enlivened from such harbour infrastructures they have been approximately 17 million, in light contraction (- 0.9%) regarding the volumes recorded in 2012 in the considered ports. Analogous the contraction evidenced from the report for touched the ship that has interested such ports of call, in 2013 approximately 81 thousand. It classifies of the ten ports interested from traffic legacy to the ferries sees Split (Croatia) to the first place with beyond four million passengers enlivened and 14,882 touched ship, continuation from Igoumenitsa (Greece) with approximately 2,5 million passengers and 10,811 touched ship, and Zadar (Croatia), with approximately 2,4 million enlivened passengers and 17,000 touched ship. Al fourth Bari place, first Italian port in classifies, followed by Ancona, both with little more than million than fleeting ones enlivened and with, respective, 1,582 and 2,697 touched ship. It is from noticing - it has observed Answers Tourism - like the first three ports, in 2013, have been representative of 52.6% of the total of the traffic fleeting, percentage that salt to 68.3% if the first five are considered and to 89.1% considering the first ten.

Remaining in the segment of the ferries, at the level of single nations that appear on the Adriatic the report realized from Answers Tourism evidences, for 2013, the leadership of Croatia, obtained thanks to approximately 7,8 million enlivened passengers (46.4% of the total traffic) and 43,961 touched ship (54.2% of the total touched recorded ship). Alle its shoulders place Greece, with approximately 4,8 million enlivened passengers (28.3% of the total) and 27,894 touched ship (34.4% of the total), and Italy, to the third party place by virtue of approximately 3,2 million enlivened passengers (19% of the total) and 7,539 touched ship.

Besides the ferry and to the cruises, Adriatic Sea Tourism Report takes in consideration also the nautical section. In this within edition 2014 of the report has continued the job of investigation begun last year on existing harbour infrastructures and on the active operators on the territory, arriving to mappare in the area 323 navy and almost 77 thousand you mail boat, with average of approximately 240 places boat for infrastructure. Between the Countries that appear on the Adriatic Italy has turned out to be the nation with the greater number of navy (180, pairs to 55.7% of the total) and mails boat (47,298, pairs to 61.5% of the total). Remaining in the nautical field, the report contains moreover the forecasts for 2014 relative to the course of the turnover of a champion of 52 navy and 20 charter company of the Adriatic. Both champions - he has explained Answers Tourism - have evidenced encouraging signs of optimism, assuming a stable or positive course mostly for the year in course. More in particular, regarding navy 54% of the interviewed ones preview a stability in the value of the customers, while 27% expect a its increment. With reference instead to the charter companies object of the investigation, the report evidences the fort increment previewed in 2014 regarding the customers of boats to sail (+56%), confirming the trend of increase recorded in 2013 on 2012 (+69%).

Adriatic Sea Tourism Report 2014 is introduced this morning from president of Answers Turismo, Francesco di Cesar, in occasion of the third Stakeholder Workshop of Adriplan, plan which co-financed from the Head office Sea of the EU commission dedicated to the ADRiatic and Ionian maritime spatial PLANning under development to Trieste.