In the 2014 European crocieristico market it has established a new record with 6,39 million passengers



In the 2014 European crocieristico market it has established a new record being it are 6,39 million the European tourists who have carried out a cruise in the course of the year, with an increment of +0.5% regarding 6,36 million in 2013. It has announced Pierfrancesco Vago, president of Cruise Lines International Association Europe (CLIA Europe) and executive chairman and managing director of the MSC Cruises, taking part yesterday to Miami to the conference anniversary in the within of the crocieristica fair Cruise Shipping Miami.

"Once again, although lasting of the difficulties of the economy in Europe - it has emphasized Vague - the number of European that have chosen a vacation in cruise has touched a new record reaching 6,39 million passengers. Thanks to our efforts - it has added - the cruises have been demonstrated to be once again a choice of ideal vacation for million passengers within and outside from Europe, that it offers an optimal relationship quality-I mark".

Last year Germany has become the first source of origin of European crocieristi climbing over Reign Unito and Ireland. "In 2014 - it has explained Vague - Germany, with 1,77 million passengers, she has become the first nation of origin of Europe, while France has consolidated as fourth market of origin in Europe with an exceptional increase of 13.7%. Meanwhile it has been a decrease of the ability employed in the Mediterranean, that it has interested various markets, because of the strategies of the single crocieristiche companies and a context of continuous economic difficulty in the EU".

In particular, ranking 2014 of the number of European crocieristi for origin nation anticipates to according to place the Reign Unito and Ireland with 1,64 million passengers (- 4.8% on 2013), then the Italy that has confirmed third fleeting market of origin with 842 thousand (- 3.1%) continuation from France with 593 thousand (+13.7%), Spain with 454 thousand (- 4.5%), Scandinavia/Finland with 305 thousand (+5.6%), Switzerland with 143 thousand (- 5.9%), Austria with 122 thousand (- 3.2%), Holland with 109 thousand (- 4.3%), Belgium/Luxemburg with 77 thousand (+6.6%) and the other European nations with one total of 327 thousand fleeting (+0.6%).

With regard to the total rate of growth of recorded +0.5% in the 2014, Vague one it has observed that "this can seem a turned out little one, but - it has specified - if the European economic scene is considered can find that this has been an extraordinary result that continues the remarkable trend of increase year on year of our field. If Europe is fighting in order to resume from the economic crisis - it has emphasized the president of CLIA Europe - our industry has continued to grow. We have grown of incredible a 44% from 2008. The slow down of the rate of growth of this year - it has specified - remembers us that the success cannot never be taken for granted. We - he has added - are optimistic about the future and see that the total question of cruises is in increase and beginning from knows that the opportunities for Europe are multiple, the low rates penetration of the market until the new ships that will be inaugurated. However we need to work more with stakeholder and the European politicians in order to exceed the challenges common and in order to increase the impulse towards a scene more favorable to the economic activities in Europe".

Between the challenges to face, the general secretary of CLIA Europe, Raphael von Heereman, has cited in particular that of the review of the Code of the visas of the EU: "if we do not act quickly in order to adopt it - he has evidenced - the European Union risks to lose competitiveness regarding other nations let alone important revenues in terms of commercial exchanges, investments and places of work. Vice versa a timely adoption of a suitable Code of the visas could promote the European field of tourism and would allow with the industry of the cruises to contribute more still to the economy and the society of Europe".

The European crocieristico market continues to being capeggiato and pulled ahead from the Costa Crociere group, that the American Carnival Corporation is under responsibility of. "Beyond the half of the increase of passengers recorded in last five years (2009-2014) - it has emphasized the managing director of the group Coast, Michael Thamm, in occasion of Cruise Shipping Miami - Coast is generated by the group (Costa and AIDA)" and in 2014, in the main markets of continental Europe, five crocieristi on 10 have passed their vacations on board of ships of the group. In particular, the Italian crocieristica company has evidenced that, with reference to the relative data to the 2014 diffuse ones from CLIA Europe, Coast is leader in the markets of continental Europe: in Italy the group is to the first place; in Germany he is absolute leader with the marks Aida and Costa; in Francia Costa it has a market share of 45% about and a higher than average increase of market; also in Spain the group is to the first place with a quota 40%. Moreover, to out of the European market, Coast it is number in China.

In the course of Cruise Shipping Miami, while, group MSC Cruises has announced the name of the first ship of the class "Seaside" that it will to make one's debut to November 2017. To Miami the ship will be christened MSC Seaside, ceremony that for a ship of the company will be carried out for the first time in the United States. Inauguration that will testify also of the increasing ambitions of the company on the North American market. "The Seaside project - the MSC managing director has remembered Cruises, Gianni Onorato - is part of wide a slowly industrial one of the value of 5,1 billion euros that will afford to the company to double its ability within 2022. Today a lot important for the company is a day that for the first time it announces the details of the new ships under construction and demonstrates to the enthusiasm and the assumed engagement in the long term in order to increase to the MSC presence Cruises in America North". "MSC Cruises - it has continued Honored - has the only opportunity to supply to the hosts the experience of a cruise to the Caribbean in "Mediterranean Style" that no other company can offer. With the arrival of MSC Divina to Miami, in November 2013, we have recorded an important you ask by the consumers towards the produced cruise, beyond to an excellent support by our partner: the travel agents".

In 2014, in the within of the industrial plan from 5,1 billion euros, MSC Cruises has commissioned two new ships of class "Seaside" to Fincantieri opzionando also the construction of a third unit. With a tonnage pairs to 154.000 tons and a capacity until 5.300 passengers, new ship MSC Seaside will be the greatest cruise ship never constructed from Fincantieri.