In 2016 in the Italian ports it is attended a crocieristico traffic pairs to about 11,4 the million passengers (+2.7%)



This year the crocieristico traffic in the Italian ports would have to reach a quota pairs to about 11,4 the million passengers, with an increment of +2.7% regarding about 11,1 million passengers enlivened in 2015. It previews Answers Tourism, society of search and advising to service of the tourist macroindustry, that it has introduced today these esteem included in the sixth edition of the "Special Cruises", the publication anniversary of the company dedicated to the analysis of the course of the field in Italy.

In particular, in the 2016 the ports of call of 5.063 cruise ships (+3.7% regarding 4.880 in 2015 are attended in the Italian ports, pairs to a +2.1% on 2014), with Civitavecchia, Venice and Naples confirmed this year on the first three steps of the ranking of the crocieristi ports national graces respective to about 2,30 million (+1.4%), 1,55 million (- 2.1%) and 1,28 million (+0.8%) of enlivened passengers and 846 (+6.5%), 529 (+1.5%) and 495 (+11.2%) touched ship. Right under the Genoa podium, than with a +30% on 2015 would have to reach 1,10 million enlivened passengers.

"After to be quadruplicated between 2001 and 2011 and to have crossed a phase of alternation of positive and negative variations between year and year - it has found president of Answers Turismo, Francesco di Cesar - the crocieristico traffic in our Country seems to have geared a good march newly, returning to make to record as well as in 2015 how much in 2016, second our forecasts, an increase on the year precedence"

With respect to the definitive data of the recorded crocieristico traffic in 2015, the publication of Answers Tourism evidences that last year the Liguria has confirmed own leadership by virtue of about 2,57 million passengers enlivened (+7.8% on 2014) and 832 touched ship (- 10.5%), values pairs respective to 23.1% and 17.0% of the total recorded last year in the Italian ports. To follow the Latium with about 2,28 million passengers enlivened (+6.0% on 2014), pairs to 20.5% of the national total, and Veneto with about 1,58 million enlivened passengers (- 8.7%), pairs to 14.3% of the national total. Regarding touched the ship, after the Liguria, still to the first place, they figure the Latium and the Sicily with respective 817 (- 6.7%) and 789 (- 7.2%) approaches each.

Answers Tourism have evidenced as in the 2015 first three regions they have concentrated alone about 58% of the enlivened passengers, and as, second the consuntivi data harvests, the Friuli Venice Julia have turned out to be the region grown mainly in percentage regarding 2014 in terms are of enlivened passengers (+203.5%), of are touched ship (+95.7%), while the Sardinia in absolute values (+249,000 passengers and +92 touched ship).

Regarding the number of crocieristici ports that have received cruise ships in 2015, it classifies it regional is guided by the Sicily with 10 ports of call, continuation from the Liguria with nine and the Campania and the Apulia with seven ports each.

The consuntivi data 2015 relative ones to the single crocieristici ports of call confirm moreover Venice first Italian home port (greater number of embark and disembark), thanks to about 1,36 million passengers enlivened, followed from Civitavecchia and Savona, respective with about 868 thousand and 647 thousand. Relatively to the crocieristi in transit, it is Civitavecchia to maintain solid the leadership of classifies (about 1,40 million), continuation from Naples (about 1,14 million) and Livorno (about 694 thousand).

From the analysis of the data of the crocieristico traffic for macroarea - the relationship emphasizes moreover - the data of the Adriatic enunciates which only zone to have recorded in a 2015 negative variation regarding 2014 (- 5.3%).

In 2015, at last, they have been the three national ports to have old million passengers enlivened (Civitavecchia, Venice and Naples), 15 those to have exceeded the threshold of the 100,000 crocieristi.