In the 2015 number of European imbarcatisi on cruise ships it has reached the quota record of 6,59 million



Last year the number of European that is boarded on cruise ships has reached the quota record of 6,59 million unit, with an increment of +3% regarding 2014, year in which era recorded the precedence record anniversary with 6,39 million passengers. The European section of the crocieristica association Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA has announced today) emphasizing that from the 2008 European crocieristico market it has marked an exceptional increase of +49%.

In 2015, so as in the year precedence, the quota consisting than crocieristi more European has turned out constituted from coming passengers from Germany, that it is piled to beyond 1,8 million crocieristi (+2.4% on 2014). Last year the quota coming passengers from the United Kingdom and Ireland, than in 2014 had turned out second in classifies of the European crocieristi for area/origin nation losing the leadership obtained in the years precedence, has newly turned out second, but - with a total almost 1,8 million passengers - it has reduced the distances from the quota the German crocieristi coming down to a sun refuse 24 thousand unit regarding 127 thousand in 2014.

In the 2015 third quota consisting than more crocieristi it has newly turned out that of the Italian passengers, that it has been crocieristi pairs to 810 thousand with a decrease of the -3,8% regarding the year precedence. They follow the French crocieristi with 615 thousand units (+3.7%), those Spanish with 466 thousand unit (+2.6%) and the Scandinavian passengers (included the Finnish) with 466 thousand unit (+15.1%).

"The data I am diffused today - Kerry Anastassiadis, managing director of the crocieristica company Celestyal Cruises and member of the directive one of CLIA Europe has commented - confirm the optimal state of the field of the cruises in Europe". "If the field of the cruises is ready to continue to expand itself in Europe - it has added to Pierfrancesco Vago, executive chairman of crocieristica company MSC Cruises and president of CLIA Europe - finds of forehead to a series of common challenges that they must be faced in order to assure that the field of the cruises remains on the right roads. In order to guarantee the future increase - Vague assistant has - we invite the European politicians to continue to work for a business friendly atmosphere. In particular, we need their support in order to reform the current European norm on the visas so as to encourage a greater number of tourists foreign countries to visit Europe. Moreover the crocieristico field needs of a more coherent application of the legislation of the EU in environmental topic and a reform of the portualità in all the continent, to the aim to avoid the creation of operating barriers in European waters".