This year is previewed a decrease of the -6,5% of the crocieristico traffic in the ports of the Adriatic



This year the crocieristico traffic in the ports of the Adriatic will diminish of the -6,5% and will be enlivened about 4,73 million passengers. The previsional data is introduced today in occasion of the start to Budva, in Montenegro, of the third edition of Adriatic Sea Forum - cruise, ferry, sail & yacht, the international and itinerant event dedicated to tourism by sea in the Adriatic (cruises, ferries and nautical - sail and engine) devised from Answers Tourism, society of search and advising to service of the tourist macroindustry.

In the within of the plenary session of entitled opening "Tackling the Adriatic challenge together" president of Answers Turismo, Francesco di Cesar, has introduced the new edition of Adriatic Sea Tourism Report, study realized from the company that by sea makes the point and indicates the perspectives of tourism in the Adriatic for the fields of the cruises, the ferries and the nautical one.

The study evidences that in the 2017 adriatic ports they will be climbed by 3.428 cruise ships, with a decrease of the -8,0% on last year. At the level of single ports, 2017 would have to be shut solid with Venice to the first place with about 1,42 million crocieristi enlivened (- 11.4%) and 473 touched ship (- 10.6%), followed from Dubrovnik with about 744 thousand crocieristi (- 10.7%) and 537 touched ship (- 16%) and from Corfù with 635 thousand crocieristi (- 15.2%) and 408 touched ship (- 15.2%).

Adriatic Sea Tourism Report contains also fleeting relative forecasts 2017 to handling on ferries, hydrofoils and catamarans in 16 harbour, representative ports of call of 58% of the total of the passengers enlivened in 2016. According to Answers Tourism, the year in course would have to be shut with a light increase regarding 2016 (+1.5%), for a total of 17,9 million passengers. Stable, instead, touched the waited for number of the ship (about 83.800, +0.3%). More in particular, between the Italian ports examined Pesaro it would have to double the connections with the Croatian islands (about 64 touched ship), the port of Otranto would have to be connected during the summer for the first time with Corfù. Stable attended handling fleeting for Ancona and Brindisi with, respective, fleeting 950 thousand and 510 thousand. Passing to other ports of the area object of analysis, positive forecasts for Split (4,6 million passengers, +2%), Zadar (2,3 million, +1.9%), Rijeka (130 thousand passengers, +1.3%), Sibenik (285 thousand passengers, +3.2%) and Durrës (847 thousand passengers, +0.9%). Stable instead handling fleeting attended in the ports of Dubrovnik (550 thousand passengers), Porec (81 thousand passengers), Rovinj (23 thousand passengers) and Umag (9,500 passengers).

This year the Adriatic Sea Forum is organized from Answers Tourism in partnership with the National Agency of Tourism of the Montenegro, the Ministry of the Sustainable Development and Tourism and the Agency for the management of the coasts of the Montenegro.