After an increase of the crocieristi in the Italian ports in 2018, for the next year Cemar it previews an ulterior increase



After a 2017 in clearly decrease, this year is attended an increase of +7.3% of the number of crocieristi in the Italian ports. The esteem is of marine agency and tourist Cemar Agency Network of Genoa, that it has introduced today own forecasts for the crocieristico field in the within of the "Seatrade Cruise Global", international event on the field of the cruises that will shut thursday to Fort Lauderdale, in Florida.

"Italy of the cruises - it has emphasized the president of the genoese agency, Sergio Senesi - raises the head finally and it is realigned to the international trend, that it sees the field in constant increase. The forecasts for the 2018 indicate in fact, for the ports of call of our country, an increment of 7.3% in terms of enlivened passengers: a positive result - it has specified Sienese - that goes led back mainly to the new units that are entering to take part in these months of the MSC fleet Cruises".

The projections realized from Cemar Agency Network indicate for a 2018 number of crocieristi enlivened in the Italian ports of 10.859.000 units regarding 10.120.279 in last year, this in spite of a light decrease of touched the ship previewed: 4.564, with a decrease of the -0,54% regarding 4.589 in 2017. They are moreover the 141 ships previewed in transit in Italian waters in the course of this year (against the 138 of 2017), in representation of 46 companies of navigation.

In 2018 the first Italian crocieristico port with 2.427.000 enlivened passengers (+10.69% regarding 2017 will be always Civitavecchia). They will follow Venice with 1.449.000 passengers (+0.16%) and to the third party Genoa place with the optimal result of 1.023.000 passengers (+10.62%). Therefore the port of Naples with 986.000 crocieristi (+0.41%), Savona with 963.000 (+12.74%) and Livorno with 724.000 (+3.66%). It classifies of the first ten Italian ports is completed by Palermo (+13.85%), Bari (+29.82%), La Spezia (- 12.77%) and Messina (- 10.80%). The total of involved Italian ports in the crocieristico traffic remains instead practically unchanged that in 2018, as in 2017, will be 74.

This year the greater volume of crocieristico traffic in the Italian ports will be generated by the MSC ships Cruises that will carry you 3.100.000 passengers; they will follow those of Costa Crociere with 2.600.000 passengers and Royal Caribbean with 860.000 passengers.

Sieneses have moreover been profitable notice some between the data more snoop about of the Italian crocieristico market. The months more sold in Italy 1.516.000 passengers), september (1.450.000 passengers) and July will be those of October ((1.309.000 passengers), while less the most traded they will be obviously that winter (January with 195.000 passengers, February with 239.000 passengers and December with 272.000 passengers). The sold day more will be on 7 October with beyond 80.000 passengers enlivened in a single day

Optimal - according to Cemar - also the first appraisals in the optical of the forecasts for 2019, with an ulterior and meaningful increase of the field with 11.400.000 crocieristi enlivened in Italian harbour ports of call (+5.5%).

"The positive forecasts for the year as soon as begun and for 2019 - it has specified Sienese - they do not have to induce to us to wind down the guard. Italy is the first crocieristica destination of the Mediterranean, but we must hold to mind the current exclusion from the crocieristici routes of the ports of the Africa North and of the Turkey that, in case came newly inserted, would provoke repentino to a decrease at least 200,000 passengers enlivened in our ports of call. The question remains moreover always high towards other destinations which East and Alaska".