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The ports of Genoa and Savona are pressing for the restart of cruise activities
In 2019, the two airports welcomed 435 cruise ships for more than two million passengers
July 24, 2020
The Port Authority pointed out that "the ports of the Western Ligurian Sea System at the end of 2019 represented one of the most important port systems in the Mediterranean cruises with 435 hosted ships and more than two million cruisers. This sector for Savona and Genoa, home port Costa Cruises and MSC Cruises respectively, means economic development, tourism promotion of the territory as well as opportunities for stable employment in areas that are now suffering a heavy toll from the collapse in tourist flows International. In giving the highest priority to the protection of citizens' health, it is important to make every effort in order to restart the cruise market with the guarantee of protocols safety on board as well as on the ground."
The mayor of Savona, Ilaria Caprioglio, remarked particularly important to cruise activities and to its port, where Costa Cruises began from the 2004 to bring a substantial flow of tourists: "Costa Cruises to Savona, in these years - recalled Caprioglio - is has been the engine of economic, tourism and social development in the City. The data collected in the Costa 2018 report estimate that there are 125 million euros the economic impact on the home port city, with almost 900,000 passengers handled per year, more than 700 seats relationships with 30 suppliers. The city of Savona - continued the mayor - he hopes to be able to welcome, as much as first, tourists in the knowledge that the security protocols, developed and shared by the major companies, ensure conditions for the restart of one of the sectors that have the most suffered in this severe period of global crisis.'
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The Port Authority pointed out that "the ports of the Western Ligurian Sea System at the end of 2019 represented one of the most important port systems in the Mediterranean cruises with 435 hosted ships and more than two million cruisers. This sector for Savona and Genoa, home port Costa Cruises and MSC Cruises respectively, means economic development, tourism promotion of the territory as well as opportunities for stable employment in areas that are now suffering a heavy toll from the collapse in tourist flows International. In giving the highest priority to the protection of citizens' health, it is important to make every effort in order to restart the cruise market with the guarantee of protocols safety on board as well as on the ground."
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
