Cruise traffic is expected in Venice this year of about 540 thousand passengers, up +9% compared to 497 thousand of 2023. So far, 242 stopovers are scheduled in the Lagoon for 2024. cruise ships that will dock at the Maritime Station, where the legislative provisions require the arrival of units up to 25 thousand gross tons, and in Marghera, where they are two berths are available at Darsena Fusina, and one each at the Liguria and Lombardy, which from next August will be will add two berths at the Fusina terminal where Venice Terminal Passeggeri (VTP) has invested €4.88 million in Cruise ships of 210-250 meters in length will welcome you.

A total of 39 ships of 20 countries will arrive in Venice this year. companies, of which 90% - VTP specified - belonging to the premium and luxury segment. On the river cruise front, in the By 2024 there will be two companies operating in the Lagoon for over 70 stopovers and about 13 thousand passengers.

"The numbers for 2023 - underlined the president of the Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Fulvio Lino Di Blasio, commenting on the activity scheduled for 2024 - are the result of a carried out by the Commissioner's structure and the Authority's Port System to ensure that companies have a range of alternative landing possibilities, while waiting for the construction of the new terminal in Porto Marghera by 2026, and to achieve a series of actions aimed at improvement of nautical accessibility, in compliance with the general principle of protection of the Lagoon. 2024 will see a substantial confirmation of these figures that allow Venice to remain among the top 15 cruise ports in Italy, with a ratio of calls to passengers that testifies to the change in A concrete step towards a more sustainable cruise industry, including in relation to the strong presence of small and medium-sized vessels, often belonging to the luxury segment. Results that fall within in the overall approach adopted by the PSA, which sets the sustainability in the first place, accompanying every functional intervention from a science-based analysis and adopting the decision to submit all Member States to a national EIA commissioner's interventions, without going through the VINCA. The Goal The creation of value remains, not only for the employees of the sector but also for all the supplier companies in the Veneto region, which benefit from the economic impact of the home port mode, and for citizens who have to live with tourism without ever to suffer it."

The Chairman and CEO of Venezia Terminal Passengers, Fabrizio Spagna, focused on the new a widespread cruise model adopted in Venice, which - has specified - is 'compatible with the city and with the freight traffic' and 'sees the close cooperation between all local, regional and national authorities to ensure compliance with current regulations and promote the management of Cruise Tourism Manager. Venice Passenger Terminal, also thanks to a conspicuous investment plan - he pointed out - is working to prepare all the structures and facilities that allow airlines and passengers to take advantage of a service that guarantees a safe and easy landing so that the home port function is preserved and the full implementation of the model of widespread landings'.

"Today's data," commented the deputy mayor of Venice, Andrea Tomaello - this is good news also and above all for the 20 thousand employees and the companies in the port sector that represent 4% of those in the metropolitan city. After Year Zero after the Draghi decree that cancelled the cruise line in Venice Without providing alternatives, there has been a gradual restart more and more sustained. Today's great news, however, is the confirmation of the home port that ensures the arrival of tourists from all over the world. qualities that stay in the city for several days, taking advantage of the services and the tourist and commercial offer that we can assure. This, in fact, is the type of tourism that we as an administration want to attract."