Next year, cruise traffic in the ports of the countries bordering the Adriatic will be 5.1 million passengers, with an increase of +3.9% on 2024. This is provided for by the research and consulting company Risposte Turismo which has Adriatic Sea Tourism presented today the new edition of its Adriatic Sea Tourism Report at the opening of the seventh edition of the Adriatic Sea Forum - cruise, ferry, sail & yacht taking place in Ravenna and organized by the same company this year in partnership with the Port System Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea Northern.

The forecasts of Risposte Turismo also indicate a growth of +5.8% in the number of calls at ports of ships from cruise, for a total of over 3,400. The report specifies that Italy will still be a leader in the Adriatic cruise industry, but it will be the countries of the eastern shore that will grow the most: for next year a traffic of two million passengers, stable on 2024, while if We look at the ship calls, however, in first place will be reconfirmed Croatia with about 1,390 berths (+5.5% on 2024). According to the researchers of Risposte Turismo, moreover, in 2025 Albania and Montenegro will be the countries that will grow the most with, respectively, 70 thousand (+235%) and 760 thousand passengers handled (+16%).

Looking at the individual Adriatic ports, in 2025 it is expected Corfu ranks first again with 750 thousand passengers (+3%) followed by Kotor with 615 thousand passengers (+1%) and Venice with 560 thousand passengers (+3.7%) who, as in 2024, will compete in Dubrovnik for the third step of the podium. Within the top 20 ports of the Adriatic, the following are also expected the significant growth of the Albanian port of Sarandë which in 2025 it should handle about 70 thousand passengers (+260%) and the port Montenegrin of Bar with 145 thousand passengers handled (+203%).

With regard to the traffic of ferries, hydrofoils and catamarans in Adriatic ports, if 2024 is about to end with a growth of +2% on the previous year, for 2025 it is confirmed in the top-3 of the ports of Split (5.7 million passengers, +2.5% on 2024), Igoumenitsa (3.1 million passengers, +2%) and Zadar (2.7 million, +2%). According to Risposte Turismo, the next year ferry, catamaran and hydrofoil traffic should record a further slight increase overall, leading to the total to reach the threshold of 21 million movements passengers excluding domestic routes in Croatia.