The Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Centrale announced that the 2024 cruise season in the port of Ancona ended with a total traffic of 104,419 passengers, up +18.9% compared to last year, of which 87,270 in transit (+25.1%) and 17,149 between embarkations and disembarkations (-5.1%).

This year there were 56 cruise ship stopovers, eight in more than in 2023. From April to the end of October, MSC Lirica has docked 29 times in the Doric port, included in the itinerary in the Mediterranean that touched the ports of Venice, Kotor in Montenegro, Mykonos and Santorini in Greece. On board the ship of the shipping company MSC Cruises, which has already confirmed presence in the port of Ancona in 2025, have arrived, in total, 72,380 passengers of which 17,122 between embarkations and disembarkations and 55,258 in transit. In 2023, there were 71,785 MSC cruise passengers. At the airport the MSC company also arrived with Explora I, The first of a fleet of six ships of the luxury lifestyle brand Explora Journeys. This year, there were also 16 arrivals of the ships of the British company Marella Cruises, ten more compared to 2023. Ships from other luxury companies Atlas Ocean Voyages, Noble Caledonia, Ponant, Regent Seven Seas as well as Grand Circle Cruise Line.

In 2024, the majority of cruise passengers, once disembarked in the capital of the Marche region, chose to visit the city, while 17% preferred to participate in the excursions organized for discover the city and the tourist resorts of the Marches. Among the favorites of cruise passengers, there were the Caves of Frasassi, the Conero Riviera, also reached by excursions via sea, Corinaldo, Jesi, Numana, Senigallia, Urbino as well as Assisi and San Marino. The "wine tours" in the cellars are also popular of the territory.

This year in the port of Pesaro, which falls under the jurisdiction of the of the Central Adriatic Port Authority, cruise passengers 2024 there were 539, with 15 calls by the ships Artemis and Athena of the Grand Circle Cruise Line company that have reached the stopover from March to early November, with seven more berths compared to last year. A figure up by +52%, that of cruise passengers in the Pesaro port, compared to 2023 when they were 355.

Good results of the cruise season also in the port of Ortona where the total calls of Athena and Artemis of the Grand Circle Cruise Line were 15, four more compared to 2023. There were 686 cruise passengers, up +47% compared to 467 last year.