To the Italian Cruise Day the potentialities of increase of the crocieristico traffic are evidenced



In occasion of the plenary session of opening of Italian Cruise Day 2014, the forum of Answers Tourism under development near the Marine Station of Naples, the increase potentialities are examined are of the crocieristico traffic in the national ports are of the question of cruises by the Italians let alone the perspectives of development for the smaller ports of call and the investments by the territories in order to return the crocieristico produced one still more attractive.

Roberto Alberti, member of the board of directors of Roma Cruise Terminal, has emphasized the necessity of sburocratizzare the decisional processes for the infrastructure realization new more and more adapted to the increase of the field. Salvatore Lauro, president of Naples Terminal, has rimarcato the importance of the sharing of the project between the tourist entrepreneur, and therefore the same shipowning companies, and the institutions, so as to vice versa create enterprise nets that can open the cities to the crocieristica and. For Leonardo Massa, country MSC Italy manager Cruises, the increase of the crocieristico field in Italy does not have to be only tied to the increase of the offer, but also to the ability to the companies to tell themselves to the Italian holidayers and to make to prefer the produced cruise regarding the other formulas of vacation. Neil Palomba, senior vice president Hotel Operations and Product Development di Costa Crociere, has found the importance for the crocierista of being able to have use of harbour structures in a position to giving again the same experience that weevers on board and, remembering as the produced cruise has still wide margins of increase, has restated also the central role of the valorization of the territories in order to return still more attractions the destinations. According to Roberto Perocchio, managing director of Venice Passenger terminal, is necessary to equip harbour infrastructures (docks and spaces of maneuver) for the ships of new generation, this in reason also of the medium dimensional increase of the units that will be introduced still more in form emphasized in the years to come. Gianni Rotondo, general manager Italy di Royal Caribbean International, has restated as the two main elements in order to develop the crocieristico phenomenon are on one side the innovation applied to the produced ship and from the other the diversification of the services in order to reach the various segments of market.

The point of view of the ports is expressed by Gian Luigi Miazza, president of Ligurian Ports Alliance and the Harbour Authority of Savona, that it has placed the attention on the importance to create of the synergies between Harbour Authorities and territorial agencies - Province, Chamber of Commerce, Municipality, Region - in order to realize that quality of the service that is appreciated by the customers of the produced cruise. Miazza has announced that, second the forecasts, the three ports of Savona, Genoa and La Spezia will close 2014 with a traffic of 2.339.763 crocieristi. "The message that can be transmitted - has said Miazza in its participation - it is that the cruises continue to be an important field and pulling ahead for the national and local economy in particular. Enough to think that on about 21,3 million crocieristi in the world, about 7% it belongs at the market of the three from Liguria ports. Savona, Genoa and La Spezia have reached an important goal with beyond two million crocieristi enlivened, quite in controtendenza regarding the decrease of passengers found to general level from the section. The importance of these data is of great interest for the Liguria that of its geographic and strategic position is treasuring thanks to its three ports, having use of the benefits generated from the crocieristico field and being able to count on the deriving yields". To such purpose the president of Ligurian Ports has cited a study realized from SITES (Istituto Superiore on the Territorial Systems for the Innovation) on the crocieristi in transit to Savona in the 2011 and still valid one: on about 250 thousand fleeting he is emerged that, per capita, the medium expense piles 37 euros. The generated economic fallen back one on the city has been of about eight millions and a half of euro.

The president of the Harbour Authority of Genoa has confirmed the forecasts of increase for the port of call of the capital of Liguria: "the next one - it has evidenced Luigi Merlo - will be the year of the return to numbers of first level for the traffic cruises for the port of Genoa. The million passengers always seem more to become a stable objective to our capacity. The relationship with MSC grows every year more, with the increase of the passengers waited for 2015 and with the strengthening of the future collaboration with the imminent inauguration of the new and prestigious center of the company in the towers Saint Benigno. An optimal collaboration that is giving excellent results".

From part its port of will close 2014 with about 493 thousand the crocieristi one and 183 ports of call ship pairs to an increment of 130% of the transits regarding 2013. Of these passengers, about 35 thousand they will be boarded to as home port/interporting. For 2015 an increment is previewed ulterior hard: in fact they are attended about 805 thousand fleeting (+63%) with 251 ports of call ship. "With La Spezia - it has observed the president of the Harbour Authority of Lorenzo Forcieri - from Liguria system has grown and it has been strengthened. Strong they are the expectations of the market in ours it confronts for the next years and it would want to confirm the interlocutors who have believed in we that we will maintain to all the taken engagements in order to call of more and more attractive and receiving".