In 2016 an increment of +6.2% of the crocieristico traffic in the Italian ports is attended



The most recent forecast on the crocieristico traffic that will be realized in 2016 in the Italian ports, introduced from Answers Tourism in the new edition of the relationship "Italian Cruise Watch", announces for the next year a new historical record of traffic with 11,73 million passengers enlivened (+6.2% on esteem 2015) and beyond 5.100 touched ship (+5.5%).

The relationship, introduced today to Civitavecchia in occasion of the start of the fifth edition of the forum Italian Cruise organized Day from the society of advising with the local Harbour Authority, evidences that in the 2016 five Italian ports they will turn out for the first time in the same year over the threshold of million passengers enlivened (Civitavecchia, Venice, Naples, Genoa and Savona). Answers Tourism have specified that the data are yield of the projection carried out on the forecasts of 31 in motion fleeting representative Italian crocieristici ports of 95% of the national traffic and of 87% in touched ship and that the esteem are based on approaches today confirmed and that they could grow in case they had to join others still approaches under improvement, as for example if of La Spezia and Trieste.

Italian Cruise Watch has moreover analyzed also to this year others aspects of the crocieristico section. Regarding harbour infrastructures it is evidenced, in period 2005-2015, a constant increase of the double modality of mooring in dock and oadstead due to the increase of the number of ships in contemporary in the crocieristici ports of call, trend destined to grow also in 2016. Regarding the investments the report evidences as, for three years 2016-2018, 60% of the ports of call previews to reserve still numerous resources for infrastructure.

With reference to the analysis of the routes and the chosen ports of call from the companies, to end 2015 Civitavecchia it will be the port characterized as destination from the greater number of cruise companies that call in Italy (about two third party), followed from Venice and Livorno. The company that in the year in course has called in the greater number of ports (20) has been Costa Crociere, continuation from Ponant and Thomson Cruises (19), Oceania Cruises (17) and Seadream Yacht club (16).

With respect to esteem 2015 and to relative forecasts 2016 to the course of the turnover of the travel agents who operate in Italy generated from the single one producing cruise, the edition of Italian Cruise introduced Watch this morning to Civitavecchia shows, once again, optimism signs. About 76% of interviewed the esteem in fact to year-end a stability or an increment of own percentage, turnover that, in the forecasts 2016, salt of about eight points, attesting itself around 85%. It is from noticing - it has found Answers Tourism - as, regarding the year in course, for 2016 a decrease of the percentage of the travel agents is attended who preview a decrease (15.2% against 21.4%) and an increase of who, instead, she estimates an increase of own turnover (44.4% against 36.7%).

The report analyzes also the main factors of chosen of the customers for the year in course reported to the produced cruise. According to the champion of interviewed travel agents, to the first place total costs of cruise" (59.6% are placed "reductions in price/promotions/), followed by "satisfaction for cruises already carried out in the past" (58.7%) and "innovation of the proposed destinations (variety of route)" (36.7%). Regarding the evolution of the sold crocieristico produced one from the Italian travel agents, a trend of increase for three years 2014-1016 regarding the quota customers under 30 is evidenced.

The sixth edition of Italian Cruise Day will hold on October 21, 2016 to. Participating to the today's encounter to Civitavecchia, the president of the Harbour Authority of, Lorenzo Forcieri, have emphasized that the fixed appointment for the next year in from Liguria city will be "an only occasion that - it has evidenced - will reunite to the main actors of the field, that they will discuss and deepen the regarding crucial topics the crocieristici industry and tourism in Italy, will create occasions of encounter between the operators engaged in this section that in our country has an economic impact directed pairs to 4,6 billion euros and appoints to a job beyond 102 thousand people. The event - it has found Forcieri - is also a real acknowledgment for our city and our port, that it turns out to be today between the more important of the Mediterranean in the field cruises. It will be also an ulterior occasion in order to introduce our province to all the participants to the manifestation".

Enlivened passengers

Touched ship

First 10 ports

Esteem
2016

Var.
2016/2015

Esteem
2016

Var.
2016/2015

Civitavecchia

2327325

1.00%

850

7.20%

Venice

1553000

-2,90%

505

-3,60%

Naples

1244000

3.80%

438

-2,70%

Genoa

1100000

35.80%

240

26.30%

Savona

1000000

stable

225

-3,80%

Livorno

800000

12.20%

394

3.70%

La Spezia

625000

-3,40%

166

-7,30%

Palermo

550000

stable

198

stable

Bari

n.d.

n.d.

140

-8,50%

Messina

371092

12.60%

193

22.20%

Other ports

2160634

14.10%

1792

10.90%

Italy forecast

11731528

6.20%

5141

5.50%

Fonte: Answers Tourism. Italian Cruise Watch 2015