"In line with the forecasts at the beginning of the year, the first semester 2025 closed, at the national level, with a growth of 6% in passengers handled (5.8 million) and 10% of ship berths (2000)'. This was announced by the president Answers Tourism, Francesco di Cesare, referring to traffic cruise industry in the first half of this year by the Italian ports, announcing the twelfth edition of Italian Cruise Day, the traveling forum for the cruise sector that will be held on October 24 in Catania and which is organized by the company this year in partnership with the Port System Authority of the Eastern Sicilian Sea.

He emphasized that "over the years, the growth of the sector has not has practically never stopped, confirming the centrality of this segment in the Italian tourism macro-industry", di Cesare recalled that, over the years, the first half of the year has weighed heavily on the less than a second in contributing to the total traffic that is recorded then at the end of the year.

In view of the event on 24 October, the president of the Port Authority of the Eastern Sicilian Sea, Francesco Di Sarcina, pointed out that The port system managed by the Authority "has an important cruise sector, which includes the ports of Catania, Syracuse and Pozzallo and represents a well-integrated system and a reality important in the heart of the Mediterranean where sustainability, Innovation and collaboration are the cornerstones of our commitment."