Cruise traffic in Italy expected to return to growth in 2015

Risposte Turismo predicts that Italian ports will handle 10.9 million passengers this year

Cruise traffic in Italy expected to return to growth in 2015

By Rebecca Lambert |


Italian ports are expected to handle 10.9 million passengers during 2015, a 5.4% rise compared to last year.

The report, Speciale Crociere 2015, by Risposte Turismo, also predicts that the 45 ports in Italy will handle 4,566 cruise calls this year, with Civitavecchia, Venice and Naples handling the most.

During 2014, the region posted its lowest cruise passenger figures in four years. However, according to Risposte Turismo, this new data confirms the recovery of the Italian cruise market.

“With some interesting deployment choices made by the companies, Italy will return, in 2015, to register increased traffic movements with respect to last year,” said Francesco di Cesare, president of Risposte Turismo. “Some examples are Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas with regular calls at Naples, Civitavecchia and La Spezia, MSC Crociere’s Preziosa and Divina operating in the west Mediterranean, and the novelty represented by Costa Mediterranea’s overnight in Trieste and MSC’s Magnifica in Brindisi.

“First reflection, and then action should be aimed at making sure that this recovery is consolidated in the coming years, allowing, and justifying, new investments both by the companies and the ports.”

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