Ports of Balearic Islands are being promoted in Hamburg as cruises’ destination
09/09/2015
Ports of Balearic Islands will be promoted at the main northEurope cruises’ fair, Seatrade Europe 2015, that will be held from September 9 to 11. Balearic Islands will be an integral part of institutional “Ports of Spain” belonging to “Puertos del Estado” developer of the launched campaign “Blue Carpet: a point of entrance into Spain”. Joan Gual de Torrella, President of Ports of Balearic Islands (PAB), will attend the exhibition in Germany together with other Spanish ports are in the right route to break eight million cruise passengers’ record in 2015 and Balearic Islands is also chiefly to do with this great success. Islands’ ports come in second after Barcelona regarding traffic cruises’ passengers. 935.000 passengers (17,91% more compared to year 2014) have Main operation port is Palma, followed by Ibiza port. Cities become the getaway for tourism searching to enjoy landscape, gastronomy, shopping and visits around the island. Cruises’ tourism generated a large volume of business (1.255 million euro) and more that 26.000 jobs in Spain last 2013. Taxes and port charges invoicing amounted 19 million euros
