Cruise companies invited by the PAB visit Balearic Islands
17/09/2008
The PAB and the Spanish Tourist Office in Miami organized a familiarization trip (fam trip) for the Balearic Islands to introduce the main cruise companies to the tourist attractions of the islands. From the 12th to the16th of September they toured Ibiza, Formentera, Majorca and Minorca and visited, in addition to the ports of the PAB, Dalt Vila of Ibiza, Sant Antoni, Santa Eulària, the Mola Formentera, the historic center of Palma, the Serra de Tramuntana, Alcudia, Mahon and Cuitadella. The companies that participatedwere Carnival Cruises, Holland America Lines, Norwegian Cruise Lines and Wind Star Cruises. Those involved in organizing the trip were the four island councils, the Tourist Board, the Chamber of Commerce of Ibiza and Formentera, the Destí Foundation of Minorca and the municipalities where the visits took place. This initiative is part of the policy for the promotion of foreign tourism which is being carried out by the PAB and is expanding through its multiple contacts at the International Cruise Fair of Miami.
