The 2012 cruise season in the Spanish port of Valencia has come to a successful conclusion with a 50% increase in passenger throughput, according to ACCIONA Trasmediterránea, the cruise terminal manager at Valencia, Alan Lam reports.
Despite having received only 200 cruise calls this year against 206 calls last year, the company highlighted a net increase in passenger number by 170,000, on account of the fact that the ship capacities were much bigger.
In total, the terminal welcomed about 500,000 passengers during the 2012 season, with the third trimester attracting the highest number of passengers, registering over 200,000. In the final trimester, the company recorded 50 calls and 100,000 passengers.
On the last day of the season, 26 November 2012, three ships called at Valencia, namely Costa Fortuna, Albatros of Phoenix Reisen, and MSC Orchestra, bringing in 6,500 cruise passengers to the city.
Alan Lam