ACCIONA Trasmediterranea, Valencia’s cruise port manager, has reported, on 24 June 2013, that in the first five months of this year there had been 74 cruise calls at the port of Valencia, 12 more than the same period last year. Alan Lam reports.
The total passenger number for the period from January to May reached 140,000, representing a 6% increase on 132,000 of 2012. During the month of May alone the port welcomed 31 cruise calls.
Under the ACCIONA management, the port of Valencia has been attracting a good deal of attention from major cruise lines.
Analysts believe that a number of reasons may be attributed to the popularity of Valencia in a depressed market. While the recent investment on the terminal upgrade may have been an obvious appeal, the cruise operators’ itinerary planning based on “more ports and shorter distance” in the light of high fuel prices is a major factor. We expect this trend to continue for the foreseeable future.
