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According to
the ECC report, the top six EU cruise ports in 2008 were Barcelona
(two million passengers), Civitavecchia (1.8 million passengers),
Naples (1.2 million passengers), Venice (1.2 million passengers),
Palma de Mallorca (1.1 million passengers) and Savona (772,000
passengers).
Costa Cruises’
leadership is also confirmed as the busiest cruise line by
statistics from the main Mediterranean ports
accounting for roughly 30% of the passengers in these
leading six Mediterranean ports, with 2.1 million cruisers
(embarking, disembarking or in transit) last year.
Costa
Cruises has commissioned MIP, the Milan Polytechnic School of
Management, to conduct a study assessing the economic benefits
derived from its activity in Italy. According to the initial survey
results, the Costa Cruises brand produced a total business output in
Italy worth at least 1.1 billion Euros, generated by the port calls
of Costa Cruises’ ships, passenger movements to and from airports,
general expenditure, transport, fees, taxes and the investment in
new ships. Initial estimates suggest that the regions benefiting
most from the activity of allied industries last year were Liguria,
Lombardy, Latium and Sicily. |
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