Increase of cruise ships’ arrival to Ibiza, Maó and Alcudia ports for this 2016

Increase of cruise ships’ arrival to Ibiza, Maó and Alcudia ports for this 2016

Palma de Mallorca

19/01/2016

Ibiza, Maó and Alcudia ports will significantly increase the number of cruise ships’ calls arriving to these destinations as per Balearic Islands’ Port Authority (APB) forecasts. Ibiza is the second largest port of Balearic Islands and the one increasing the number of stopovers in 2016, 28,3% up on the previous year, reaching 154 calls, compared to the 120 reached last year. Passengers also increase 27,7%, expecting the arrival of 252.636 compared to 197.877 passengers last 2015. Maó will also increase the number of calls this year. As per the forecast, will reach 93 calls this 2016 (85 last year), a 9,4% increase. These eight cruises will represent an almost 34,5% increase in the number of passengers. In detail, 79.783 passengers will offload in Menorca (59.332 last 2015). In Mallorca lauds the Alcudia case where a total amount of ten cruise ships will arrive (5 last year). This 100% increase involves up to 415% passengers’ increase reaching 7.032 passengers (1.365 last 2015). A small step backwards Palma port suffers a samll step backwards after its finest season ever (partly as a result of Tunisia cruises’ deviation). Last year, 569 cruises arrived to Palma. Forecast for 2016 is 524 cruises, this is to say, 6,5% less. Number of passengers also decrease 12% (from 1.736.294 to 1.525.000 passengers). With this small step backwards, Palma still surpasses the standard figures of 475 port calls last 2014 and 1.336.000 passengers. The city is consolidated as base port with 166 initial and final port calls forecasted 2016. La Savina port scales decrease (from 10 to 3) although it is remarkable that number of tourists at Formentera port will increase 5,3% (from 1.665 yo 1.754). Balearic Islands will still be one of the main cruise ships’ destinations this 2016, 784 port calls transporting 1.867.000 passengers to the Islands. Theses figures mean an increase of 0.4 % in number of port calls, together with a small step backwards up to 6,5% in number of passengers (789 and 1.996.533 respectively).