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There were more than 5.2 million cruise
passenger movements in 2013 in the Adriatic and about 17 million ferry
passengers, but the cruise sector appears to face a tougher times in 2014 than
last year.
“For 2014 there is expected to be a reduction in cruise traffic in the area of
13% and a growth of 2.1% in ferry passengers, shows the 2014 edition of the
Adriatic Sea Tourism Report, a publication dedicated to the analysis of maritime
tourism movements in the Adriatic area that comprises cruise, ferry and boating
activities.
The expected fall in cruise passenger numbers is in line with the decrease
expected in the whole of the Mediterranean, mainly due to the fact that some
ships have moved to other areas of the world cruise map. With regard to ferries
the study contains an analysis of passenger movements and calls of more than 40
ports in the Adriatic.
As regards cruise traffic in the over 20 active ports in the Adriatic, in 2013
Venice topped the ranking with approximately 1.8 million passengers (or 34.8% of
the total for the area) and 548 cruise calls (17.2% of the total), followed by
Dubrovnik with slightly more than 1 million passenger movements (20.8% of the
total) and 692 cruise calls (21.7% of the total) and Corfu, with about 744
thousand passenger movements and 480 cruise calls, or 14.3% and 15% respectively
of the total registered.
The concentration of cruise traffic in the Adriatic area sees the top three
ports moving about 70% of the total, a percentage that rises to 87.6% if the
number of ports is extended to 5 and 97.7% if the top ten ports are taken into
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