Variety of Cruise Passengers in Spain Broke Data

In 2024, Spanish ports achieved a historic milestone by welcoming over 12.8 million cruise passengers, representing a 6.7% enhance in comparison with 2023. Additionally, 4,700 ships docked on the native ports, 200 greater than final 12 months.

The earlier document was set in 2023, with simply over 12 million cruise passengers and 4,500 ships, surpassing the pre-pandemic ranges of 2019.

In 2024, whole passenger visitors in Spain, which incorporates common strains and cruises, reached 40.8 million customers—28 million on common strains and 12.8 million on cruises. This general determine represents a 4% enhance in comparison with 2023.

In December, the overall variety of passengers (each common and cruise) surpassed 2.7 million, marking a progress of 9.4%. Of those passengers, 1.8 million traveled on common strains, a rise of three.4%, whereas 914,468 had been on cruises, displaying a major rise of 23.6%. Moreover, 371 ships docked in December, 76 greater than in December 2023.

In 2024, the overall variety of cruise passengers was highest on the port of Barcelona, with 3.6 million passengers, representing a 2.4% enhance in comparison with 2023. Following Barcelona had been the Balearic Islands with 2.5 million passengers (a lower of 0.8%), Las Palmas with 1.8 million passengers (a rise of 23.7%), and Santa Cruz de Tenerife with 1.3 million passengers (an increase of 19%).

Relating to the variety of cruise ships, Barcelona additionally led with 791 ships all year long, representing 1.6% lower than the earlier 12 months. The Balearic Islands adopted with 774 ships (a rise of two.1%), Las Palmas with 735 ships (an increase of 15%), and Santa Cruz de Tenerife with 590 ships (up by 10.3%).