Tourism
A category news covering aspects of ports and tourism. This includes the development of tourism facilities – marinas, hotels and commercial facilities. Also includes aspects of the cruise ship industry.
Call for protest day against cruise ships in Venice
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 5, 2017 – Huge cruise ships deliver thousands day tourists to Venice, but many local citizens do not want visitors...
Las Palmas port president discusses tourism cooperation with Ivory Coast
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – The president of Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas), Luis Ibarra, accompanied...
Gibraltar port represented at Monaco Yacht Show
Monaco (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – The Gibraltar Minister for Tourism, Gilbert Licudi, and the Port have attended the Monaco Yacht Show in order...
EU delegation visits port of Burgas
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – In September 2017, a delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism...
Cala del Forte: Monaco develops yachting capacity
Monte Carlo, Monaco (Ports Europe) September 26, 2017 – At the end of 2016 Société Monégasque Internationale Portuaire (SMIP– a subsidiary of...
Cypriot Minister cites ports as examples of international investment opportunities
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Cypriot Minister of Transport Marios Demetriades has opened the 2nd Cyprus International Investors...
Azores, Canary Islands to enhance port, air transport synergies
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The Azores and Canaries Islands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which,...
Izmir tourism visitors increases steadily
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Aegean Touristic Hotels and Investors Associations – ETIK has published a report showing that Turkish...
Cruise Shipping and Urban Development: The Case of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The International Transport Forum (ITF) has published a report which assesses the impacts of cruise...
Event – Seatrade Europe 2017 – Hamburg, September 6-8, 2017
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Seatrade Europe is the most important international convention for the cruise and river cruise industry...
Engel & Völkers Yachting ranking: the ten highest priced marinas in Europe
Engel & Völkers Yachting has published its ranking of the ten highest priced marinas in Europe: With a mooring fee of €3,025 per day, Ibiza Magna in...
Valletta Cruise Port signs up for tourism code
Valletta, Malta (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – Valletta Cruise Port in Malta has signed the UNWTO Private Sector Commitment to the Global Code of Ethics...
Vigo’s Barreras wins Ritz-Carlton luxury yacht contract
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Astillero Hijos de J. Barreras (HJB) has announced that it will construct a luxury cruise yacht for The...
Andalusian government insists on strategy to boost cruise tourism
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The Minister of Tourism the Andalusian regional government, Francisco Javier Fernández, explained that the...
Venice sees fewer cruise ship visits
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Porto di Venezia (Venice port authority) is forecasting a 10% fall in the number of cruise ships visiting Venice...
NGO to carry out unofficial referendum on cruise ships in Venice lagoon
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Italian non-governmental organisation No Grandi Navi (NGV), which seeks to ban the entry of big cruise ships in...
Greece promotes cruise industry at Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Speaking at the opening day of the 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum, Greek Minister of Shipping and Insular...