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.
Burgas, Alexandroupolis ports to develop joint project
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – Burgas port is discussing a joint tourism project with Greece’s Alexandroupolis port. The future...
Adriatic Sea Tourism Project – 2017 edition – executive summary
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – The 5th edition of Adriatic Sea Tourism Report (ASTR) produces the annual analysis and description of maritime...
Kuşadası port receives first transatlantic cruise ship
Kuşadası, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – The Mein Schiff 3 vessel, owned by TUI Cruises, has called at Ege Ports Liman in western Turkey’s...
Piraeus port welcomes first Chinese cruise visitors
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Leading managers of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (OLP), owned by China’s Cosco, have welcomed the...
La Ciotat develops local yachting capacity
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 3, 2017 – The port of La Ciotat (Bouches-du-Rhône), east of Marseille, which is a luxury yachting destination,...
Valencia port to take part in Seatrade Cruise Global trade fair
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to participate in Seatrade Cruise Global...
Malaga port calls tender for tour operators
Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2017 – Malaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) has called tenders for the delivery of tourist...
Government looks to push Larnaca port development
Larnaca, Cyprus (Ports Europe) March 5, 2017 – A statement from Transport Minister Marios Demetriades said that the government intends to sign contracts...
Palma’s El Molinar port development stalls
Palma, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2017 – A controversial expansion project for El Molinar is set to be withdrawn. Rafel Vallespir, the president...
Event – Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum – May 23-24, 2017, Athens
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 8, 2017 – The Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum, the Cruising and Yachting Event of the East Mediterranean, will takes...
Event – 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum 23-24 May 2017, Athens
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – With more than 700 participants and 39 exhibitors from 20 countries and territories participating in a...
A Coruna port authority to reinforce commitment to nautical tourism
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – A Coruna port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) has reinforced its commitment to nautical...
Hellenic Ports Association reports an increase in cruise passengers in 2016
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Cruise passengers to Greece recorded a 5% increase in 2016, making it a ”good year” for the...
Consorcio de la Marina presents plan to reconstruct Valencia marina
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Spanish company Consorcio de la Marina has presented a plan for the reconstruction of the marina at...
Greece publishes timetable to privatise Pylos marina
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Pursuant to Paragraph 6 of the Request for Proposal for the concession of the right to use, operate,...
Mallorca to invest in local port development
Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Port authorities in Mallorca plan to invest around €13 million ($13.79 million) in developing local...
Trieste port agrees on Sea Park construction project
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Maximum effort will be employed to speed up the creation of Sea Park in Trieste. This was announced by the...