Issue No. 1942 22 - 28 September 2022
COSTA DE ALMERIA • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
STEAMING AHEAD THE Costa de Almeria brand was in full view at the re cent Seatrade Med cruise industry's trade fair held in Malaga in a bid to promote the area as a popular cruise destination. The provincial council’s Tourism Service was includ ed in the fair’s Andalucia section where it was pre sent at the stall reserved for Suncruise Andalucia, the as sociation whose members promote Andalucia as a cruise ship destination. The fair, which is held ev ery two years, is one of the most important in Europe, explained Fernando Gimenez, who heads the Almeria Diputacion’s Tourism department. Gimenez also had words of praise for the Almeria Port Authority. “It meets all the conditions for a cruise ship port of call, backed up by the best tourist offer in Europe,” Gimenez said. “This fair has produced very good results, making it possible to include ports of call not previously present on the Port schedule.” Gimenez went on to say that the Costa de Almeria
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Linda Hall
CRUISE INITIATIVE: Almeria is working to attract more cruises.
brand had also been able to announce new tourist pack ages. “We carried out intense work, attending meetings with representatives from the main cruise lines, tour operators and specialist tourism media, as well as making other interesting contacts,” he said. All of this has the poten tial to bring in a good num ber of stopovers for Almeria during the coming tourist seasons, Gimenez predict ed.
“This fair is important be cause it allows us to check the pulse of the sector and forge links with shipping lines and tourist operators, introducing them to Alme ria province,” he said.
Cruises have become one of the most popular ways to travel in recent years,w ith Spain one of the biggest Eu ropen destinations to atttract travellers from the UK, the EU and the rest of the world.
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