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Costa Blanca South • Issue No. 2025 • 25 April - 1 May 2024
Ambitious plans.
Nora Shephard IN 2024 and 2025, Alicante Port Authority has ambitious plans to surpass the historical passenger records achieved last year. With 95 scheduled stopovers and an estimated 215,000 passengers for this year, and 107 scheduled stopovers with over 250,000 estimated passengers for next year, the port is poised to reach unprecedented figures. This year alone represents a 30 per cent growth compared to 2023, with an economic impact of close to €60 mllion throughout the province.
According to a recent study by the Alicante Costa Blanca Association, it is estimated that during stopovers, approximately 88 per cent of passengers disembark from the cruise either to take scheduled excursions or to visit the city, with an average expenditure of €74 per cruise passenger. With an average sto-
pover of two days, nearly 9,000 people will have embarked on visits and excursions from
the port, contributing approximately more than €600,000 to local businesses or services.
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