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.
Beijing Tourism Office sends delegation to Port of Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) November 27, 2024 – A delegation from the Beijing Tourism Office has visited the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) to learn...
Cruise industry worth nearly €2 billion to Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) November 8, 2024 – The Port of Lisbon has held the “Meeting for the Sustainability of Cruise Activity in Lisbon”,...
“Invest in Coastal Tourism” – promoting Red Sea tourism in Saudi Arabia
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – A report “Invest in Coastal Tourism” details the role of coastal tourism in...
Barcelona introduces new tourist tax – cruises in the cross hairs
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – Barcelona is one of the many Mediterranean port-cities where local citizens have forced local...
Porto Canale, Cagliari, calls tenders for shipbuilding area
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – A call for tenders for the allocation of the plots in the shipyard area on the eastern...
Port of Civitavecchia to receive 35 million euros – MIT
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – A total of 35 million euros has been allocated to the port of Civitavecchia to purchase an area...
Amsterdam to relocate cruise terminal from city centre by 2035
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) July 9, 2024 – Amsterdam plans to relocate its cruise terminal away from the city centre by 2035 in a bid to tackle...
Companies sign real estate deal near Nador, Morocco
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 3, 2024 – HB Holding N.V., a Dutch real estate and technology investment firm, and Marchica Med, a subsidiary of the...
Port of Venice joins start of Adrijoroutes project
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 11, 2024 – On June 28, in Ancona, the Port of Venice (AdSPMAS) participates in the kick-off of the “Adrijoroutes”...
Greece plans tourist port investment
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 7, 2024 – On January 31, 2024, the period for submitting investment projects as part of the Call for Expressions...
Baleària signs cooperation agreement with Morocco
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2024 – Baleària has signed a cooperation agreement with the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) to...
Cagliari publishes concession tender for tourist port of San Bartolomeo
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 22, 2023 – The Port of Cagliari has announced a 15-year concession to operate a new space for pleasure...
Port city Kotor announces plans for sustainable tourism study
Port city Kotor announces plans for sustainable tourism study in cooperation with cruise sector The Destination Assessment will be prepared by the Global...
Port of La Spezia publishes tender for recreational area
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2023 – Last week, Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSPMLO – Eastern Ligurian Sea...
Çanakkale Port welcomes the world’s largest cruise ships
Çanakkale, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 10, 2023 – By the end of the year, more than 20,000 passengers are expected to arrive at the port of Çanakkale...
Bigova Bay to invest €400 mln in a luxury tourist resort in Kotor
Kotor, Montenegro (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – Local company Bigova Bay will invest €400 million ($438 million) in a luxury tourist resort...
Cinque Terre Ferries seeks La Spezia port concession
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – Cinque Terre Ferries has requested a state property concession for the commercial/recreational tourist...
Greek government to invest €160 mln in tourism ports
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) October 29, 2022 – The Greek government is to invest €160 million in tourism ports usung funds from the EU Recovery and...
Istanbul visited by over 5 million tourists in Jan-May 2022
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 12, 2022 – In the first five months of 2022, 5.28 million foreign tourists visited Istanbul, including 1.4 million in...
EU transport and tourism officials visit to the Port of Constanta
Commission for Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament, official visit to the Port of Constanta – May 24, 2022 A delegation from the European...