Costa Cruises will start operations in Palma on July 10. This was confirmed by Balearic tourism minister Iago Negueruela at the Fitur international tourism fair in Madrid, who said that there was a meeting regarding cruises in Palma when he and President Armengol went to Berlin recently. This meeting was with Michael Thamm, who is the CEO of Costa Cruises and Carnival Asia - Costa Cruises is part of the American Carnival Corporation.
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@TJ....I would be more in agreement with your comment if the port was actually managed by the Balearics and if the fees etc went into the Balearic bank account, but it doesn't....all port revenue, just like the airport, goes straight to Madrid...so we don't even get that benefit!...so I'm sorry but the economic value of cruises is very low...there are many better ways for the Balearics to derive revenue per tourist, and many ways to maintain and create meaningful jobs.
Also Roger, the port gets paid for the slot, hundreds of jobs are supported by this, the tourists will get off and may not spend every penny they have, but it helps keep hundreds of jobs at the port- worth remembering and not just being negative
If this means that 'starting point' is 'home port' then this is a step in the right direction...if not then this is another political smokescreen and Palma will not benefit to any high degree...and for those who do not know 'home port' is where the local economy benefits by supplying the meat, fruit, veg etc that the ship needs for its next few days...'start port' is just a promotional start point and the local economy gets no real benefit other than some bus journeys and taxis.
Some cruise that is if you can't even leave Spain...