The CLIA shipping companies’ employers’ association, which includes the main companies in the sector, sees the measure as positive and announces that there is a demand for the arrival of cruise ships to grow in the port of Palma

The Councilor for Tourism, Culture and Sports, Jaume Bauzà, announced this morning that the Government will study the option of increasing the number of cruise ship calls in the low season months of 2025. However, the figure of three cruise ship calls will be maintained this year, as well as in 2024 and in the high season of 2025. This has been communicated by Bauzà after the meeting held with the president of the Government, Margalida Prohens, and the director for Spain of CLIA (Lines International Association), Alfredo Serrano.

Bauzà has recognized, however, that it is impossible to change the number of stopovers in the short term, because the shipping companies have all the programming closed for this year and next 2024. The Conseller de Turisme has pointed out that in 2023 and 2024 “the existing agreement is not discussed”, but that for 2025 “we will study to improve, if necessary, the arrival of cruise ships in low season”.