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Portugal sets new record for number of cruise-ship visitors

12 March 2010

Last year cruise ships brought a record-breaking number of passengers to Portugal, setting a new high after more than 940,000 tourists disembarked from their liners at a Portuguese port.In total, 945,034 cruise ship passengers visited Portugal in 2009, easily breaking the previous record of 904,600 tourists registered in 2008.

This represents a growth of around four percent in 12 months and included passengers that arrived at the ports of Leixões, Lisbon, Portimão, Funchal, the Azores, Viana do Castelo and Cascais.

However, despite the rise in cruise ship passengers visiting Portugal having risen by four percent, the actual number of vessels docking in national ports fell by three per cent.

In 2009, 719 ships made a stay in Portugal, in comparison to the 739 that visited the year before, which means while less cruise ships entered the country, the ones that did were significantly larger than before.

The ports of Funchal and Portimão registered the biggest growths in visiting ships, though it was in Lisbon that the highest amount of vessels docked, with 294 cruise ships using the infrastructures.

Last year the ports of Cascais and Viana do Castelo were included on international cruise ship itineraries for the first time ever, and welcomed four and one ship, respectively.