Spain will receive this year “more ship visits than ever” from Royal Caribbean cruise ships, with six ships of the shipping company that will sail with itineraries in national ports, and Barcelona will play a leading role in these plans, according to company sources have indicated to elEconomista on the occasion of the arrival in the city of what is currently the largest cruise ship in the world, the Wonder of the Seas.
Starting this week and throughout the summer season, the recently launched Wonder of the Seas will make 26 departures from Barcelona and Rome through the Mediterranean, and then, in the winter season, move to the Caribbean routes.
Altogether, adding the routes of the Wonder of the Seas and the rest of the Royal Caribbean cruises with a stop in Barcelona, around 160 stopovers of the shipping company will be made in Barcelona this year, 20% more than in 2019, before the outbreak of the pandemic that .
Given the recovery of tourism and this commitment to Barcelona, the shipping company has now formalized an interest that has been expressed for years: the . It will be the seventh and last time that allows for the city’s port planning, although the shipping company is currently avoiding specifying details of its proposal, which it hopes to disseminate later.
“The Port is evaluating our proposal and we hope to work together with all local stakeholders and the community in general. Currently it is still too early to talk about investment and deadlines but we hope to be able to do so shortly,” they point out.
In any case, from Royal Caribbean they add that the request for their own cruise terminal demonstrates their “firm commitment” to Barcelona, Catalonia and Spain. “We know that many travelers want to sail from Barcelona. Therefore, our goal is to find the formula to improve the experience of both these travelers and the people who live in Barcelona,” they conclude.
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