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In 2024, the number of cruise passenger movements at ports in Italy reached **** million. This figure, the highest reported to date, showed an increase in cruise traffic of *** percent over the previous year.

What are the leading cruise ports in Italy?

In 2024, the port of Civitavecchia – a municipality in the metropolitan city of Rome – recorded over  million passenger movements, ranking as the leading cruise port in Italy based on passenger traffic, ahead of Naples and Genoa. While the number of cruise passenger movements at the port of Venice experienced an annual increase, it remained significantly below pre-pandemic levels. Since 2021, large cruise ships have been banned from docking in the historic center of Venice.

What are the busiest cruise ports in the Mediterranean?

With almost *** million cruise passenger movements, Barcelona in Spain was the busiest cruise port in the Mediterranean based on passenger traffic in 2024. The Balearic Islands and Marseille also ranked among the busiest cruise ports in the region that year. Meanwhile, the Piraeus port in Greece reported the highest number of cruise calls in the Mediterranean in 2024, with over *** cruise calls.