Fuerteventura in the 2008-2009 season received a total of 65,474 tourists from cruise ships, compared with 58,182 the previous season, which represented an increase of 7,292 visitors, up 12.53 percent.
Also in the first part of the season (January to April 2009), there was also an increase of 2,098 visitors over the same period of 2008, equivalent to 6.8 per cent of the total reported Cabildo de Fuerteventura today in a statement.
The corporation island today welcomed the meeting convened by the Port Authority of Las Palmas in order to publicize the tourism sector insular qualitative and quantitative study on the cruise tourism segment in Fuerteventura, and their relationship with the other Canary Islands .
The president of the Cabildo and the Minister of Tourism, Mario Cabrera and Agueda Montelongo, respectively, were the business manager of the Port Authority of Las Palmas, Juan Francisco Martin, the delegate from the Port Authority in Fuerteventura, Valentín Ruiz, and technical the company to conduct the study, who presented the results.
The audience for this meeting consisted of representatives of the Governing Council of the Tourist Board, the municipality of Puerto del Rosario, the Association of Hotel and Tourism Fuerteventura (AEHTF), the Chamber of Commerce and associations related to tourism cruises, including guides, car rental, taxi drivers and businessmen in the capital, and entrepreneurs in insular leisure offer.
The cruise ship docks, "a hit"
"Since I saw the opening of the new Cruise Ship Pier in Puerto del Rosario less than a year ago, the numbers of boats and tourists who play Port in Fuerteventura have continued to increase, which means that the creation of this infrastructure has been very timely, because it is allowing the island to go, making a hole in the tourist segment that did not exist before, "said Agueda Montelongo.
Moreover, continued counseling after the meeting, "the cruise tourism segment is one of the few who is suffering to the poor economic situation, as evidenced by the fact that last season cruise ships arrived on the island as made with 11 percent occupancy. "
However, as it emerged from the data disclosed by the consultant responsible for designing, Fuerteventura "can improve" on many issues relating to the provision of entertainment and dining that is offered to tourists who landed in Puerto del Rosario from their respective cruises.
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