A Coruña, September 19, 2017.The Port of A Coruña will register a record number of cruise ship arrivals this September, with a total of 31 calls. This forecast has led to days of massive influx of foreign tourists to the city and an unprecedented concentration of calls in the Port's history.
An example of this situation is the forecast for this week, with the arrival of ten ships by Sunday. Today, A Coruña received three cruise ship calls.
Following this visit, two double dockings are expected in the coming days, on Wednesday and Thursday, as well as the ship's first stop on Friday the 22nd.<MSC Fantasia> With a capacity for more than 3,200 passengers, this ship is making its debut in the port of A Coruña, thus reinforcing the commitment of the leading shipping company MSC Cruises to this destination.
The arrival of another giant of the sea is expected by the weekend, the more than 13,000 passengers.
Calls every day, three of them by more than one ship, make this one of the busiest weeks for the Port of A Coruña in the cruise sector, confirming the positive impact both in economic benefits for the city and in promoting its image as a leading Atlantic tourist destination. Another record is expected for the year as a whole, with around 170,000 passengers across 120 calls, consolidating the Port of A Coruña's leading position on the Cantabrian-Atlantic coast in terms of the number of dockings and also placing it first in terms of passenger numbers.
