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Two German cruisers berth at Getxo.
233 passengers finish their journey here.
Last Wednesday, 27 May, Two German Cruisers, the Sea Cloud II and the Bremen, berthed at the Port of Bilbao’s terminal at Getxo. The Sea Cloud II belongs to Sea Cloud Cruises, is 117 metres long and holds 60 passengers. It arrived from Corunna and sailed for the French port of La Rochelle.
The Hapag Lloyd Bremen is 112 metres long and holds 150 passengers. It arrived from Villagarcía, and after leaving Getxo, will visit Bordeaux.
In addition, on Saturday 30 May, the 104 metre-long Plein Cap Croisiers vessel L’Adriana berthed for the first time in Euskadi. All her 233 passengers - the majority of whom are French, Belgian and German – disembarked here. Some of them spent a few days in Bilbao, while the rest returned by bus or by air to their places of origin, after carrying out some trips in the area.
A Growth Sector
Last week, the Port Authority of Bilbao attended the European Cruise Council 2009 Conference in Rome. According to the report carried out by the European Cruise Council (ECC), in 2008, cruises in Europe generated 32,000 million euros in goods and services. In the last three years, the total value generated by the sector has grown by 69%.
In an economic context like the present one, where the majority of sectors are losing jobs, the cruise sector has proved invaluable as a source of job creation. Thus, in 2008, this industry generated 311,512 work posts in all, 22,397 of which were in Spain. In the previous year, the sector employed 18,977 people, which mean san 18% increase. These figures show that the cruise sector still plays a predominant role in the European economy.
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