World's largest cruise-liner will use Barcelona as a base for the summer
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 @ 9:55 AM
THE biggest cruise-liner in the world has docked in Barcelona, from where it will run all its weekly trips throughout the summer, bringing a cash injection of €27 million to the Spanish economy.
A Royal Caribbean passenger ship, the Allure of the Seas has space for up to 6,318 tourists and was last seen in Málaga in April when it made a day-long stop-off.
With Barcelona port being a world leader for cruise traffic thanks to its excellent facilities – including recent additions, such as a walkway between terminals B and C – and plenty of space for extra-large liners to dock and turn around, Royal Caribbean intends to increase its presence in Spain's second-largest city by running cruises from next summer with the Allure's sister ship, the Harmony of the Seas, which is still under construction.
From Barcelona, the Allure will visit the ports of Palma de Mallorca, Marseille in southern France, La Spezia (Florence and Pisa), Civitavecchia (Rome), the island of Capri in the Bay of Naples, and Málaga between now and October, when it will head back across the pond to run Caribbean cruises over the winter.
In total, the ship will bring as much as €27m into Spain, of which €17.5m for Barcelona, €8m for Palma and the remainder for Málaga.
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