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Economic impact of cruise activity: The Port of Barcelona [WP]
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Tourism is a highly dynamic sector. An example of this is the boom that cruise tourism has seen in recent years, leading many countries to consider cruises a key product in their development of tourism. The Port of Barcelona has become the leading cruise port in the Mediterranean area (2.4 million cruise passengers in 2014), highlighting its role as both a port of call and a homeport. Such leadership is explained by the conjunction of several factors: its strategic geographical position, its high quality port and transportation infrastructures, and the attractiveness of the city of Barcelona itself, for both its cultural and artistic heritage and its leisure and shopping opportunities.
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VAYÁ, Esther, et al. Economic impact of cruise activity: The Port of Barcelona [WP]. IREA – Working Papers. 2016. Vol. IR16/13. ISSN 2014-1254. [consulted: 16 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/106071