This month 58 tourist stops have been announced
This Friday, the port of Palma received the first visit from the megacruise Norwegian Escape, coming from Ibiza and bound for Barcelona. Until now she had operated in the Caribbean based in Miami, New York and Orlando. She belongs to NCL’s Breakaway plus class, with six units in the shipping company, built by the Meyer Weft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. Delivered in 2015, it weighs 164,998 tons and measures 326 meters in length by 41 meters in width.
With capacity for 4,218 cruise passengers and 1,733 crew members, has a 20-deck hotel infrastructure with multiple facilities, including themed restaurants, bars, a performance hall, a large panoramic spa, a kart circuit, the largest water park of this firm when it comes into service, a varied sports area and VIP area of high-level apartments with private pool. At the bow there is a large marine-themed mural, the work of artist Guy Harvey.
His visit coincided with that of two other cruise ships, the Aida Cosma and the Marella Voyager. This month, 58 tourist stops have been announced, 17.14 percent less than in May of last year, when they were registered. a total of 70 visits. These include two first visits. Some 24 stops belong to ships based in Palma, which operate with tourists by air to origin and destinations in the United Kingdom and Germany. And another 12 visits are from ships with weekly visits.