Passengers

About 4 million passengers came through the Port of Barcelona in 2016, a yearon-year increase of 6.4%

Passenger movements also recorded new highs. In 2016 almost four million passengers (+6.4%) passed through the Port of Barcelona, of which 1.27 million (+9%) were users of the regular ferries connecting the city with the Balearic Islands, Italy and North Africa, and more than 2.68 million were cruise passengers (+5.8%).

The increase in cruises was helped by the sector's trust in the Port of Barcelona and by the commitment of the major shipping companies to base more and bigger ships operating in the Mediterranean there.

Cruise passengers in turnaround (starting and/or ending their cruise in the Catalan capital and therefore spending more in the local economy) experienced the largest growth: 12%. Between January and December 2016 the Port of Barcelona received a total of 758 cruiser stopovers.

DEVELOPMENT OF PASSENGER TRAFFIC 2007-2016