Port Of Venice Invites European Ports To Develop Sustainable Cruising
Port Of Venice Invites European Ports To Develop Sustainable Cruising
In recent days, President of the North Adriatic Sea Port Authority, Pino Musolino, has sent an invitation letter to a few of the European ports like Palma de Mallorca, Marseille, Barcelona inviting his colleagues to meet in Venice for discussion of the economic and environmental impact of the cruise industry and to draw up guidelines for a new sustainable approach to maritime tourism. The above-mentioned ports have already accepted and other replies are expected in the coming days. Soon a date will be set for a seminar to be held in the Venice area on the issues.
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“I have written to all European cities that have a similar experience of cruise ship tourism as Venice and who have to balance economic development with environmental sustainability, boosting employment levels while establishing a healthy relationship with the area,” says President Musolino. “I believe that it would be useful to combine our strengths and ideas to establish guidelines for the European cruise industry of the future, and also to convey to shipyards the need to build ships that are compatible with our infrastructure and the environment, finally creating ‘European class cruises’.
For this,” Musolino concludes, “We plan to organize a seminar-meeting in Venice shortly to discuss possible organizational, technological and operational solutions in an open and frank manner in order to preserve such an important industry for our economies, and at the same time to protect the fragility of our historic cities and their natural environment”.
Reference: port.venice.it
