DIARIO DEL PUERTO CRUISE TRENDS - SEATRADE 2022 8 2.21 million passengers were recorded in 2021, up 61.54% compared to 2020, but down 79.25% compared to 2019 CRUISES IN SPAIN Cruises are a major contributor to the Spanish tourist sector, so the full recovery of the industry will bring amuchneeded economic boost to the country, as tourism is one of its main sources of income. Although there is still a long way to go, the 2021 passenger figures for cruise ships calling at Spanish ports show the industry is on course to recovery. In 2019, 10.66 million passengers called at Spanish ports, while in the pandemic-stricken year of 2020, only 1.36 million passengers were registered, a decrease of 87.15%. However, in 2021, although the health situation was not yet under control, 2.21 million passengers were recorded, up 61.54% compared to 2020, albeit a decrease of 79.25% compared to 2019. The recovery of the cruise industry in Spain is more apparent when comparing the months of January 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Bearing in mind that in the first month of 2019 and 2020, COVID-19 had not yet taken its toll, the comparison should be made between January 2021 and January 2022, where there is clearly a greater flow of passengers: in the first month of 2021, 31,580 cruise passengers were registered in Spain, while in January 2022 this figure rose to 262,924, which represents a growth of 725%. Total number of cruise passengers in Spain in 2019, 2020 and 2021 Total number of cruise passengers in January 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 in Spain 12,000,000 10,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 0 10,664,361 1,369,361 2,212,185 2019 2019 2019 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 400,000 300,000 100,000 0 585,984 565,475 262,924 31,850 2019 2020 2022 2021
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