The cruise sector in Italy is expanding rapidly. This year, there will be 13 million passengers, with an economic impact of $15 billion, setting a new record in Europe (where a total of $60 billion is mobilized). Marie-Caroline Laurent, Clia's (the international association of cruise lines) director for Europe, certified this. "Italy," Laurent explained, "is the first country of destination and is ahead of the other countries in terms of economic ramifications. That is more than double Germany's (€6.6 billion) and four times France's (€3.7 billion)." "The cruise industry is a very long value chain that can generate between 500,000 and 125,000 direct and indirect jobs in Europe and Italy," the director of CLIA recalled at that time. Palermo, along with Civitavecchia, Naples, and Genoa, will, for the first time, be admitted to the club of ports that will surpass one million cruise passengers in 2024, as reported by Italian Cruise Watch.
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