The port of Ibiza expects to receive a total of 19 tourist cruise ships this May, according to data handled by the Petita i Mitjana Empresa d’Eivissa i Formentera (Pimeef). The first vessel of this type to arrive on the island this year, on April 10, was the ‘Mein Schiff 6’, with a maximum capacity for 2,534 passengers. Like most tourist vessels of this type, this ship stayed only one day on the island and moored in the new port area of es Botafoc.
This year around 120 stopovers by these types of ships are expected on Ibiza, according to sources of the sector, which recalled that last year, the first after the covid pandemic, not even 50 cruises were received.
Cruise ships docking in May
The first cruise ship to arrive in May was the ‘Mein Schiff 1’, last Sunday, May 1st. On Monday, May 2nd, two cruise ships, the ‘Mein Schiff 2’ and ‘La Belle des oceans’ docked. The ‘MSC Seaside’ and the ‘Scenic Eclipse’ are scheduled to arrive on Wednesday, May 4th. We will have to wait a week for the arrival of two new cruise ships, since on Wednesday May 11th the ‘Mein Schiff 2’ and again the ‘MSC Seaside’ are booked in the port of Ibiza.
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