With the Clio stop, the port of Arbatax also officially reopens to the cruise market.
The ship of the Grand Circle Line, an American company specializing in the ultra-luxury sector, landed at seven this morning at the Levante quay, with about sixty passengers on board.
An intermediate stage, the Ogliastra one, after the departure from Barcelona on Sunday. Tomorrow the boat will touch the port of Cagliari - confirming, once again, the strategic value of the multi-port in the Sardinia system - to continue towards Sicily, Malta and Greece.
For passengers, all American, armored excursions by Covid protocols in Barbagia and in the nearby archaeological areas.
The general secretary of the Sardinian Sea Port Authority, Natale Ditel, and the marketing manager, Valeria Mangiarotti, greeted the commander for the ship's Maiden Call with the usual crest exchange ceremony.
An evident sign of optimism, the landing of the Clio, which brings the Arbatax airport back to a gradual resumption of its operations already sealed by the recent reactivation of the passenger line with Cagliari and Civitavecchia. Operations that the Authority will aim to enhance, by including the airport in the promotional circuit of the entity on international markets.
“For the port of Arbatax, today's stage of the Clio represents a positive debut in the complex port system of Sardinia - explained Massimo Deiana, President of the Authority -. A first proof that confirms the infrastructural potential of the port for a market, the cruise one, constantly looking for new destinations and excursion attractions for customers. From this point of view, the Ogliastra airport, with its central position and a hinterland of enormous landscape, historical and cultural value, represents a further ace up the sleeve of the organization in promotional activities at an international level. Already from the appointment of the Italian Cruise Day, which will bring the main players in the sector to Savona, the Port Authority of the Sea of Sardinia will start with the promotion of Arbatax, which will be included, together with the other ports of the Sardinia system, in the prestigious showcase of the Casa dei Porti ".
(Unioneonline / F)
