According to APRAM, the 2024 low season at the Port of Funchal, which ends at the end of August, has seen growth in all aspects, with a 67% increase in the number of calls and a 44% increase in passenger movement.
For the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of APRAM, SA, “the three months with the lowest movement at the Port of Funchal, June, July and August, have shown a very positive balance this year, with a total of 15 calls (+6 than in the same period last year) and 34,967 passengers (+10,700 passengers).”
These figures include the forecast of calls for two more ships that are expected this month, Sea Cloud Spirit, which will arrive on the 26th, and Seven Seas Grandeur, which is expected on the 29th.
Paula Cabaço points out that in these months, “the companies focus more on the Mediterranean and northern Europe, and less on the Atlantic islands route!
Between January and July this year, the Port of Funchal received 346,030 cruise passengers, an increase of more than 3%, compared to the same period in 2023.
On the other hand, the downward trend in the number of stopovers continues, which in this period was 138, which corresponds to a reduction of almost 10%.
In the months analysed, January was the month with the highest passenger movement, 91,478 tourists, followed by April, with 82,213.
Regarding the island of Porto Santo, in the first seven months of this year, there were four stopovers, one in April and the rest in May, one more stopover than in the same period of the previous year.
Passenger movement also grew, rising from 605 passengers from January to July 2023 to 2068 in the same months this year.
