Between January and September, the Port of Funchal received 383,928 passengers in transit, the vast majority (90.1%) made up of Europeans, the Madeira Regional Statistics Directorate (DREM) reported today.
The predominant nationalities were British (44.6% of the total; +23.5% than in the same period in 2023) and German (37.0%; +0.6%).
It should also be noted that passengers from the American continent in transit through the Port of Funchal (8.8% of the total) decreased by 24.6% compared to the same period in 2023. The nationalities that most contributed to this drop were North Americans ( 6.9% of the total; -1.4% than in the same period in 2023), the Canadian (1.4%; -16.4%) and the Brazilian (0.3%; -89.5%). ”
DREAM
Still in the field of maritime transport, in the first nine months of 2024, 161 cruise ships entered RAM ports (7 less than in the same period last year).
Despite the number of stopovers being lower than in the previous year, the number of passengers in transit (386,057) increased compared to the same period in 2023 (+5.3%).
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