The harbour of Cádiz expects this year the arrival of 276 deluxe cruise ships from which 14 will drop anchor for the first time in the provincial center. Therefore this year's cruise ship amount will even still excel that of the year before, which had already broken all records with 218 ships and 128.521 tourists.

The harbour of Cádiz has managed thus to conquer a steady place in this market segment and has evolved at the same time into the preferential specific destination in the south of Europe. Only during the past ten years 1,600 cruise ships brought about a million tourists to Cádiz.

The ships La Belle de Cádiz, Sea Princesa, Spledours of the Seas, Arcadia, Costa Romántica, Costa Atlántica or the AidaBlu are already habitués in the harbour of Cádiz. Some of them, for example the Century, the Thomson Destiny or the Artemio are more than 200 meters long . The Voyager of the Seas, one of the biggest passenger liners of the world, arrived in Cádiz last May and also plans other stays in the future.

The harbour authority of the bay of Cádiz says, that shipping companies like Costa Cruceros, P&O Cruises, Holland American Line or Silver Seas Cruises come to Cádiz, because the town is situated near the Mediterranean routes and also lies in the direction of Africa, as well as she is also suited as a destination for the Atlantic routes coming from Northern Europe.

One of the advantages of Cádiz as a destination for the cruise tourism is the fact that the historical part of this oldest town of the west lies only some three walking minutes away from the harbour.
In addition, there are, in the immediate nearness of the town, important touristy destinations, like Jerez de la Frontera or Arcos, the "gate" to the route of the famous white villages, in the middle mountain hinterland of the province of Cádiz.

As a result of a market study that asked the sea travelers about the impressions that they had taken from the province of Cádiz, it arises that the most positive point is the friendliness and hospitality experienced in the town. Further positive attributes are the climate, the culinary offer, the entertainment offer and cultural offer, the security as well as the good public transport infrastructure.