The large cruise ships of the best shipping companies in the world that visit Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with thousands of passengers are always an attraction at the port.

The Las Palmas Port Authority (APLP) and its ports manage 1.5 million cruise passengers a year. This number has doubled in the last decade and continues to grow.

There are cities that stop the arrival of cruise ships like Venice, with only 50,000 permanent inhabitants, which receives 25 million tourists a year, and others like Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a city with great promenades and more than 380,000 inhabitants, who make great efforts to seduce the shipping companies

Apart from environmental issues and concerns regarding sanitation during the Covid pandemic on board, it has challenged the cruise industry to maintain its quality of service within a framework of sustainability and safety in the coming decades.

Passengers on these boats have an average expense of 230 euros per day, indicates a study by the University of Barcelona. A very important economic factor for business in Las Palmas.