The 2025 cruise season in the system ports of Sardinia concludes today, with the call of the Clio at the port of Arbatax.
In a press release, the AdSP of the Sea of Sardinia emphasizes that 282 calls were recorded in the System ports during the year, 12 more than in 2024, with approximately 660,000 passengers in transit, to which are added approximately 35,000 who chose to depart and return from the ports of Cagliari and Olbia for a Mediterranean cruise.
Overall, compared to last year, the market recorded a 4.5 percent decrease (approximately 25,000 fewer units), determined mainly by a decrease of over 10 percent at the port of Cagliari (a decline due to the itinerary change of some large-capacity ships); at Golfo Aranci (where 10 fewer calls were recorded compared to a 2024 that had seen Costa Cruises ships, initially destined for the White Island, diverted to the port) and at Oristano, for which no calls were recorded. This decrease was largely contained by a leap of plus 96 percent at the port of Olbia, which reaches the historical record of approximately 186,000 passengers. Porto Torres also performed well, with a plus 4 percent, and Arbatax, which doubles the traffic volume of small ships compared to last year.
“We can consider 2025 a year of substantial market alignment with the trend of the three-year period, which is still positive – explains Domenico Bagalà, President of the AdSP of the Sea of Sardinia – The Sardinian port system is one capable of quickly compensating for market fluctuations thanks to an infrastructural and excursion offer that is unparalleled, able to meet the demand of the different segments of the sector. My goal, which starts from the essential premise of dialogue with local institutions and operators, is to create opportunities for fruitful discussion to generate strategies capable of definitively breaking down the seasonality gap, starting precisely from cultural cruises, whose purpose is to go beyond the already known destinations by involving the largest number of territories, thus laying the foundations for a stable and lasting tourist market.”
