02_febbraio - Porto & diporto

trasporti / porto&diportoConsuntivi e tendenzedel trasporto aereoPer garantirsi il volo al migliorcosto o l’albergoextra lusso ad un prezzoconcorrenziale, sono sempre piùconsultati i motori di ricerca disettore, come Opodo, Edreams,Expedia, o Lastminute, che fornisconorisposte immediate a tuttele esigenze di viaggio.Tra queste Liligo, ha stilato unbilancio dell’andamento dell’industriadel turismo durante il 2010 einiziato a dare uno sguardo alleprincipali tendenze per il 2011.Viene fuori così, un bilancio positivoa dispetto di un 2010 funestatoda calamità di varia natura(eruzione del vulcano Eyjafjallajokull,scioperi in Europa Occidentale,incendio in Russia, marea neranel Golfo del Messico…) con il nu-Air transportPresent and futureWeb sites such as Opodo, Edreams, Expedia andLastminute are more and more used to find goodvalue flights and reasonably priced top hotels. Anotherof these sites Liligo has brought out a report ontourism in 2010 with a preview for 2011. It expects apositive 2011 compared with a 2010 characterised bycalamities such as eruption of a volcano in Iceland,strikes in Europe, fire in Russia and oil in the Gulfof Mexico. However travellers chose different destinationsrather than not travel and the big events of2010 such as the World Cup in South Africa and Expoin Shanghai which attracted millions of visitors gavetourism a shot in the arm.New York is confirmed as top spot for shopping andculture. Rome and Milan divide the busiest routesmore or less equally confirming that neither is leaderin departures from Italy. However in high season thistends to change for example with Meridiana’s twiceweekly flight from Naples to New York from June 15until September 29 using an Airbus 330 with 26 businessclass and 256 economy class seats with pricesstarting at 540 euros for a return ticket.The tendency is maintained with national flightssuch as Air One’s most requested destinations beingCatania, Naples and Lamezia Terme of its eight nationaldestinations. Air One the Alitalia Group SmartCarrier based at Milan Malpensa sold 1,150,00 ticketsin the 9 months from its start up on March 28,2010. 950,000 passengers were carried to the airlines11 destinations which increase to15 in the summerin Italy and in the Mediterranean. Emirates opened2011 with one price tickets to be bought before March15 for departures up to 15 April 2011 to the Emiratesfascinating destinations including Bassora in Iraqamong its 110 destinations. Bassora is the 6 th newdestination for Emirates in the year 2010/2011. Theairlines have various ways of promoting their destinations.Air Mauritius celebrates 30 years in Italy thisyear and one of its promotions is the Mauritius FoodFestival at the Maio restaurant at Rinascente Milanwhere the specialities of the Island can be tasted withtheir mixture of Indian, Creole, Chinese and Frenchcuisine.42 - febbraio 2011