A town in Andalucia attracts thousands of British tourists and Americans who compete to become the next cruise ship capital

The Port of Motril at Granada is a major gateway to Southern Spain. It received a large influx of British and American visitors yesterday.

The town of 60,000 welcomed over 1,800 cruise passengers when the P&O cruise line ship The Aurora docked in its harbour.

Motril, capital of Costa Granadina and the principal seaport for the region, is also a major manufacturing and agricultural center.

The cruise industry is a growing business, and increased activity at the Port of Motril aims to stabilize it. Overtourism is also a problem. Cruise ships are a growing business. 

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It is hoped that by focusing more on the Port of Motril the city can become a hub for creating new and stable jobs in cruises.

In order to keep up with demand, the Motril Tourist Office yesterday had to boost its services due to an influx of British and American visitors.

The deputy mayor and head of Tourism Promotion, Maria Angeles Escamez, added that by ‘consolidating [Motril´s] position as a cruise ship city based on respectful tourism, we want to work … to continue advancing the growth of this type of tourism.’

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