Nautical tourism was booming this past season in Ibiza, confirmed by the positive balance sheets of the main ports and marinas. After a "slightly difficult" start, marinas like Ibiza Magna, Marina Ibiza and Marina Botafoch closed a "satisfactory" season after having managed to extend it due to good weather. "September was almost like August, we had nearly full occupation and only a few empty moorings. The last week of August and in the beginning of September it slowed down a bit, but afterwards the bookings bounced back. We thought that with the closing of the discotheques (first week of October), it would go down again as is normal, but October was good as well", assures Andrea Arabi, who is in charge of Ibiza Magna, as well as of the new megayacht marina Port Ibiza Town in the vicinity. According to Arabi, this season "was better than last year, which already was good". He reminds that in marinas of this type the waiting lists are habitual during the peak season. "We can end up having a waiting list of 15 to 20 yachts on a daily basis in August", he specifies.
Growth
In the case of Marina Ibiza, the director Daniel Mari explains that "the results of July and August are difficult to improve, as there is a lot demand for moorings, but we have registered an increased activity in June, September and even in October. We had a slightly better result than last year, I calculate that we had a growth of occupation about 10% in June and September, bearing in mind that they are the only months allowing growth as July and August are always fully booked". According to Mari, the result is "satisfactory, considering the economic situation".
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