2019, which represented a growth of 22.6% compared to 2016 and placed us as the second most important destination within Eu- rope, with the ports of Barcelona and Palma leading the world in terms of number of passengers. As in the rest of the world, the pandemic affected the traffic of cruise passengers in Spain.In 2020 there were only 1.3 million passengers and in 2021 the total number was 2.2 million. In 2022 there has been a great recovery and 8.1million passengers dis- embarked in the Spanish ports, which represents an annual in- crease of 256%. Placing the total number of passengers only 23% lower compared to 2019. In this sense, it is noteworthy to high- light that the total number of ships that docked on the Spanish Cruise Passengers by Pory Authority 12.000 10.000 8.000 6.000 4.000 2.000 0 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 . Total 9.282 10.170 10.665 1.369 2.219 8.151 . Barcelona 2.712 3.042 3.138 199 521 2.329 . Baleares 2.131 2.430 2.664 157 345 1.727 . Las Palmas 1.243 1.333 1.486 517 450 1.014 . Santa Cruz de Tenerife 964 1.020 1.067 345 304 760 . Valencia 412 422 436 26 131 623 Source: Puertos del Estado Annual Reports SPAIN-US CHAMBER MARKET REPORT 67 seliM