The port of Barcelona, Spain yesterday created a new record when more than 31,000 cruise passengers embarked or disembarked at its terminals, a new record for the largest cruise port in Europe

Eight tall ships docked in Barcelona - including Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas, which can carry more than 4,500 passengers.

Astronomical figures for a booming tourism sector in Barcelona and monthly figures are unstoppable.

A total of 31,000 passengers yesterday must be added the 1.3 million who have already passed through the port until the month of July, a figure that represents 16 per cent of cruise passengers during the same period last year.

Also the number of ships has been larger: 451 cruises accumulated during the first seven months of the year, representing more than 21 scales in 2010.

A figure that will join the nearly 120 scales this August.

One month, the most powerful of the year, they recorded another record: the contingent of ships docked in the same day.

This new historical value will occur on Friday, August 26th, when the port awaiting the arrival of nine ships, albeit smaller-capacity, move some 26,000 cruise passengers.

City.Mobi

Also in Europe today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to Barcelona.

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However, each city retains its own mobile identity via a dedicated domain. Already on offer are Brussels.Mobi, Paris.Mobi, Sanfrancisco.Mobi and Sydney.Mobi.

Barcelona.City.Mobi is the latest in this illustrious line up, offering click to call functionality – which means no scribbling down telephone numbers.

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