Cruise Ships Bring Thousands Of Tourists To Portugal

LISBON, PORTUGAL - JUNE 03: Stewardesses offer champagne to passengers boarding MS Bremen, a cruise ship operated by Hapag Lloyd that carries 155 passengers, at LCT Santa Apolonia Cruise Terminal on June 3, 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal. MS Bremen is one of several cruise ships that bring thousands of tourists to Portugal all-year around. The Lisbon Cruise Terminals (LCT), is a privately owned company that operates the cruise terminals of the Port of Lisbon. It was established by Global Ports Holding (GPH), Grupo Sousa, SA - Investimentos SGPS, LDA, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd and Creuers del Port de Barcelona, and started its operation on August 2014. The Port of Lisbon hosts all kinds of cruise ships, from the smallest to the largest in the world, currently bringing over 500,000 passengers per year. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos#476916#51B ED/Corbis via Getty Images)