The number of passengers boarded in the Azores harbours for travels between the islands increased 3,4 percent in the first ten months of this year, face to the homologous period of 2007.
According to data of the Regional Secretariat for the Economy, of January to October 452 thousand passengers boarded in the ships that travel throughout the archipelago, against 437 thousand in the first ten months of last year.
In S. Miguel, the number of boardings increased, in that period, of 22 thousand for 25 thousand, increasing, in Terceira, of 22 thousand for 26 thousand, approximately.
In the islands of Pico and of Faial, with bigger traditions in terms of travels by sea, the totals of boardings registered in the first ten months of the year had an increase of 175 thousand for 178 thousand and of 169 thousand for 173 thousand, respectively.