The Cruise Lines International Association release a new forecast that says The world’s growing love affair with cruising will continue in 2011, with the industry drawing a record 16 million passengers from around the globe. The total number of people cruising worldwide will be up 6.6% from 2010, when 15 million people took a cruise.
As in past years, the majority of the world’s cruisers will come from North America, though the number of non-North Americans cruising continues to grow rapidly. The cruise association says it expects 73% of cruisers in 2011, or 11.68 million, will come from North America, up from 11.1 million in 2010. The association says 4.32 million cruisers will come from outside North America, up from 3.9 million in 2010.
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