Number of cruise passengers carried worldwide 2007-2019

This statistic shows the number of cruise passengers carried worldwide from 2007 to 2019. In 2011, the 12.18 million passengers from North America and 4.68 passengers from Europe were carried on cruise ships. Cruise industry - additional informationThe number of people taking cruises across the world has increased year-on-year from 15.62 to million in 2007 to approximately 21.12 million in 2013. Numbers were forecasted to increase further until at least 2019 when they will potentially exceed 25 million. In 2014, every passenger brought an average of 2,123 U.S. dollars in revenue to the global cruise industry. Each year, by far the largest proportion of cruise passengers is accounted for by the North American cruise industry. Subsequently, North America’s share of the global cruise industry is the largest with a value of more than 21 billion U.S. dollars.In 2013, the North American cruise industry directly contributed over 20 billion U.S. dollars to the United States economy. Around 148 thousand people were employed by North American cruise lines, receiving 6.63 billion U.S. dollars in wages. The industry is also set to expand with more than 20 new vessel additions planned between 2014 and 2017. Despite providing the largest share of passengers to the worldwide cruise industry, travelers from the United States have shown less enthusiasm for cruise vacations over recent years. In February 2014, 44 percent of travelers who had previously taken a cruise said they were less likely to take a cruise than they were a year ago – this figure rose to 58 percent in travelers who had never taken a cruise. For those still taking cruises, the top cruise trend for U.S. travelers in 2014 was European river cruising.

本统计数据显示了2007年至2019年全球游轮乘客的数量。2011年，北美地区的游轮接待了1218万名乘客，而欧洲地区接待了468万名乘客。游轮业——附加信息：全球范围内选择游轮旅行的游客人数自2007年的1562万人逐年增长，至2013年约达2112万人。预计这一数字将持续增长，直至2019年，届时可能超过2500万人。2014年，每位乘客为全球游轮业贡献了平均2123美元的收入。每年，北美游轮业占据了游轮乘客总数的最大比例，北美在全球游轮业中的份额价值超过210亿美元。2013年，北美游轮业直接为美国经济贡献了超过200亿美元。北美游轮公司雇佣了约14.8万人，支付了66.3亿美元的工资。该行业还计划在2014年至2017年期间增加20多艘新船。尽管为全球游轮业提供了最大份额的乘客，但近年来美国游客对游轮度假的热情有所下降。2014年2月，有44%的曾乘坐游轮的游客表示，他们比一年前更不愿意再次选择游轮旅行——这一比例在从未乘坐过游轮的游客中上升至58%。对于那些依然选择游轮旅行的美国游客来说，2014年的主要游轮趋势是欧洲河流游轮。