Cruise industry contributes to Europe economy

Highlights

Some of the major highlights of cruise operations in Europe during 2013 were:

• During 2013 there were 43 cruise lines domiciled in Europe, operating 125 cruise ships with acapacity of around 145,000 lower berths. Another 73 vessels with a capacity of around 104,000lower berths were deployed in Europe by 24 non-European lines.
• An estimated 6.4 million European residents booked cruises, a 3.6% increase over 2012,representing 30% of all cruise passengers worldwide.
• An estimated 6.0 million passengers embarked on their cruises from a European port, a 5.2%increase over 2012. Of these around 5.0 million were European nationals and about 1.0 millioncame from outside Europe.
• The vast majority of these cruises visited ports in the Mediterranean, the Baltic and otherEuropean regions, generating 31.2 million passenger visits at a total of around 250 European portcities, an increase of 8.7% over 2012.
• In addition, an estimated 15.2 million crew also arrived at European ports