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Cruise shipping is a maritime activity marked by continuous growth for more than three decades. In 2017 the number of people that enjoyed a cruise worldwide reached 24 million, with the projections suggesting that this number will exceed the 25 million thresholds by 2019 (Fig. 13.1). This uninterrupted growth has lasted longer than anyone had foreseen. While the global financial crisis of 2008e09 had a major impact on merchant shipping, cruise lines and cruise ports continued experiencing steadily rising numbers of passengers each and every year. They did so even when the Costa Concordia loss created the most sustained period of negative publicity for the industry. Cruise shipping managed to "cruise through the perfect storm" (Peisley, 2012). The industry evolved to a truly global business through a continuous exploitation of new destinations with an eye on enriching the cruise product and further penetrating the cruise passengers' source markets. The resumption of the American market, the growth in Europe and Australia, the rapid growth in

Author

Athanasios A. Pallis; George K. Vaggelas

Published

2019

Language

EN