According to the 2016-2017 Cruise Industry News Annual Report, passenger capacity in the Asia-Pacific market will be up 39 percent year-over-year, and eclipsing the 3 million passenger mark for the first time.
Led by Royal Caribbean, Costa and Star Cruises, who all have footholds in China, if capacity continues growing, Asia could become the number two cruise market to the Caribbean as soon as 2017.
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The Cruise Industry News Annual Report is the only book of its kind, presenting the worldwide cruise industry through 2025 in 350+ pages. Statistics are independently researched. Learn more by clicking here.
The report covers everything from new ships on order to supply-and-demand scenarios from 1987 through 2021+. Plus there is a future outlook, complete growth projections for each cruise line, regional market reports, and detailed ship deployment by region and market, covering all the cruise lines. New for 2016-2017 based on customer feedback are detailed Chinese market statistics and projections.
