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Survey of MSC Cruises on the perception of safety on board of the ships
78.5% of the holidayers consider that the travel in cruise is sure
March 6, 2012
As a result of the incidents been necessary recently to cruise ships, company MSC Cruises have realized a survey from which - the society has announced - it turns out that the perception on safety of the ships is on board not changed in meaningful way after the last facts of report. From the survey, commissioned from MSC Cruises to the society of market researches Interactivesu that have lead it via web between the 3 and on 14 February on a champion of 2.524 interviewed in Italy, Germany, France and Spain - it has specified MSC Cruises - it emerges that .
MSC Cruises has explained that regarding the single Italian market the percentage of the confidence on safety of the cruises salt to 84% and that, moreover, if is considered only who has already made at least a cruise the result is almost plebiscitary: according to 98% of the Italian crocieristi, in fact, the travels on board of the ships are sure.
"Comforting given other for the section - it has found managing director of MSC the Cruises, Domenico Pellegrino - is that 55% of the Italian holidayers have asserted of ready being to leave in cruise within next the 12 months. Figure that salt to 83% if we consider who already has made a cruise at least. MSC Cruises, with 72% of the choices, turns out to be the favorite company from the interviewed Italian travellers. Such data justifies the positive course of the winter season, where we have reached the waited for volumes and the Italian market quite has grown of 19% regarding the same period of the year precedence".
"In relation to the forecasts for summery season 2012 - it has continued Travelling - we are convinced that one is definitively exiting from the phase of slow down of the reservations happened in the end of January, that we can classify therefore as a dismissal of the purchase decision, regarding traditional dynamics, and not certainly to the renunciation of the travel in cruise".
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