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This year is attended ulterior hard an increase of world-wide the crocieristica activity
CLIA previews a traffic record of 23 million passengers, with an increase of 4% on 2014
February 9, 2015
In the 2015 world-wide field of the cruises it will record ulterior an increase hard. It previews Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) that it has introduced today seven forecasts on the development of the crocieristica industry in the course of this year. The association has explained that in 2015 a traffic is attended record of 23 million crocieristi, with an increase of 4% regarding the preliminary esteem of 22,1 million passengers in 2014, forecast that is formulated on the escort of the information supplied from the North American travel agencies certifyd by the CLIA that for 61% has declared an increase of the reservations for 2015 regarding last year. "This year - it has emphasized Adam M. Goldstein, president of the CLIA and operating director of Royal Caribbean Cruises - will forward constitute an ulterior step for the entire field since our associates continue to engage themselves in order to make of the cruises the best total experience than vacation".
The forecast of the CLIA is founded in the first place on the ascertainment that the passengers are many satisfied of theirs precedence crocieristiche experiences, so much so that 62% of they are constituted by passengers who have already carried out cruises. Moreover 69% of the passengers consider that the cruises altogether introduce a advanced value regarding the vacations to earth.
The forecast is based also on the development of the fleet. More than on the increase of the dimension of the cruise ships, the attrattività is constituted by their design and comfort: five years ago - the association has remembered - the greatest cruise ship of the world with an ability to 6.300 passengers, while this year new ones from oceanic cruise will to make one's debut 22, fluvial and specialized is introduced on the market that they will stimulate the increase of the question of cruises.
Own the segment of the specialized cruises, that it includes which adulterated ships, fluvial yachts of luxury, ocean-going liners and boats, is that for which is attended a sturdy increase, since the continuous segment to record increments to two figures of the number of passengers. In period 2009-2014 - CLIA has announced - the special cruises have shown annual increments of +21%.
Besides this an ulterior development of the crocieristici markets in greater rise is attended. If the Caribbean continues to being the main market, with more than a third party of the quota total of the cruises for ability to the employed fleet - it has found the association - meanwhile the crocieristi are widening their continuous horizons doing so as that the Mediterranean to grow so as crocieristica destination as other regions, between which Asia and Australia. In 2015 - it has emphasized CLIA - 52 ships will offer 1,065 Asian cruises for a total ability to 2,17 million passengers.
The forecast is based also on the extreme variety of experiences and destinations offered from the crocieristica industry, with the associated companies to CLIA that propose ports of call in almost thousand ports all over the world, let alone on the job of the travel agents, that they continue to being used in order to reserve a cruise: seven crocieristi on ten, in fact, address to a travel agency in order to plan and to reserve a cruise.
At last the cruises - it has explained the association - are the field of the tourism that better answers to the today's requirements of the passengers, as telephone connectivity Wi-fi and, the multigenerational interest and the travels to topic.
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