For Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) cruise groups and Royal Caribbean Cruises in the second quarter of this year Mark the completion of the resumption of activity operational and financial results started since they were Mitigated the negative effects on the cruise industry of the the spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of which is started in many countries during the first quarter of 2020. A Clear sign of full recovery is the new historical record of the value of quarterly revenues that NCLH and Royal Caribbean have marked in the period April-June 2023 having totaled revenues of 2.20 billion and 3.52 billion respectively dollars, with increments of +85.8% and +61.3% on the second trimester of last year. If for NCLH the revenues of the second quarter of the 2023 also represent increases of +50,392.0% and +12,927.9% on the corresponding periods of 2021 and 2020 when the impact of the global health crisis was more pronounced and for Royal Caribbean represent increases of +6.819,5% and +1.906,2% on the same quarters characterized by the health emergency, constitute increases for the two cruise groups respectively of +32.5% and +25.5% also on the second quarter of 2019 when the pandemic had not yet begun.

For both groups, moreover, the new historical record of the quarterly turnover was achieved thanks to the new absolute records of revenues from the sale of cruises and of those generated by sales on board the ships of the two Fleets. For NCLH, the former amounted to $1.48 billion, with increments of +86.2% on the second trimester of 2022 and of the +25.4% on the second quarter of 2019, and the latter at 727.0 million of dollars (+84.9% and +49.9% respectively), while for Royal Caribbean the sale of cruises has yielded 2,44 billion dollars (+72.3% and +21.1%) and sales on board ships 1.08 billion (+40.9% and +36.9%).

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has archived the second quarter of 2023 with EBITDA and operating profit equal respectively to $461.6 million and $272.5 million versus both results of sign negative for -184,2 million and -396,8 million dollars in the same period of 2022. Royal Caribbean recorded a EBITDA of 1.17 billion (+845.8% on the second quarter of 2022) and a Operating profit of € 771.6 million compared to an operating result of sign negative for -218,6 million dollars in the period April-June last year.

After 13 quarters closed at a loss, in the second quarter of 2023 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings returned to profit having achieved a net economic result of 86.1 million dollars compared to a net loss of -509,3 million in the same last year's period. Royal Caribbean also closed the April-June period of this year with a net profit that has attested to 462,3 million compared to a net loss of -521,6 million in the corresponding quarter of 2022.

In the second quarter of 2023, new ones were also marked records for the number of passengers boarded on their respective Fleets: in the period April-June of this year, NCLH ships hosted 693,000, an increase in +75.9% on the same period of 2022, the new record for second quarter of the year being lower only than records absolute of 823 thousand and 727 thousand passengers registered in third quarters of 2018 and 2019. Royal Caribbean went again best having embarked in the period April-June of 2023 a total of 1,90 million passengers, which represents an increase of +41.8% on the corresponding period of 2022 and the new absolute record quarterly having exceeded the previous one by 1.81 million passengers boarded in the first quarter of 2023.