In 2022, Port Canaveral in Florida, United States, was the busiest cruise port worldwide based on passenger movements, ahead of another port in Florida, PortMiami. While PortMiami ranked first in 2019, with nearly 5.1 million passenger movements, Port Canaveral topped the ranking in 2022, with roughly 4.1 million passengers. Overall, in 2022, cruise traffic at the selected busiest cruise ports worldwide did not surpass the figures reported in 2019, the year before the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
What are the leading destinations for global cruise passengers?
The Caribbean, Bahamas, and Bermuda were the leading destinations for cruise ship passengers worldwide, both before and after the impact of the health crisis, recording approximately nine million passengers in 2022. That year, the Central and Western Mediterranean reported the second-highest figure, with around 2.6 million passengers.
What is the average passenger capacity of the global cruise market?
Since 2018, the average passenger capacity of cruises worldwide has been growing steadily, and it is predicted to keep increasing every year. In 2022, the average capacity of ocean-going vessels in the cruise industry worldwide was estimated at 664 thousand passengers. In 2023, this figure was forecast to reach an estimated 701 thousand passengers. Meanwhile, the size of the cruise tourism market worldwide was also expected to increase in 2023 compared to the previous year, exceeding seven billion U.S. dollars.
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Travel Weekly. (June 8, 2023). Busiest cruise ports worldwide in 2019 and 2022, by number of passenger movements (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401348/busiest-cruise-ports-worldwide/
Travel Weekly. "Busiest cruise ports worldwide in 2019 and 2022, by number of passenger movements (in 1,000s)." Chart. June 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401348/busiest-cruise-ports-worldwide/
Travel Weekly. (2023). Busiest cruise ports worldwide in 2019 and 2022, by number of passenger movements (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401348/busiest-cruise-ports-worldwide/
Travel Weekly. "Busiest Cruise Ports Worldwide in 2019 and 2022, by Number of Passenger Movements (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401348/busiest-cruise-ports-worldwide/
Travel Weekly, Busiest cruise ports worldwide in 2019 and 2022, by number of passenger movements (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401348/busiest-cruise-ports-worldwide/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Busiest cruise ports worldwide in 2019 and 2022, by number of passenger movements (in 1,000s) [Graph], Travel Weekly, June 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401348/busiest-cruise-ports-worldwide/