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The International Cruise Lines Association has announced statistics on cruises in 2016

24.7 million people traveled by sea last year. Thus, the results of 2016 exceeded forecasts: experts predicted that the number of cruise passengers in the world would reach 24.2 million.

The most popular cruise destinations are the Caribbean (accounting for 35% of the entire world cruise market), the Mediterranean (18.3%). This is followed by cruises to Europe, Asia, in fifth place are sea voyages to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Sixth place is occupied by cruises in Alaska, South America closes the top 7.

By the end of 2017, the number of tourists who went on cruises should reach 25.8 million, the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) noted. In general, the growth of the industry will be associated with the continued development of the Asian market, whose share has increased over the past year.

By comparison, in 2013, CLIA counted 21.3 million cruisers worldwide.

The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) was formed in late 2012. Its members include the European Cruise Council, the Asia Cruises Association, the Passenger Shipping Association, the French Association of Cruise Companies (Association Française des Compagnies de Croisière), the Brazilian ABREMAR Association, Northwest and the Northwest and Canada Cruise Association, Alaska Cruise Association, International Cruise Council Australia and Cruise Lines International Association.

The cruise industry has outperformed 2015 forecasts and increased passenger expectations for 2016 - a sign that the cruise ship industry is now stronger than ever. This was announced by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) at the Cruise360 conference in Vancouver.

In 2015, the industry registered a total of 23.2 million passengers on ocean cruises, up from 23 million and a 4 percent increase during 2014.

As a result of year-over-year increases, CLIA has revised its expectations for 2016 and now predicts that 24.2 million travelers will sail on cruise ships worldwide.

"Success in 2015 demonstrates the continued strength of the cruise industry in the overall travel sector," said Cindy D'Ost, President and CEO of CLIA.

"This is a direct result of the amazing work and collaboration of our cruise line community, executive partners, travel agencies and agents. In addition, with the highest customer satisfaction rates of any leisure and travel segment, it reflects that a cruise holiday is the holiday traveler's choice of choice. around the world."

According to the CLIA findings, most of the reasons for the growth of the industry can be associated with the developing regions of the world.

In 2015, Asia experienced a surge in ocean cruise ship passenger growth - a 24 percent increase from 2014 to 2015, over 2 million passengers in total in 2015. Australia is not far behind - the region comprising Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific experienced a 14% increase in cruise passengers from 2014 to 2015.

A year earlier, interest in cruises in North America increased markedly - the flow of tourists doubled compared to 2014.

Experts note that 62% of travelers who once went on a cruise buy cruise tours again, and 69% of tourists traveling by water consider this type of vacation more interesting than traveling by land.

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The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) was formed in late 2012. Its members include the European Cruise Council, the Asia Cruises Association, the Passenger Shipping Association, the French Association of Cruise Companies (Association Française des Compagnies de Croisière), the Brazilian ABREMAR Association, North Northwest and Canada Cruise Association, Alaska Cruise Association, International Cruise Council Australia and Cruise Lines International Association.

13.09.2017

The development of water tourism on Sakhalin was included in the list of projects of the Federal Target Program

It will work from 2019

The federal targeted program for the development of domestic and inbound tourism will be updated - the previous mechanism for the development of the industry has been recognized as ineffective. Particular attention in the new concept will be given to water tourism - there are many problems in this area that need to be addressed. As Aleksey Konyushkov, deputy head of the Federal Agency for Tourism, said at the international conference "Water Tourism" in St. Petersburg, the new concept of the program is now being coordinated. The first projects are already known, one of them includes the Sakhalin region, SakhalinMedia reports with reference to Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

"It (the new concept - editor's note) will come into effect in 2019, which will allow, within the framework of public-private partnership and the cluster approach, to expand state support for tourism, and water tourism in particular," Alexey Konyushkov explained. "The new version of the program includes the selection of regional projects on promising tourist areas for the development of water tourism, which will receive special funding.

The first projects are already known - this is a promising destination "Volga way", uniting the Samara, Nizhny Novgorod and Ulyanovsk regions, the republics of Tatarstan, Chuvashia and Mari El. The second direction includes cruises, spa treatment with elements of beach tourism in Astrakhan, Dagestan and Kalmykia, the third - "Russian Arctic" (Murmansk, Arkhangelsk regions, YNAO, Sakha), the fourth - "Amur" with cruises on the river of the same name, the fifth direction water tourism - Kamchatka Krai and Sakhalin. The list will be expanded.

“It is possible to combine budgetary and non-budgetary funds within the framework of the program,” State Duma deputy, head of the tourism subcommittee Sergey Krivonosov told Rossiyskaya Gazeta. in the country has led many businessmen to take on impossible obligations."

According to him, it makes sense to combine low-cost loans for small and medium-sized businesses with federal funds, and then the business will be interested in working on passenger water transportation.

The number of cruise tourists in the world is growing, in 2017, according to forecasts, it will be almost 26 million people

The director of the association of tour operators "Turpomoshch" Alexander Osaulenko cited the data of the International Association of Cruise Lines - the number of cruise tourists in the world is growing, in 2017, according to forecasts, it will amount to almost 26 million people. There is a small increase in sea tourism in Russia, but mainly due to the Baltic, which is one of the top popular cruise destinations in the world. According to him, the current capacity of Russian ports is 15-20 percent higher than the activity of passenger ship calls.

To attract tourists, you first need to know where to moor. The reconstruction of the quay wall in Vladivostok was carried out, this year the pier in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was renovated. If earlier one ship per quarter came here, getting up in the bay and delivering tourists to the shore by boats, now there is a demand. First of all, American companies are interested in routes with stops at the port of Petropavlovsk.