Russians choose cruises, and become leaders in this industry

In 2019, Russians can gain global leadership in the growth of the number of cruise passengers.

The head of the Russian representative office of the cruise company Dreamlines Fedor Egorov said that the cruise market of Russia shows good growth for several years in a row. Last year it was about 14 per cent”.

According to the International Cruise Lines Association (CLIA), in 2018 the number of Russians among cruise ship passengers increased by 13.9% compared to 2017 (in 2017, an increase of 41.5%).

In 2018, for the first time in history, Russia entered the top ten countries in terms of the number of passengers on cruise ships, and took 10th place. The market of Portugal grew faster than Russia – 23.9%.

Russians still lose to citizens of other countries in terms of the number of passengers: in 2018, 78 thousand citizens of the Russian Federation, Germans 2.2 million, British and Irish 2 million, Italians 830 thousand went on cruises.

F. Egorov names the most popular destinations among Russians - the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas, the Persian Gulf (winter) and the Adriatic (summer), followed by Asia, the Caribbean, Northern Europe.
The average age of domestic tourists is 43 years old, one of the youngest.

In 2018, 26.7 million tourists went on cruises around the world, and 386 ships served them. Industry revenue is more than $40 billion - 2% of the global tourism industry revenue.

Over the next five years, 73 cruise ships will be launched. Compared to 2018, this year the cost of cruises fell by 5% due to various stocks.

Source: ria