29 DIARIO DEL PUERTO LUNES 7 ABRIL 2025 ÎIn recent years, the global cruise industry has successfully weathered all the challenges that have arisen in the formof pandemics, regulations, restrictions and geopolitical tensions. Such is its growth in recent years that the figure of reaching 40 million cruise passengers worldwide begins to be a very possible reality. RAÚL TÁRREGA VALENCIA. Those 40million cruise passengers globally could arrive in 2027, as estimated by CLIA in its “State of the Cruise Industry Report”, prepared in May 2024 (latest data available at the time of going to press). The growth experienced in recent years is a clear indicator of the trend followed by the industry. In 2023, 31.7 million cruise passengers were reached, growing by no less than seven points compared to what was recorded in 2019, a year before the health pandemic. According to the report, interest in cruises is growing in the face of a 12%reduction in the movement of international touristsworldwide. Threepointsare worth mentioning to illustrate that cruise tourism is starting to become a cross-cutting issue. On the one hand, 27% of the total number of cruise passengers who sailed the seas in Con más de 31 millones de pasajeros en el año 2023, la industria crucerística se encamina hacia el hito de lograr 40 millones de usuarios dentro de dos años. / With more than 31 million passengers in 2023, the cruise industry is on track to reach the milestone of 40 million users within two years. In 2023, 31.7 million cruise passengers were reached, a growth of no less than seven points compared to what was recorded in 2019 MARÍTIME · Thanks to the positive figures of recent years and the upward trend of the sector Global cruise industry on track for 40 million passengers by 2027
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