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CLIA commissions projects with world-renowned research partners to produce a broad slate of highly credible facts to promote the cruise industry's ongoing positive impacts on the world. To supplement these projects, CLIA conducts a variety of in-house research activities via polling as well as aggregation and anonymisation of collected Member data to tell important industry-level stories.

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State of the Cruise Industry Report 2026
Global cruise passenger volume reached a historic high of 37.2 million in 2025, according to the 2026 State of the Global Cruise Industry report released on April 14, 2026, by Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). The report also points to the continued strength and resilience of the industry, with nearly 90% of cruisers indicating they intend to sail again.

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Economic Contribution of Cruise Tourism to Southeast Asia 2024
Southeast Asia, thanks to a partnership with Singapore Tourism Board, was added to the 2024 CLIA Economic Impact Study project, providing insights into the region for the first time as part of the ongoing global analysis.Southeast Asia benefited from total cruise-linked spending of $5.6 billion in 2024, 6% of the global total. Driven by the high proportion of staff in the global cruise industry residing in Southeast Asia, cruise line staff wages accounted for the highest share, at 38%, of Southeast Asia’s cruise-linked spending, notably above the global average of 10%.In total, cruise activity in 2024 in Southeast Asia generated total impacts of $10 billion USD (5% of global impacts from cruise activity), and produced $4.5 billion USD in contribution to GDP. Highlighting the region as a significant job creator, the cruise industry in Southeast Asia supported 529,000 jobs, filling roles on shore and shipboard all over the world.

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2025 Global Source Passenger Market Report
The cruise industry continued to prove its strength in 2025, with a record-setting 37.3 million ocean-going cruise passengers sailing globally. This represents an increase of 7.7% from 2024, adding about 2.7 million cruise guests.

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2025 Europe Source Passenger Market Report
In 2025, Europe produced 8.9 million source passengers who took an ocean-going cruise anywhere in the world. This represents a 5.3% increase from the 8.4 million Europeans who sailed in 2024. Overall, Europeans sailed for an average of 8.6 days per cruise, slightly down from 8.8 in the prior year. Average ages of sailing guests increased by half a year, from 48.0 to 48.5 years.

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2025 North America Source Passenger Market Report
North America was, once again, the largest source market for ocean-going cruise passengers in 2025, producing more than 22 million cruisers, a 7.5% increase over 2024 and accounting for about 60% of the year’s 37.3 million global ocean-going passengers.The United States alone supplied more than 20.5 million cruise guests, remaining by far the most dominant source country in the world.

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2025 South America Source Passenger Market Report
1.12 million South Americans sailed on an ocean-going cruise in 2025, a 4.2% increase from the 1.075 million in 2024. This represented more moderate growth than the prior year’s 7.8% increase from 997,000 in 2023. Both average ages and average durations declined year over year, from 45.8 to 45.2 years of age and from 6.8 days to 6.3 days, respectively. Overall, guests were slightly younger and took slightly shorter cruises than in the prior year.

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2025 Asia Source Passenger Market Report
The 2025 Asia passenger figures analyzed in this report show the most recent size of and trends in the 12 principal Asian source markets. Across the twelve primary source markets of Asia, 2025 showed passenger growth of 17.1%. While not as robust as the past two years (46% in 2024, 128% in 2023) the 2025 growth rate on a higher base is healthy, encouraging – and more sustainable. 3,082K Asian residents took cruises on the world’s fleets last year (still 18% below but growing closer to the 2019 volume of 3,738K)

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Contribution of Cruise Tourism to the United States Economy 2024
In this report, we examine how the cruise industry in 2024 supported economic impacts acrossthe United States. This includes discussion of the cruise industry’s impact on eleven states withocean-going cruise itineraries, namely, Florida, California, Texas, Washington, Alaska, New York,Louisiana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia and Hawaii. Total cruise-linked expenditure in the US reached $33.0 billion in 2024, up 15% from 2023, driven by increased cruise volume.The country accounted for 35% of global cruise-linked spending despite representing only 25% of global passenger visits, highlighting a higher spending intensity than other regions. Cruise line purchases dominated spending at $20.1 billion, supported by the concentration of cruise line headquarters and operations in key US hubs. Passenger and crew spending reached nearly $10.0 billion, cruise line staff wages totaled $2.8 billion.

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Contribution of Cruise Tourism to the European Economy 2024
In this report, we examine how the cruise industry in 2024 supported economic impacts acrossEurope, including a detailed assessment of the cruise industry’s impact on its top 10 markets.Accounting for over a third of the global total, direct cruise-linked spending in Europe totaled €31.3 billion, up 17% from 2023. Cruise line purchases were the largest spend component at €13.7 billion, followed by ship- and capacity-building at €9.6 billion. Passenger and crew spending amounted to €6.4 billion, while cruise line staff wages made the smallest contribution to direct cruise-linked spending at €1.7 billion.

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Contribution of Cruise Tourism to the Canadian Economy 2024
In this report, we examine how the cruise industry in 2024 generated economic impacts in Canada. This includes analysis of the cruise industry’s impact on six provinces with oceangoing cruise itineraries, namely, British Columbia, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island.Combined, the report illustrates a total impact of CAD $5.1 billion, supporting 24k jobs and among them CAD $1.4 billion in wages.

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