At the travel fair ITB (Public days 12 and 13 March) that interbranch organizations Clia Germany (ocean cruises) and IG River Cruise ( river cruises) and the German travel Association (DRV) presented the current figures and facts
On the way to 2 million passengers
Since 2005, the number of German cruise tourists has more than tripled, reaching 1.81 million during 2015. The growth compared to last year was only 2.3 percent. Helge Grammerstorf, National Director of Clia Germany, explained that, especially with the capacity of providers. Last year, with the MS “Germany” and the MS “Azores” disappeared from Ambiente cruises two ships from the German market, with the “Mein Schiff 4” came only one to do so. “The ships in the market are highly utilized,” says Grammerstorf, through the existing fleet was possible almost no growth. In this year, with “Aida Prima” and “My Ship 5” but two vessels new to the German market. Grammerstorf therefore expects growth in the double digits. “Because of this we are able to exceed the two-million mark this year.”
Germany remains Europe Champion
In 2014, Germany was in terms of cruising for the first time European champion – only came then still more cruise tourists from the United States. At this order of Germany has probably not changed in 2015, according Clia. . However, on the heels of Germany is China, where the holiday is experiencing tremendous growth in the water
Cruises are more expensive
The average Price per passenger on a ocean cruise ship rose 2015 3.3 percent to 1580 euros. The shipping companies from Germany, he was with 1709 Euro above the average in the international shipping companies with 1331 euros including
German ships most popular
Total 296 oceangoing cruise ships were in the past year on the seven seas, 28 of which belong to the German suppliers. Of the 1.81 million cruise tourists 1.23 million were on a German ship on the go, 582 000 opted for a ship of an international provider
Less on the ship
The average duration of a cruise fell slightly: 2015 was 8.69 nights (2014: 8.83 nights). Most popular among German passengers is still the one-week cruise: More than half of the passengers was so long on the road
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