American cruise company Holland America announced on Friday that the Oosterdam cruise ship with 1,848 passengers capacity will replace Mediterranean itineraries included in its initial summer 2017 programming with Alaskan.
The reasoning behind this decision, according to the company, is the increase in demand for cruises to Alaska. Moreover, recent terrorist attacks in Europe along with the attempted coup in Turkey have squeezed demand for Mediterranean cruises during the last 6 weeks.
Celebrity Cruises also announced that Celebrity Equinox, a cruise ship with 2,850 passengers capacity will replace European ports with Caribbean ones for the coming summer.
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