Cruisetrends Report: Consumer Behavior In Cruise Travel And Tourism

CruiseCompete has released its CruiseTrends report for the month of December 2017. Cruise experts have mined their wealth of data to provide information on the most popular cruise trends among consumers, including the top ships, lines and travel dates for premium, luxury and river cruising.
Most Popular Cruise Lines
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cruise line in the given month)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Royal Caribbean International
2. Luxury: Oceania Cruises
3. River: American Cruise Lines (changed from Viking River Cruises last month)
In second place is Carnival Cruise Lines for premium/contemporary, Cunard for luxury and Viking River Cruises for river.
Most Popular Cruise Ships
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)

1. Premium/Contemporary: Oasis of the Seas (changed from Allure of the Seas last month)
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: AmaCerto (changed from American Duchess last month)
Next in popularity are Harmony of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Oceania Riviera for luxury and Queen of the Mississippi for river.
Most Popular Cruise Regions
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each region)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Caribbean
2. Luxury: Caribbean (changed from Europe last month)
3. River: Europe
Next in popularity are North America for premium/contemporary, Europe for luxury and North America for river.
Most Popular Cruise Departure Ports
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each departure port)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
2. Luxury: Miami, Fla.
3. River: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Next in popularity are Miami, Fla. for premium/contemporary, Southampton, England for luxury and Budapest, Hungary for river.
Most Popular Cruise Ports Visited
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each port visited during cruise itineraries, excluding departure ports)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Cozumel, Mexico
2. Luxury: Gustavia, St. Barthelemy (changed from St Georges, Grenada last month)
3. River: Cologne, Germany
Next in popularity are Nassau, Bahamas for premium/contemporary Bora Bora, French Polynesia for luxury and Vienna, Austria for river.
Most Popular Countries Visited
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each country visited during cruise itineraries, excluding countries of departure)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Mexico
2. Luxury: United States
3. River: Germany
Second are Bahamas for premium/contemporary, Italy for luxury and France for river.
Most Popular Cabin Types
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cabin type)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Balcony
2. Luxury: Balcony
3. River: Balcony
Number of Cabins Requested
(Based on most popular number of cabins per request)
1. Premium/Contemporary: 1
2. Luxury: 1
3. River: 1
Second are 2 cabins for premium/contemporary, 2 cabins for luxury and 2 cabins for river.
Most Popular Cruise Itinerary Lengths
(Based on most requested itinerary lengths)
1. Premium/Contemporary: 7 nights
2. Luxury: 7 nights
3. River: 7 nights (changed from 8 nights last month)
Second are 5 nights for premium/contemporary, 10 nights for luxury and 8 nights for river.
Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: December 2017
2. Luxury: December 2017
3. River: December 2017 (changed from September 2018 last month)
 
 
(Source: eTurboNews -eTN-Global Travel Industry News 06 December 2017)