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Research and Reports

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.

Global Reports

CLIA's global reports are the best place to find a bird's eye view of key stats for the global cruise industry.

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2024 State of the Cruise Industry Report
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) provides a unified voice for the industry as the leading authority of the global cruise community.
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2023 Global Passenger Report
The 2023 Global Passenger Report illustrates the remarkable resilience and growth of the cruise industry.
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Contribution of Cruise Tourism to the Global Economy 2023
In 2023, the global cruise industry experienced record activity, marking its first year of full recovery from the pandemic.
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Economic Impact

Economic impact studies provide industry-level stats about jobs supported, wages for those jobs, impacts to GDP, and total economic impacts due to cruise activity in a variety of geographic scopes such as Global, Europe, USA, and Canada.

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Contribution of Cruise Tourism to the Global Economy 2023
In 2023, the global cruise industry experienced record activity, marking its first year of full recovery from the pandemic.
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Contribution of Cruise Tourism to the European Economy 2023
In 2023, the global cruise industry experienced record activity, marking its first year of full recovery from the pandemic.
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2023-2024 New Zealand Cruise Industry Economic Impact
The inaugural New Zealand Cruise Industry Economic Impact Analysis for 2023-24 provides new and comprehensive insight into the national cruise economy, revealing the full value of cruise tourism to communities throughout the country.
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The 2023-2024 Australian Cruise Industry Economic Contribution
The 2023-24 Australian Cruise Industry Economic Impact Analysis shows a powerful surge in the value of cruise tourism, setting new records in economic output while bringing increased benefits to communities around the country.
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Passenger Reports

Source passenger reports illustrate movements of cruise guests from their place of residence to the locations they sailed, along with details about ages and durations. 

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2023 Global Passenger Report
The 2023 Global Passenger Report illustrates the remarkable resilience and growth of the cruise industry.
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2023 North America Market Report
North American passengers in 2023 exceeded pre-pandemic levels and surpassed 2019 by nearly 2.7M cruisers, representing a 17.5% increase with 18.1M total passengers sailing from the region in 2023.
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2023 Europe Market Report
Europe as a source market produced 8.2m passengers in 2023, a 6.5% increase from 2019’s 7.7m.
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2023 Asia Market Report
Asian markets, with three exceptions, have been the slowest to recover from the dramatic downturn caused by the pandemic that hit the global cruise industry in March 2020.
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Fact Sheet
2023 Australian Ocean Source Market
CLIA’s 2023 Source Market Report for Australia confirms a solid recovery in the local cruise market, coming little more than 18 months after the resumption of operations in this region.
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2023 New Zealand Ocean Source Market
CLIA’s 2023 Source Market Report for New Zealand shows demand for cruise holidayshas gained pace, despite New Zealand being one of the last countries to reopen tointernational cruising. By the final quarter of 2023, the number of New Zealanders cruising had risen above the same quarter of 2019, suggesting demand is on track for recovery.
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