Germany cruises towards 1M mark
BRUSSELS 07 February – The German cruise market, which has suffered a long period of weakness, has started to grow in the wake of German economic recovery, and the market could generate one million passengers in 2010, a senior industry figure says. "We will have 1M deep sea passengers in 2010; this would be five years behind the UK, but it is a safe estimate," said Aida Cruises president Michael Thamm. He was speaking at a European Cruise Council event in Brussels yesterday. Aida, a division of Carnival Corp, is the biggest cruise operator in Germany. Cruising has a market penetration of just 1% in Germany and generated €1.2Bn ($1.5Bn) in revenue in 2005. Thamm expects that revenue figure to double in 2011.
Etiquetas: cruise market, cruises