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Cruising through 2023

As travel slowly reemerges from the 2020-2021 “dark era,” EY's Future Consumer Index reveals that consumers have a strong desire to stop reacting to events and instead begin creating the lives they want. Today, many are doing exactly that and rewarding themselves with “bucket list” cruise holidays.

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) UK & Ireland reports that holidaymakers from this region alone took approximately 1.7 million cruises last year, nearing demand levels last seen in 2019. Up to 85 per cent of cruise passengers intend to take a holiday at sea again, while 70 per cent of holidaymakers who've never cruised before will consider it in the next few years.

Cruisers simply can't wait to gaze at wild penguins in Antarctica, sip wines at

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