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Total cruise passengers for February amounted to 6,195, down by 46 per cent when compared to the corresponding month last year.
February 2011
The total number of cruise passengers during February decreased by 45.5 per cent and stood at 6,195, of whom 6,185 were in transit. The majority of passengers fell within the 60-79 age group (3,109), while another 1,824 were between 40 and 59 years old. On a gender basis, male passengers amounted to 2,800 (45.2 per cent).
During the month under review, cruise passengers from Non-EU countries outnumbered those coming from within the EU. The latter dropped by 70 per cent to 2,022. This decline was caused by notable decreases in the German and Italian markets of 86.1 per cent and 88.9 per cent respectively. There were 3 cruise liner calls in February, down by 2 vessels when compared to the corresponding month last year.
January-February 2011
The total number of cruise passengers for this period stood at 14,903, down by 27.1 per cent when compared to last year. This was mainly brought about by a substantial decrease of 7,120 passengers from the German market. During the first two months of the year, European cruise passengers came mostly from Italy and the UK, while Non-EU passengers were mostly Americans.
The majority of passengers fell within the 60-79 age bracket and numbered 5,780. These were followed by the 40-59 age group, which stood at 4,617. Female passengers amounted to 8,036, or 53.9 per cent of the total.
There were 7 cruise liner calls during this period, with an average of 2,129 passengers per vessel.
