NORTH American cruise speciality agency network Cruise Holidays International has released its 2015 Cruise Trends report, an annual, in-depth look at actual cruise bookings made for the year ahead by its more than 1,300 travel consultants across the US and Canada.
While the Caribbean continues to lead, demand for cruises in two other far-flung markets, Europe and China, continues to grow both for deep water and river cruising.
The biggest gains among European river cruise destinations have been charted for Passau, Germany and Lyon, France, while the top five list for river cruises outside of Europe includes China’s Beijing and Shanghai, Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City and Myanmar’s Mandalay and Pyay.
China, Japan and South-east Asia currently make up 2.4 per cent of 2015 bookings, rising to the eighth position as the most favoured cruise destination, up from the 15th and 12thspots respectively for 2014 and 2013, according to Cruise Holidays travel consultants across North America.
