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Cruise passenger volumes expected to surpass 2019 levels by 2024

Clia
Will Payne
27 April 2022

Cruise passenger volume is expected to recover and surpass pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2023, new research from Clia has claimed.

(Credit: Andre Ouellet / Unsplash)

Cruise ships are being retrofitted with shore power connectivity, and more ports are offering hook-up points (Credit: Andre Ouellet / Unsplash)

At Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami on Tuesday (26 April), the association shared new findings which claimed passenger levels are also expected to recover 12% above 2019 numbers by the end of 2026.

The research also found intent to cruise is rebounding, after 63% of cruisers or potential cruisers indicated they were “very likely” or “likely” to cruise in the next two years, while 69% of respondents that have never cruised said they are open to cruising.


"Millennial cruisers" are the most enthusiastic about taking another cruise, with 87% indicating they will take a cruise in the next few years, followed by Gen X at 85%.