Holidaymakers from the UK and Ireland took around 1.7 million cruise holidays last year, nearing demand levels last seen in 2019.
According to new data published by Clia, 479,000 more British travellers took a cruise break in 2022 than in 2021.
The Mediterranean remains the number-one destination for cruise travellers from the UK and Ireland (38%), followed by northern Europe (29%) and the Caribbean (10.6%).
The UK and Ireland markets accounted for 29% of all European source passengers and globally, more than a quarter (27%) of those who sailed for two or more nights in the last 12 months travelled in a party consisting of three or more generations.
