Cruise ships: why more Australians are choosing to holiday on a boat — theguardian.com

The Love Boat has a lot to answer for. For a decade between the late 70s and 80s, my generation endured a weekly dose of cheesy American farce set on a floating singles club. I always imagined it was enough to turn anyone off ever booking a holiday at sea. How then to explain the fact that, per capita, more Australians now go cruising than Americans, once the world’s most avid mariners? Data compiled by the Cruise Lines Industry Association, the industry’s peak body, show Australian passenger numbers grew by 20% in 2013. By 2016, it’s expected one million Australians will choose to cruise on holiday.

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