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While the figures for 2012 have yet to come in, the picture for cruise lines was a rosy one during 2011. Some 1.7 million people headed off on a cruise that year, which represented a whopping increase of more than 10% on the previous year. This was almost double the increase seen in Europe as a whole. So it seems the future is bright for the cruise industry. Since the UK is still struggling to get out and stay out of a recession, this is particularly heartening news... When you consider that foreign holidays as a whole became less popular during the same year - reaching their lowest level since 2000 - it's easy to see how successful cruising has become. It would also seem that those passengers with a natural fear of flying are not the only ones who prefer a cruise that departs from the UK and returns to the same home port... And yet during this same period the cruise industry has stayed strong. This reason stayed consistent over the three years, ranking far above the other reasons..

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