Hardly anyone travels from Philippines and India”.He also said the cruise industry is growing to expand exponentionally. Hehli also said the cruise liners predominantly employed people from Indian and the Philippines: “30% Indians and 35% Filipinos, because we hire across 40 different nationalities. Panaji: The country may be responsible for 30% of the global staff for the international cruise sector but as a contributor towards cruise passenger volumes, India comes behind China and Taiwan , contributing just 6% of cruise passengers. “At least 83 cruise ships are going to be built over the next 10 years, that is 250,000 berths. There were 1.26 lakh Indians who took a cruise vacation in 2016, making India the sixth largest Asian market for the sector.While average age for Asian tourists stood at 45 years, young Indians in the 37-year-old age bracket went on cruise vacation, said a report by Cruise Lines International Association , the world’s largest cruise industry trade assoction.But cruise liners expect more people taking vacation on board their ships due to growing middle class with disposable income.
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