Cruise industry: available bed days by region 2019

The Caribbean was the region recording the highest number of available bed days in the cruise industry worldwide in 2019. In that year, there were a total of roughly 65 million cruise bed days available in this region. The Mediterranean placed second in the ranking, with almost 33 million cruise bed days available.

Number of available bed days in the global cruise industry in 2019, by region (in million bed days)

Characteristic	Available bed days in millions
Caribbean	65.24
Mediterranean	32.98
Europe (without Mediterranean)	21.22
Asia	17.94
Australia/New Zealand/Pacific	9.34
Alaska	8.9
South America	4.21
Rest of the World	30.74

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February 2021

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

The source specifies that: "Passenger bed days are the number of days that all berths could be occupied at 100 percent occupancy. For example, a cruise ship with 2,000 lower berths on a 7-day cruise generates 14,000 potential bed days".

West Coast America includes: Alaska, Hawaii, and ports on the Pacific side of the United States and Mexico. East Coast America includes: Canada/New England and Bermuda. The Caribbean includes: the Bahamas, U.S. and Mexican ports on the Caribbean and Transcanal (Panama) cruises. The Mediterranean includes: the Atlantic Isles. Northern Europe includes: the Black Sea. Southeast Asia includes: Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam among others. Far East includes: China, Japan, Hong Kong and others. The Indian Ocean includes: cruises in the Red Sea, the Middle East and to South Africa.

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