From 1990 to 2000 cruise tourists expanded in number from three.5 million to over 8 million per yr, with Americans accounting for eighty % of cruise passengers worldwide. In this same period, the variety of cruise ships plying international waters elevated from ninety seven to one hundred seventy, and the variety of cruise ship berths virtually doubled from sixty eight,474 to 127,943. Nineteen new cruise vessels had been delivered in 2002, to be followed by another twenty-one new vessels by 2004 (CLIA, 2000; McDowell). Although some ocean liners had been built in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s, most cruise ships have been and continue to be built in Europe and Japan. With their history of government subsidies, Europe and Japan have been able to underbid most American shipbuilders.

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