Historical development of cruise tourism

The international tourism market is gradually picking up.

According to the latest data of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), there were more than 900 million international tourists in 2022, twice as many as in 20021year, and more than 60% more than before the epidemic. The number of international tourists in all regions of the world has increased significantly. Among them, the tourism recovery in the Middle East and Europe is relatively strong, and the number of tourists has reached more than 80% before the epidemic.

The new ship order market has not yet recovered.

According to Clarkson's statistics, from 20 1 1-20 19, the number of new ship orders in the global cruise manufacturing industry fluctuated and increased, reaching the highest in 20 19, and it continued to drop to single digits in 2020-2022 due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

Judging from the total registered tonnage (GT, representing the ship volume) of new cruise orders in the world, there was a fluctuating trend in 20 15-20 19, reaching the highest level of more than 3.4 million GT in 20 17, and less than 50,000 GT in 2020, 2021-20.

The proportion of clean energy orders has increased rapidly.

In June, 20021,the 76th MEPC meeting held by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted technical and operational measures to reduce the carbon intensity of international shipping, including the existing ship energy efficiency index (EEXI), enhanced ship energy efficiency management plan (SEEMP) and carbon intensity index (CII) rating plan, with the goal of reducing the carbon intensity of all ships by at least 40% by 2030. In the future, IMO will continue to devote itself to the development of low-carbon energy-saving and environmental protection for ships, with the following key points:

Driven by the above-mentioned new international market regulations, the trend of clean energy transformation in the global cruise market is gradually obvious. Judging from the proportion of new cruise orders in the world using clean energy power, there has been a significant increase in the past two years. In 2022, clean energy power accounted for more than 60% of the new cruise orders in the world, mainly using hydrogen-powered fuel and liquefied natural gas fuel.

For more research and analysis on this industry, please refer to the analysis report of Foresight Industry Research Institute "China Cruise Tourism Industry Development Prospect Forecast and Investment Strategic Planning".