relationship between destinations and cruise lines. Examples of the great progress made over the last
four years in that direction are provided in this study.
The prospects for the future are excellent: the tourist cruise market has still not reached full maturity
and is barely incipient in some regions of the world. It therefore seems safe to say that this growth will
continue beyond 2010. The market is developing vigorously in Europe and is expected to do the same
in Asia and the Pacific. This study describes the major forces that will shape development of the cruise
market over the medium and long term.