

The global Cruise market size is predicted to grow from US$ 59360 million in 2025 to US$ 79920 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.1% from 2025 to 2031.
Cruise is a passenger ship used for recreational and leisure voyages, in which the journey itself and the onboard amenities, attractions, activities and entertainment options are integrant part of the cruise experience.
Global Cruise key players include Carnival, RCI, NCLH, MSC, etc. Global top four manufacturers hold a share over 80%.
North America is the largest market, with a share about 50%, followed by Europe, and Asia, both have a share about 40 percent.
In terms of product, Contemporary Cruise is the largest segment, with a share over 35%.
The “Cruise Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Cruise sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Cruise sales for 2025 through 2031. With Cruise sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Cruise industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Cruise landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Cruise portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Cruise market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Cruise and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Cruise.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Cruise market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Contemporary Cruise
Premium Cruise
Luxury Cruise
Others
Segmentation by Application:
Transportation
Entertainment
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Carnival
RCI
NCLH
MSC
Disney
Genting
Hurtigruten
Silversea
TUI
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Cruise market?
What factors are driving Cruise market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Cruise market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Cruise break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Cruise Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Cruise by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Cruise by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Cruise Segment by Type
2.2.1 Contemporary Cruise
2.2.2 Premium Cruise
2.2.3 Luxury Cruise
2.2.4 Others
2.3 Cruise Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Cruise Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Cruise Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Cruise Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Cruise Segment by Application
2.4.1 Transportation
2.4.2 Entertainment
2.4.3 Others
2.5 Cruise Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Cruise Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Cruise Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Cruise Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Cruise Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Cruise Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Cruise Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Cruise Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Cruise Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Cruise Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Cruise Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Cruise Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Cruise Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Cruise Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for Cruise by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Cruise Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Cruise Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Cruise Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Cruise Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Cruise Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Cruise Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Cruise Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Cruise Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Cruise Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Cruise Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Cruise Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Cruise Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Cruise Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Cruise Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Cruise Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Cruise Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Cruise Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Cruise Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Cruise Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Cruise Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Cruise by Country
7.1.1 Europe Cruise Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Cruise Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Cruise Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Cruise Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Cruise by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Cruise Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Cruise Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Cruise Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Cruise Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Cruise
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Cruise
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Cruise
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Cruise Distributors
11.3 Cruise Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Cruise by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Cruise Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Cruise Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Cruise Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global Cruise Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Cruise Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 Carnival
13.1.1 Carnival Company Information
13.1.2 Carnival Cruise Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 Carnival Cruise Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 Carnival Main Business Overview
13.1.5 Carnival Latest Developments
13.2 RCI
13.2.1 RCI Company Information
13.2.2 RCI Cruise Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 RCI Cruise Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 RCI Main Business Overview
13.2.5 RCI Latest Developments
13.3 NCLH
13.3.1 NCLH Company Information
13.3.2 NCLH Cruise Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 NCLH Cruise Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 NCLH Main Business Overview
13.3.5 NCLH Latest Developments
13.4 MSC
13.4.1 MSC Company Information
13.4.2 MSC Cruise Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 MSC Cruise Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 MSC Main Business Overview
13.4.5 MSC Latest Developments
13.5 Disney
13.5.1 Disney Company Information
13.5.2 Disney Cruise Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Disney Cruise Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 Disney Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Disney Latest Developments
13.6 Genting
13.6.1 Genting Company Information
13.6.2 Genting Cruise Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Genting Cruise Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 Genting Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Genting Latest Developments
13.7 Hurtigruten
13.7.1 Hurtigruten Company Information
13.7.2 Hurtigruten Cruise Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Hurtigruten Cruise Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Hurtigruten Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Hurtigruten Latest Developments
13.8 Silversea
13.8.1 Silversea Company Information
13.8.2 Silversea Cruise Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Silversea Cruise Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 Silversea Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Silversea Latest Developments
13.9 TUI
13.9.1 TUI Company Information
13.9.2 TUI Cruise Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 TUI Cruise Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 TUI Main Business Overview
13.9.5 TUI Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.