, up 10% from 2016, the Cruise Lines International Association, a trade group, reported last year. Cruise ships carried 12.68 million U.S. passengers, supported more than 400,000 jobs and paid $23 billion in wages.
"I think how we think about it is there is this temporary hindrance to demand that will impact the business for this year that will return closer to normal in 2021," Katz said. In the conference call with reporters over the weekend, Jan Swartz, the president of Princess Cruises, said the industry was adjusting to"a new normal."Japanese organizing official discusses possibility Olympics could be postponed 1-2 yearsLast month, more than 700 passengers from the Diamond Princess became infected after the ship was held in quarantine off the coast of Japan. Of roughly 300 Americans evacuated from the ship and returned to the United States, 46 tested positive.
"The health and safety of our guests is of the highest priority," said Vance Gulliksen, a spokesman for Carnival Corporation, said in a statement, "and cruising remains one of the most attractive vacation options available.", told USA TODAY that he thinks coronavirus is going to have an impact on the industry for several months, if not longer.
" pretty big deal when the State Department comes out and says U.S. citizens should avoid cruise ships and I don't think that’s been taken lightly by most middle of the road consumers," he said.
Yet as of now, there are no impacts to Disney World or Universal Studios in Orlando and neither are expected to close any time soon. Tourists still flooding in. Are we (Orlando, Floridians) just asking for trouble? The parks are giant Petri dishes! GovRonDeSantis orlandomayor
There were 12,000 Swine Flu deaths *in the US* in 2009. There have been 3,000 deaths *world wide* to date from the Wuhan virus. I don't get the level of freak out. Maybe I'm missing something.
RIP travel and touism.. been wonderful knowing you