Ua hōʻoia ʻia nā holoholo he wā hoʻomaha lā nui, me ka hoʻonui ʻana he 4% i ka makahiki i hala, nā helu helu mai The Passenger Shipping Association (PSA) i hōʻike ʻia i kēia lā. Hōʻike nā helu PSA he 1.53 miliona ka nui o ka poʻe Pelekania i holo i ka waʻa ma 2009 a me ka 7% hoʻonui i ka poʻe i komo i ka holoholo ma ke awa UK.
Ua hoʻonui ʻia nā mākaʻikaʻi lele lele e 2%. Ke hoʻomau nei ke Kaiwaenahonua i wahi makemake nui ʻia, e lawe ana i 39% o ka mākeke, a ukali ʻia e ka ʻĀkau o ʻEulopa (me UK) a me ka Caribbean. Eia hou, he 14 mau moku hou e hoʻouka ʻia nei i kēia makahiki; ʻekolu i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka mākeke UK. E hoʻonui kēia i ka hiki i nā mākaʻi e 28,000.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ka Cruise Shipping Miami Conference, ua wānana ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka PSA William Gibbons e lawe ana ʻo 1.65 miliona Brits i kahi lā nui i kēia makahiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ua hōʻoia kūleʻa ka ʻoihana hoʻokele UK ma 2009 a hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ka hapa nui o kēia kūleʻa i ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa a me nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa o ka maikaʻi a me ka lawelawe.
ʻO kēia nā waiwai i loko o ka holoholo ʻana a e hoʻomau i ka paipai ʻana i nā heluna lehulehu o ka poʻe holo ”. Ua hōʻike ʻo cruiseBritain, kahi hui like ma waena o ka PSA, VisitBritain a me ka ʻoihana holo kai i nā helu no ka 2009 i ka piʻi ʻana o ka helu o nā kipa ʻana i nā awa UK e 7% a ʻo ka poʻe i kū mai kahi awa UK i piʻi aʻe e 6%. Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo PSA he ʻehā mau lālā holo kaiāulu hou i hui pū me kāna hui: Shearings Holidays, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Compagnie du Ponant a me Voyages to Antiquity.
