Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka European Cruise Council (ECC) ʻo ʻEulopa i kēia manawa ke 'kikowaena o ka umekaumaha' no ka ʻoihana holo kai ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana o nā helu hou i nā helu o ka poʻe ohua i ka makahiki i hala.
Wahi a ka ECC, he 4m poʻe i lawe i nā lā hoʻomaha kai holoholo ma ʻEulopa i ka makahiki i hala, ka piʻi ʻana o 17% ma 2006.
ʻElima mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻomaka wale ka poʻe 2.6m i ka wā huakaʻi holo moana a puni ʻEulopa, hōʻike ʻo Travelmole.
ʻO ka moku i makemake nui ʻia no nā holoholo holo ʻana mai ʻEulopa i ka makahiki i hala aku nei ʻo ka mokupuni ʻo Mediterranean a me ʻAkelanika, me kahi mahele he 60% o ka mākeke, a ukali ʻia e ka Caribbean a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe (24%) a me ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ʻEulopa.
Me 1.3m mau ohua e hoʻomaka ana i nā holoholo ma 2007 - 11% ʻoi aku ma mua o ka makahiki i hala - ʻo UK ka mākeke kumuwaiwai nui loa no nā holoholo ʻEulopa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo David Dingle, ka luna o ka ECC, ke ulu nei ka ʻoihana ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, me ka wānana ʻole o ka ʻaha i ka māka o 4m e hele a hiki i ka 2010.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia: ʻAʻohe mea kānalua ʻo Europe ke kikowaena hou o ka umekaumaha no ka ʻoihana holoholo a ke ʻike nei mākou i ka hoʻonui ʻana o nā laina holo kai e kū ana nā moku ma ia wahi, kahi e paipai ai i nā poʻe ʻEulopa he nui e holo i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
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