Dimensions
230 x 250 x 10mm
The North American cruise industry is the largest sector
of the trade by a long way. Of the 2007 cruise market,
which totalled over 16 million, US cruise vacationers
alone represented over 70 per cent of the total. With
stunning photographs, many of which are in colour, this
general history looks at the companies and ships that are
dedicated to this particular market. From the big
players, the luxury market and niche cruising, to
disasters and predictions, this illustrated book covers
the whole industry, past, present and future. Authors,
Roger Cartwright and Peter Rushton, consider why the
taking of an ocean voyage for the pleasure of the journey
itself, and not simply as a means of travelling from A to
B, came to be so popular, and what the arrival of the
mega-ships means for the new age in cruising, providing
the perfect guide to cruising and its history across
America.
