The number of Europeans who booked a cruise in 2016 amounted to 6.67 million, an increase of 3.4% on the previous year, figures released by CLIA Europe show.

The German market expanded by 11.3% and reached 2.0 million passengers, while in the UK, the growth rate was 5.6% and the passenger count 1.89 million.

In Spain, the growth was 4.2%, but CLIA Europe did not provide the number of passengers from the country.