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Cruise industry expenditures generated $117 billion in total output worldwide in 2013, requiring 891,009 full-time equivalent employees who earned $38.47 billion in income, Cruise Lines International Association(CLIA) said in a statement. Christine Duffy, CLIA presideng and ceo, noted in the statement that on a global basis, over the ten years from 2003 to 2013, demand for cruising worldwide has increased 77% from 12 million to 21.3 million passengers.