The numbers are included in an economic impact study commissioned by the Cruise Lines International

In 2011, ports throughout the state hosted 5.9 million embarking passengers, or 60 percent of the entire country's share — an increase of 2.4 percent over 2010. Direct cruise-related spending hit $6.7 billion — more than a third of the $19 billion email addresses of airline ticket booking in usa generated by the industry in the United States.
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"We already know the positives about the industry in terms of the value it provides to vacationers and the very innovative cruises and itineraries and the affordable vacation option it offers for a lot of different people," said Mike McGarry, CLIA's senior vice president of public affairs. "It's important to show that the industry email addresses of airline ticket booking in usa as a business is also a positive contributor to the United States. Economically, we play an important role."
Miami again led the nation, with more than 2 million passengers boarding cruises at Port Miami , though that figure dropped by 7.5 percent. Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale came in second with nearly 1.8 million, a 2 percent email addresses of airline ticket booking in usa increase, and Port Canaveral was No. 3 with almost 1.5 million embarking passengers, a jump of 15 percent.
Bill Johnson, email addresses of airline ticket booking in usa Port Miami 's director, said the numbers were down slightly due to the cyclical nature of the business: Cruise lines regularly move ships around to various destinations. He said the summer season in Europe has grown a little longer, so winter cruises start sailing from Miami later.
Ports count passengers who get on and off ships, so Port Miami says it had more than 4 million passengers in 2011. Johnson email addresses of airline ticket booking in usa said that number is set to remain stable in 2012 but grow to 4.5 million annually by 2014.
Worldwide, more people took cruise vacations than ever before last year: 16.3 million, a 10 percent increase year-over-year. The number of U.S. citizens who cruised worldwide was 10.4 million, another email addresses of airline ticket booking in usa record. About 9.8 million people embarked on cruises from U.S. ports, the most ever.
While Moody said the report did not predict passenger numbers for 2012, he said he did not expect to see a major impact from the deadly January 13 accident email addresses of airline ticket booking in usa involving the Costa Concordia in Italy, especially on the U.S. market.