more and more young Dutch people to go to the sea and the river. During their stay, they stay in a big ship and sail them across the Rhine, or the lakes, to the Caribbean islands. Why is this form of travel more popular?
According to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the international association of cruise lines, were 113.000 across the united states to cruise in 2018. The previous year was 2.2 per cent lower. Stefan Driehuijs of Zeetours Cruises, see what cruising is more popular to be. “The cruise market in the Netherlands is quite small. In Germany it is 3 per cent, of the people on the cruise, is that the 1.5 per cent. But we can definitely see that there is growth in the market for it.”
Sailing is much more accessible now. “People who think that cruising is very expensive, but you can get nowadays for a few hundred dollars for the entire week, along with the Canary Islands. You can see five different islands, and on board it is all included in the price. Relatively speaking, you’re much less lose it.”
“It’s no longer just the stereotypical cruise, à la Titanic, with a gala performance and a luxurious dress, and in the evening on the dance floor.”
– Stefan Driehuijs, Zeetours Cruises,
you can Also do it with the cruise lines is to bring in other groups to receive it, ” says Driehuijs. The ships are, according to him, more and more innovative. They are more durable. “I think Dutch people are increasingly thinking about how they travel and what their impact is on the environment. Some of these boats are almost completely CO2-neutral.”
there is Also on-board to do so. “It’s no longer just the stereotypical cruise, à la Titanic, with a gala performance and a luxurious dress, and in the evening on the dance floor. Now you can also be casual, dressed up, and there are kart tracks, there will be this year, and even in a boat with a roller-coaster ride.”
Sometimes, there are at least twenty restaurants on board, there will be stage shows, and if you want you can do until the sun comes up and the continue to in a bar. “In the morning, and then travel to a new destination, you are free to explore or take an excursion here. You can stay on a floating resort.”
more senior citizens on board < / p> The mean age of the Dutch cruisepassagier in 2017, the 53-year-old. According to CLIA, this is not a deviation from the previous year. Jeroen Biesheuvel Dutch, Travel shows, however, that the target of the well, it is. “A cruise vacation is ideal for families with children or for a driegeneratievakantie with grandma and grandpa. There are a lot of activities for young and old alike. Shipping companies are playing more and more into discount, and a seasonal entertainment programme on offer.”
According to the Driehuijs steps that there is, indeed, not only are more senior citizens on board. “That will come naturally, however most of the time, but we have seen in the last few years, a lot more rejuvenated. Families with young children and babies, for example, is fine if their child is being cared for as if they are trying to do.”
Driehuijs still, a trend can be spotted: the wereldcruise. “This will take you to a year all over the world. Those cruises always at no time out of print.”
a Cruise ship on the Elbe river in Germany. (Image: 123RF).
to Sail on the Rhine and the Danube – < / p> With more than 27,000 visits to the Mediterranean Sea, according to CLIA, in 2017, the most popular cruise destination, but it is increasingly more likely to choose Dutch for a voyage to Northern Europe. Cruises to the Caribbean, the Bahamas and Bermuda were also more than ever before.
“During a cruise of the Norwegian fjords, you will come upon places where you do not.”
– Stefan Driehuijs, Zeetours of Cruises,
According to the Driehuijs go on cruise ships today, the whole world is passing by, but it’s the Dutch, especially, to the fjords of Norway, to leave. “Then it will take you bays, you can see waterfalls and mountains and you’ll arrive at an idyllic village. That is, the car is not as fast experience.
According to CLIA’s go Dutch, the average was 9.2 days, on a cruise, but they go for a trip of 7 days. The largest increase occurred on the short cruises of three days. That may be, for example, for cruise, who, according to Biesheuvel in the last few years, more and more were being made. That is from the Netherlands along the Rhine and the Danube.
the river Cruising is also more and more refined
The difference between sea and river, is, according to Biesheuvel, especially with the number of passengers on board and the large-scale facilities, where they are able to make use of. That is, there are river cruises are less than those of the sea. The number of passengers on board a river cruise can vary from 80 to 180 passengers, and the large zeecruiseschepen, there is a question of from 2,400 to 6,000 passengers.
A boat on a river that, on average, are usually about 150 passengers compared to sometimes up to 600,000 on a cruise ship. “But as you can see in the river is that it is all becoming a higher being.”
you can travel by sea to Antarctica, Spitsbergen and the Galapagos rise, according to the experts, are gaining in popularity because they can be seen as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The special trips that you make and comparing it with the wereldcruises to be more accessible and more affordable.
