United States Department of Transportation

North American Cruise-Departures Trends Post-COVID

Figure

This bar chart shows trends in North American cruise departures after COVID. The y-axis represents passengers and ranges from 0 to 25 million. The x-axis represents years and ranges from 2019 to 2024. Cruise passengers numbered 15.4 million in 2019, dropped to zero in 2020, and recovered to 20.5 million in 2024, exceeding the pre-pandemic level.

Dataset Excel:

Fig 21 North American Cruise-Departures Trends Post-COVID.xlsx (42.62 KB)

Description:

This bar chart is from the 2025 Transportation Statistics Annual Report.

Source:

BTS, data from CLIA 2025.

Publications:

Transportation Statistics Annual Report Figure 2-20