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Trams and cable cars can greatly enhance visitors' abilities to enjoy many different views of a destination.
Here, the halfway point on the Palm Springs tram's journey from the 2,643-foot Valley Station to the
8,516-foot Mountain Station is reached when the two cars pass between towers two and three. At this
point, the two cars are 34 feet apart. PhotocourtesyofthePalmSpringsAerialTramway.
passenger capacity.
are expanding their fleets and adding new amenities and new ports of
call. As with other sectors of travel suppliers, a great deal of consolidation is taking place.
Since 1990, the industry has had an average annual growth rate of about 7.2 percent. In 1990,
3.8 million passengers cruised; in 2009, a new record was set with 13.4 million passengers (see
Table 5.5). The average length of a cruise in 2009 was 7.2 days. CLIA estimates that a record 14.4
million passengers will take a cruise in 2010. The increase in travelers choosing to cruise in 2010 is
supported by the introduction of 12 new ships, adding 23,080 beds to the fleet. CLIA member lines
have invested more than $21.5 billion in 26 new vessels that will enter service between 2010 and the
end of 2012. This will be a capacity increase of 18 percent.
Although ships have been a means of transportation since early times, the cruise industry is young.
Its purpose is really to provide a resort experience rather than point-to-point transportation. Though
Cruise lines
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