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Gen Z and millennials are saving the cruise industry

Bookings from younger passengers have allowed operators to defy the gloom in the rest of the travel sector.

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Tourists standing on deck as the cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas enters the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal.

Cruise executives say older Gen Zers, now in their late 20s, and millennials are increasingly choosing ocean-based vacations.

PHOTO: AFP

Stephanie Stacey

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Mr Thom Puiman’s first foray into “seacationing” was a cruise to nowhere in 2020.

The voyage was a socially distanced jaunt from Singapore out into international waters without any stops – a short-term solution for an industry hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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