“We were and are present during all the disasters that we have faced in the past years and we are now here for this,” said Juan F. Alicea-Flores, president of the trade group known as the CIAPR in Spanish.
“We could not be prouder of these results and what they mean for the lives and livelihoods of so many throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.
In addition to showing what cruise tourism brings to these destinations’ economies, many of the study’s findings will also serve as the foundation of building further mutual success between cruise lines and destination stakeholders.”
— Michele Paige, CEO of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association